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Penn College will have four wrestlers ranked among the top eight in their respective weight classes when the action gets underway at 10 a.m. Friday in the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships hosted by RIT in Rochester, New York. The tournament concludes on Saturday.

Player development. That is what Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball has been all about under coach Chris Howard, a former professional himself, and the results speak for themselves. And so the process begins again, with the season opener on Sunday in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, against Hilbert College.

In another busy week, the Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s basketball team closed out its season while its wrestling, men’s lacrosse, archery, and esports teams saw action — and a new women’s volleyball coach was named. Highlighting this week’s schedule, wrestlers will compete Friday and Saturday in the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championship at Rochester, New York, while the baseball team is scheduled to open on Thursday at Elmira College.

After a four-season All-American drought, coach Dustin Bartron’s Pennsylvania College of Technology archery team appears poised to regain the form that produced 88 All-Americans over the previous 22 years. “I believe we will be very competitive this season,” Bartron said as his squad prepared for its opener this weekend at the 55th USA Archery Indoor National Championships in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Wildcat Gavin Barrett was named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Division III National Player of the Week for the period ending February 18. The junior guard from Roselle, New Jersey, also was named United East Conference Volt Player of the Week.

In the spotlight for the first time at the Community Arts Center was the Billtown Brawl, matching Pennsylvania College of Technology's wrestling team against Lycoming College. Touted as the first-of-its-kind event in central Pennsylvania, with NCAA-division wrestlers battling it out on a theater stage, the contest drew a crowd exceeding 350 to the downtown Williamsport venue.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s basketball team made Saturday as super as it was being billed by posting its first playoff win since 2010. As a result, the fourth-seeded Wildcats earned a shot at top-seeded Penn State Harrisburg at 5 p.m. on Monday in a United East Volt Division semifinal.

Fans of Penn College Athletics have a new and improved source for their information with the unveiling of a redesigned website on Feb. 14. The remodeled site features the same content that fans have enjoyed in the past, with more student-athlete-focused enhancements and a sleek, modern look.

For the first time since 2010, Pennsylvania College of Technology will have its men’s and women’s basketball teams in playoff action during the same season when they take to the court on Saturday as the United East Conference Volt Divisions playoffs begin. Seeded fourth, coach Geoff Hensley’s men will host fifth-seed Penn State Berks at 1 p.m. at Bardo Gymnasium. Coach Britni Mohney’s women are seeded sixth and will travel to No. 3 seeded Penn State Abington for a 2 p.m. game.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology men's lacrosse team opens its season at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Misericordia University in Dallas, and fourth-year coach Jordan Williams is ready for the challenge. "We’re in a really good spot. A lot of our core are juniors who have maturity and a little bit more composure. And we have a decent number of freshmen who we think are going to help us out. It’s just cool to have a majority of our team recruited," Williams said.