For the second straight season, men's soccer teams from Pennsylvania College of Technology and Penn State York will square off for the Penn State University Athletic Conference championship. The match is set for 6 p.m. Saturday at Jeffrey Field on Penn State's main campus.
Already enjoying its best season since 2004, when it went unbeaten and won a conference championship, the Pennsylvania College of Technology tennis team is poised for more this year. The Wildcats, 10-2 during the regular season, go into this weekend's Penn State University Athletic Conference championships as a favorite along with Penn State York, according to first-year coach Aimee Plastow.
Pennsylvania College of Technology cross-country coach Mike Paulhamus has confidence that his men's team will capture its sixth straight conference championship this weekend, and he is optimistic that his women's squad can win its first since 2004.
Statistics compiled by the Pennsylvania College of Technology men's soccer team during the regular season are impressive. It went undefeated (11-0 overall and 9-0 in the Penn State University Athletic Conference) and it outscored its opposition 40-4, including nine shutouts. But Enrique Castillo, in his third season as head coach, hopes that is just the beginning.
Invitations have been extended, and four Pennsylvania College of Technology athletic teams are headed to United States Collegiate Athletic Association national championships, according to Douglas Byerly, the college's director of athletics. This is the college's first year in the USCAA. The Penn College men's soccer team (11-0 overall record) will compete Oct.
Graduating members of the Lady Wildcat soccer team were honored in "Senior Day" festivities during Saturday's match against Alfred (N.Y.) University. Joining their families on the field are, from left, Caitlin L. Girard (16), Hannah E. McCracken (8), Ashley E. Olvera (13) and Justine R. Wareham (6).
After winning its first conference women's volleyball championship in 2004, Pennsylvania College of Technology has recorded three consecutive second-place finishes. But, it gets another shot at being No. 1 this weekend. The Wildcats face Penn State Schuylkill at 1:45 p.m. Saturday in the Penn State University Athletic Conference playoffs at Penn State Fayette.
"Senior Day" ceremonies, some held during last weekend's Homecoming activities, recently paid tribute to graduating athletes among Penn College's various varsity sports teams.
Eric J. Schall, a graduate of Jersey Shore Area High School, and Leonard C. Nicholas, a graduate of Abington High School, have been named Penn College's "co-Student-Athletes of the Week" for Oct. 5-12. Schall is a sophomore plastics and polymer engineering technology major and Nicholas a senior construction management major.
Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented Outstanding Varsity Athletic Alumni Awards to Chad L. Karstetter, of Salona, and Katlyn D. Stupar, of State College. The honors were bestowed Oct. 11 during Homecoming 2008 festivities at the college.
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