Athletics Articles

Intramural champs keep road game close. The Penn College intramural indoor soccer champions traveled to Lock Haven University on Wednesday night for an extramural game – and what a game it turned out to be! At two minutes in, Penn College's Abdullah Muaddi got the scoring started. LHU answered with a goal three minutes later to tie the game at one, then added a goal two minutes after that.

With nine straight wins, Pennsylvania College of Technology heads into the Penn State University Athletic Conference softball playoffs as the conference’s hottest team and coach Roger Harris hopes the streak continues.

Battling for the boards The Penn College team, including high-scorer Nathaniel Brown (left) Lock Haven University's extramural basketball team walked into Bardo Gym on Tuesday night, hungry for a win. Players worked on windmill and reverse dunks during the pregame shoot-around, but never intimidated their Penn College hosts.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball team already has achieved its fourth consecutive 20-plus win season, it now is 21-10 overall, but coach Chris Howard is hopeful of much more. “We’re shooting to win a championship, not just a conference title, but we have hopes about going to nationals and winning that as well,” said Howard, in his eighth season. “The 20 wins are great.

The Penn College Martial Arts Team closed out its 2013-14 season Saturday with a training seminar and belt-promotion testing. Approximately 50 people from various clubs joined Penn College's Mathew D. Johnson, Alexander J. Hilton, Jeremy P.  Hansen, Lewis C. Muya, Eric M. Russell, Carlos A. Ramos-Sonera, Brayan S. Ramos and Elijah J. Brown in the college’s Field House.

Markus Rybak (back row, third from left) scored the winning goal. Action on the Bardo Gym sideline Students forced overtime with a late-game goal from Rafael Correa (second from right). The staff/faculty team wasted no time in an indoor soccer game against students Monday in Bardo Gym, as Markus Rybak scored in the first three minutes.

Prior to Sunday's baseball game, the Pennsylvania College of Technology Athletics Department announced the recipients of the 2014 Athlete of the Year awards.  Junior archer Kendel Baier, of Jersey Shore, was Female Athlete of the Year, and senior men’s soccer player Christopher Brennan, of New Hope, was named Male Athlete of the Year  The awards are voted upon by committee and are based solely on

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, the Penn College baseball and softball teams honored five graduating members from its 2014 teams.  Baseball honored Cody and Zachary Buterbaugh and Joshua Longsderff while softball paid tribute to Rachael Shaeffer and Kimberly Walter.

Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball, softball and archery teams are preparing for postseason play while the men’s tennis team concluded its season last week and the college received word that it is on track in its bid to become a Division III member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has granted Pennsylvania College of Technology provisional membership in Division III, the largest NCAA division both in number of participants and participating schools. The announcement comes a year after Penn College was approved for exploratory membership status in Division III for 2013-14.