Penn College soccer teams get first wins

Published 09.18.2022

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Stepping into United East Conference play for the first time this season, Pennsylvania College of Technology soccer teams split on Saturday, while the golf team closed out the week with a second-place finish in a 13-team invitational.



FLASHBACK
Men’s soccer
On Tuesday against Albright College, goalkeeper Cole Catherman, of Selinsgrove, was perfect in stopping all six chances and Dylan Dailey, of East Stroudsburg, netted the lone goal on an assist by Copper Smith, of Carlisle, as the Wildcats won, 1-0, to even the series record at 1-1 and earn their first win of the season.

At Lancaster Bible College in its UE opener, Penn College lost, 5-0, to drop to 1-4-1 overall. LB led in shots on goal, 13-0, and corner kicks, 14-0.

Women’s soccer
Penn College led in shots on goal, 8-2, and in corner kicks, 8-2, and capitalized on goals by Kaelynn Sheetz, of Elizabethtown, and Wiley Egan, of Northumberland, for a 2-1 win at Lancaster Bible College, their first “W” of the season under new coach Ian Scheller. The Wildcats now are 1-4 overall.

Golf
Sophomore transfer Peyton Mussina, of Montoursville, carded a 6-over-par 77 to tie for 10th in leading the Wildcats to an eighth-place finish in a 12-team field Wednesday in the team’s season opener in the Elizabethtown College Fall Invitational at Hershey Country Club East.

Right back in action over the weekend in the Mountain Valley Classic hosted by Penn State Altoona, Penn College was in second place among 13 teams after the first day of competition on Friday with three players scoring in the 70s, led by Trevor Keaton, of Worcester, who shot a 3-over 75 and was tied for sixth.

Wrapping up tournament play on Saturday, Mussina closed out his weekend with a 74 on the par 72, 6,748-yard Summit Country Club course, following a 78 on the par 72, 6,936-yard Sinking Valley Country Club course on Friday, for a 152 total and tie for fourth place. Also in the 70s for both of his rounds for the Wildcats was Will Orwig, of Mifflintown, who shot 78-77–155 and tied for eighth.

Penn College’s 624 total was just nine behind team champion Penn State Altoona’s 615.

Men’s cross-country
For his 24th-place finish in a 216-runner field Sept. 10 in the Lebanon Valley College Invitational, freshman Mitch Campbell, of Riegelsville, was named United East Male Runner of the Week, it was announced Tuesday.

On Saturday at Misericordia University, the men, led by Campbell’s season-best third-place finish in 27:19.9, placed fifth, and the women, behind Skyelar Splain’s 40th-place finish in 32:20.5, were sixth.

Women’s volleyball
In the team’s lone match, it extended King’s College to four games before falling, 25-14, 17-25, 18-25, 21-25. Individual leaders included Coryn Oswald, of Langhorne, with 13 kills; Cheyenne Stein, of Orwigsburg, with 32 assists; and Brooke Simmons, of Waterford, with 29 digs as its overall record dropped to 1-5.

eSports
Action in Rocket League, Valorant and GS:Go begins this week.

SCHEDULES/RECORDS
Men’s soccer
UE: 0-1
Overall: 1-4-1
Tuesday, Sept. 13 – host Albright College, W, 1-0
Saturday, Sept. 17 – at Lancaster Bible College (UE), L, 5-0
Tuesday, Sept. 20 – host Penn State Harrisburg (UE), 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 22 – at Clarks Summit University, 3 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 24 – host Gallaudet University (UE), 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 28 – at King’s College, 7 p.m.

Women’s soccer
UE: 1-0
Overall: 1-4
Saturday, Sept. 17 – at Lancaster Bible College (UE), W, 2-1
Tuesday, Sept. 20 – host Penn State Harrisburg (UE), 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 21 – at Penn State Altoona, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 24 – host Gallaudet University (UE), 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 25 – host Gwynedd University, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 28 – at Juniata College, 7 p.m.

Women’s volleyball
UE: 0-0
Overall: 1-5
Monday, Sept. 12 – host King’s College, L, 3-1 (25-14, 17-25, 18-25, 21-25)
Tuesday, Sept. 20 – at Keystone College, 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 23 – at Albright College, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 27 – at Mt. Aloysius College, 6:30 p.m.

Men’s/women’s cross-country
Saturday, Sept. 17 – at Misericordia University, men 5th, women 6th
Saturday, Oct. 8 – Mansfield University Ed Winrow Invitational, 11:15 a.m.

Men’s tennis
Overall: 0-1
Saturday, Sept. 24 – at King’s College Invitational, 9 a.m.
Sunday, Oct. 2 – at Marywood University, 2 p.m.

Women’s tennis
Saturday, Sept. 24 – at King’s College Invitational, 9 a.m.
Sunday, Oct. 2 – at Marywood University, 2 p.m.

Golf
Wednesday, Sept. 14 – Elizabethtown College Fall Invitational at Hershey Country Club East, 8th of 12
Friday, Sept. 16 – Mountain Valley Classic Day 1 at Sinking Valley Country Club (Altoona), 2nd of 13
Saturday, Sept. 17 – Mountain Valley Classic Day 2 at Summit Country Club (Cresson), 2nd of 13
Sunday-Monday, Sept. 25-26 – at Wilson College Fall Invitational, 9 a.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 27 – United East Fall Preview, 12:30 p.m.

Esports
Formula Four Championship
Monday, Sept. 19 – Interlagos, 9 p.m.

Collegiate iRacing League GT3 Challenge
Tuesday, Sept. 20 – Twin Riing Motegi, 9 p.m.

Collegiate iRacing League Premier Series
Tuesday, Sept. 13 – Kansas, 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 27 – Texas, 9 p.m.

Rocket League
Monday, Sept. 19 — vs. Southern Mississippi, 7 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 26 — vs. Mt. St. Joseph, 7 p.m.

Valorant
Wednesday, Sept. 21 — vs. Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 28 — vs. Farris State University, 7 p.m.

CS:GO
Friday, Sept. 23 — vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 30 — vs. Massachusetts-Dartmouth, 7 p.m.

For more about the United East, visit the conference website.

For additional information, visit the Wildcat Athletics website.

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