Athletics Articles

Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball and softball teams went a combined 3-15 as they got their seasons underway last week in nonconference action at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Three of the softball team’s losses were by no more than two runs, as were two of the baseball team’s. Baseball On March 8, Penn College fell to Johnson and Wales University, 3-2, and Albertus Magnus, 8-1.

The scheduled baseball opener for Pennsylvania College of Technology at Mary Washington was canceled Friday after a late-week snowstorm hit Fredericksburg, Virginia, but everything is still on track for the college’s baseball and softball teams as they compete this week in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where temperatures will be warmer but there is a chance of showers.

Student-athletes from several Penn College teams shared their knowledge and love of sports with two-dozen girls who attended clinics in Bardo Gymnasium on Saturday.

Someone once sang, “Nothing would be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning,” and Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball coach Chris Howard and softball coach Roger Harris couldn’t agree more.

Students triumph as hardwood rivalry continues The MVP heads for the hoop. Students ride offensive surge to victory. Faculty/staff fall shy of making it two in a row. Avenging last year's 20-point intramural loss to a faculty/staff squad, a team of Penn College students this week notched a 66-59 overtime win in a seasonal Bardo Gym tradition.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s and women’s basketball and wrestling teams closed out their seasons this past week. In basketball on Saturday at Bryn Athyn, the women won, 72-64, to complete a 13-12 overall season, 12-8 in the North Eastern Athletic Conference; and the men lost, 74-71, to end 3-22 overall and 2-16 in the NEAC.

The "Blue Crew" changed its color for the night ... but not its Wildcat loyalty. Alicia Ross, who scored 15 points on the night, defends her home court. The Wildcat Dance Team, properly accessorized (as always) The appropriately clad team mascot cheers the men's team, as James Boylan (33) and Thomas Ross (22) go to work. A banner at the gym entrance spreads the word.

Weekend karate event draws an impressive array of participants ... ... who learned from a visiting instructor (left) and George T. Vance, Penn College coach/part-time faculty, fitness and lifetime sports ... ... and put their personal best on display.

Battling for a North Eastern Athletic Conference playoff berth, the Pennsylvania College of Technology women’s basketball team went 1-1 in conference play last week and in the process saw one of its players reach the 1,000-point career scoring mark.

In its final tune-up before the United States Collegiate Athletic Association National Invitational on Feb. 15, the Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestling team dropped its final dual match on Saturday, 32-18, at Centenary College.