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Led by freshman Christine Seward's first-place finish and a second-place effort by sophomore Scott Morgan (Pocono Mountain), the Wildcat women's and men's teams won Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association Championships Saturday. It was the first state titles for Pennsylvania College of Technology teams since 1999, and marked the fifth overall for the women and fourth for the men.

Freshman Josh Wells (DuBois) and sophomore Bryan Vertigan (Emmaus) completed play in the recent two-day Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association Championships on Penn State's Blue Course by shooting a 166 and 178, respectively. "They didn't play to their potential," assessed coach Chet Schuman. "It's kind of sad. The conditions were good. The greens were hard to hold, but they knew that.

Having already won Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference regular season crowns, the Pennsylvania College of Technology's men's and women's cross-country squads are primed to complete their final goals claiming Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association 2001 team and individual championships. "We're looking pretty good. Berks County is our main competitors.

Although it won't be in the running for a team title, Pennsylvania College of Technology will be represented by two golfers seeking individual honors Monday and Tuesday in the Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships on Penn State's Blue Course.

It's not how you start, but how you finish. Pennsylvania College of Technology's baseball team closed out its regular season by winning five of its final six games jumping from fifth to second in the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference standings and coach Mike Stanzione likes his squad's changes going into this weekend's conference tournament at Keystone College in La Plume.

Although low in number of runners, Pennsylvania College of Technology second-year cross country coach Mike Paulhamus is optimistic about the possibilities for his men's squad. "I'm hoping for a conference (Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference) and state (Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association) championship. I have five guys who are very talented . . .

Four matches into its 2001 campaign, the Penn College men's soccer team has picked up where it left off at the end of last year's championship season winning. Going into Friday's match at Penn State-Hazleton, the Wildcats of Coach Andy Richardson are 3-1 and barely scored upon. Until they were beaten 1-0 by Manor College on Sept. 15, their two-season win streak stood at nine matches.

Good, with the potential to get better. That's how Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball coach Mike Stanzione looks at his program. Through nine seasons under Stanzione, the Wildcats have compiled an impressive 189-98 record, including 12 straight playoff appearances and four conference championships during the fall and spring seasons, by being mostly offense-oriented.

Pennsylvania College of Technology golf coach Chet Schuman has two goals in mind for his team: qualify individual players and his team for the Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association Championships.

WANTED: Women volleyball players. Immediately! That plea was being issued at the 11th hour by Pennsylvania College of Technology's second-year coach Bambi Hawkins as her squad prepared for its Sept. 10 season opener at Penn State-Wilkes-Barre in a three-team Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference outing that includes Luzerne County Community College.