Athletics Articles

As Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s basketball coach Geoff Hensley gears up for his fifth season, he does so with a good mix of players who bring experience and improved defense to make a move up in program growth. The Wildcats open their season at home in Bardo Gymnasium against Centenary (N.J.) University at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

Falling outdoor temperatures and daylight saving time ending are reminders of seasons changing for Pennsylvania College of Technology athletes. With the close of the fall soccer, tennis, golf and volleyball seasons – and final preparations underway for cross-country runners – the Wildcats’ wrestling season has begun, and openers for the men’s and women’s basketball teams are just days away.

Victoria Hurwitz, director of physical therapist assistant at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was among the "Women of Excellence" honored in YWCA Northcentral PA's 15th annual tribute to strong, creative and caring changemakers who help their communities thrive.

With a returning lineup that includes the program’s first national qualifier, Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestling coach Pankil Chander describes this year’s team as “competitive, deep and young” as the Wildcats enter the season nationally ranked among NCAA Division III schools for the first time in program history.

Mason Chapman, added to the Penn College men's basketball roster last month through a partnership with Team Impact, joined his family, teammates and coach for Monday's broadcast of WBRE's "PA live!" In two segments taped in the NBC affiliate's Wilkes-Barre studio, the group talked about Mason's acceptance into the program – which pairs special-needs children with collegiate sports teams – and the Wildcats' recent observance of Blindness Awareness Month.

Overcoming race-day adversity in championship fashion, the Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s cross-country team claimed its first conference title since 2012 on Saturday, while the college’s women’s soccer team posted a playoff shutout and advances to Tuesday’s 6 p.m. Volt Division semifinal at Penn State Harrisburg.

In collaboration with North Central Sight Services and in solidarity with their new teammate, Mason Chapman, the Penn College men's basketball team observed Blindness Awareness Month on Friday evening. At the close of their practice, players put on blindfolds for a dribbling drill to experience what it would be like to play without sight.

Despite going 1-3-1 during the regular season against other United East Volt Division playoff teams, Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s soccer coach Tyler Mensch welcomes the challenge as his fifth-seeded Wildcats open at fourth-seeded St. Mary’s (Md) College at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

With a 10-1-7 overall season entering the playoffs, this year’s Pennsylvania College of Technology women’s soccer team already has established itself as one of the program’s best ever, and as the third seed in the United East Volt Division, the Wildcats will host sixth-seeded Penn State Abington at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Eight men and five women are expected to represent Pennsylvania College of Technology on Saturday in the United East Championship meets hosted by Cairn University in Langhorne.