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When Pitt-Greensburg plays host to Penn State-Behrend on Saturday, the athletic department will also honor four teams and their players. The four teams — squads from 1969-70,1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2004-05 — and former players who made their mark within the program will be recognized beginning at 12:30 p.m. with a...

Westminster senior Darius Doty ended his collegiate football career with the best game of his career on Saturday. The defensive end and Greensburg Salem graduate helped Westminster defeat SUNY-Morrisville, 35-24, in the Eastern College Athletic Conference’s Clayton Chapman Bowl. Doty led the Titan defense with eight tackles, a career-high six...

Arizona State redshirt senior 149-pounder Josh Maruca (Franklin Regional) earned a 5-4 decision over Penn State sophomore Jarod Verkleeren (Hempfield) as the No. 5 Sun Devils upset No. 1 Penn State, 19-18, to snap the Nittany Lions’ 60-dual match winning streak that dated to 2015. Bucknell: Sophomore Zach Hartman (Belle...

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania men’s basketball team is undefeated through five games, and it moved up two spots to No. 6 in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II poll released Tuesday afternoon. IUP is the only Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference team ranked in this week’s poll. The...

The Cal (Pa.) women’s basketball team has moved into the top 10 of the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Top 25 Coaches’ Poll released Tuesday afternoon. The Vulcans, 7-0 overall and 2-0 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, ticked up four spots to No. 9. They have been featured in...

The Seton Hill women’s volleyball earned a berth in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional Tournament for the third consecutive season and fifth time in school history. The Griffins (19-10) received a No. 7 seed and will face No. 2 Gannon (27-6) on Dec. 5 at Wheeling Jesuit, which will...

Anthony Harding teetered some when he was making his college decision coming out of Norwin. The soccer standout first chose Penn State before flipping to Pitt. Now he has found his way into the starting lineup for the Panthers (10-7-2). Harding made his starting debut as Pitt knocked off Lehigh,...

Robert Morris announced Monday that Colonials football coach Bernard Clark Jr. is a finalist for the STATS Eddie Robinson Award. The honor is presented annually to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision’s Coach of the Year. A national group of more than 150 writers, broadcasters and others will select the winner,...

There are long-snappers who get little recognition — most of them — and then there are long-snappers like Michael Pifer. The Navy senior and Penn-Trafford alum, in his second season as the starting “LS” for the Midshipmen, is considered one of the best at his position in the country. The...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: 1. Carnegie Mellon women’s soccer reaches D-III Final Four The No. 25 Tartans defeated No. 19 St. Thomas (Minn.) on penalty kicks Saturday, becoming the first women’s team to reach the NCAA Tournament semifinals. Next up...

For the past three years, senior Ben Andrews and his Gannon men’s soccer teammates have been working towards playing in the NCAA Division II men’s soccer tournament. Earlier this week, the Knights got the news that not only did they earn a bid, but they received the No. 2 seed...

IUP’s season ended with a 31-27 loss to No. 25 Shepherd in the first round of the NCAA Division II playoffs Saturday. Justice Evans put No. 18 IUP ahead 27-24 on a 1-yard touchdown run with 1 minute, 40 seconds left. But Shepherd (10-2) answered with an eight-play, 84-yard drive...

Freeport graduate Zoe Soilis, a 5-foot-7 senior guard for the Allegheny women’s basketball team, she scored a career-best 34 points Thursday to lead the Gators past Penn State-Behrend, 91-82. She hit 10 of 19 field goals, including six 3-pointers. Through five games, Solis is averaging 18.3 points and 5.5 rebounds....

Robert Kennedy walked off the field at Clairton in the last regular-season game of his senior season feeling dejected and disappointed. He remembers the haunting glow on the scoreboard that read: Clairton 40, Jeannette 6. “I fully take responsibility for that loss,” Kennedy said. “I remember I threw two or...

Around this time one year ago, Kenyon field hockey player and Pine-Richland product Sarah Metzmaier was beginning the initial stages of her recovery from knee surgery after suffering an injury to her meniscus and MCL. The injury marked the first significant physical setback Metzmaier suffered in her athletic career and...

IUP probably does not pile up an average of 477.4 yards across 11 games this season if not for the up-front blocking of players like Jeff Arnold. A senior lineman from Brashear, Arnold has played well enough to be considered for a national award. Arnold is one of eight finalists...

Every defense has its quarterback — the veteran tasked with relaying the calls from the sideline, getting players in position, understanding coverages and rotations. Rarely is that player a sophomore or a first-year starter. As a player who qualifies as both, it’s fair to say Ross Andersson is a rare...

West Liberty senior safety Logan Deri (Norwin) finished his college career as one of only six players in West Liberty history to record 300 tackles. Deri had nine stops in his final college game, a 34-26 loss to Charleston. He finished with 301 tackles. “The milestone was great, but to...

The WPIAL is generously represented on the All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football teams, which came out Wednesday. The PSAC West Division offensive first team features Slippery Rock senior offensive guard Ryan Podgorski (South Park) and senior kicker Jake Chapla (Plum); IUP redshirt sophomore receiver Duane Brown (Apollo-Ridge); Mercyhurst tight end...

Some athletes play two sports in separate seasons. Saint Vincent freshman Sara Basala not only plays two sports in the same season, but she also found time to play two in one day. At the conclusion of the Bearcats’ final women’s soccer game of the season Nov. 1, she went...

Whatever the outcome, the Pitt-Greensburg women’s basketball team will do it together. Win, lose or draw in regulation, UPG’s team-oriented approach won’t be compromised, said coach Hayley Schaetzle, a fiercely loyal and young mentor to the Bobcats players, many of whom were recruited by former coach Erin Eaton. “We’re incredibly...

The President Athletic Conference released its’ All-PAC team’s on Tuesday and six former WPIAL players received first-team honors, while nine received second-team honors and 18 received honorable mentions. Just two former WPIAL players were named to the All-PAC first-team offense squad. Former South Fayette signal-caller and current Case Western Reserve...

Gannon University has its man. Erik Raeburn, a northeast Ohio native, is the new head coach for the Knights football team. The school announced the hire at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. Raeburn is no stranger to the Gannon program as he served as the program’s offensive coordinator for the...

For the first time, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference will send five teams in the NCAA Division II Football Championship. Slippery Rock (11-0) earned the top seed in Super Region 1 and has a bye in the first round. The Rock is No. 8 in the American Football Coaches’ Association...

Every Monday, the Tribune-Review will highlight 10 top area college performances from the weekend: ••• 1. Slippery Rock rallies in PSAC championship Charles Snorweah’s 8-yard touchdown run with 25 seconds left lifted the No. 8 Rock past No. 13 Kutztown, 37-35, on Saturday. FB: A quick look at The Rock's...