The women’s softball and men’s lacrosse teams each had double-win weeks, with the softball team extending its win streak to eight games and the lacrosse team knocking off an undefeated team that it had never beaten before. Also, the women’s tennis team opened its spring season with a shutout win, and a men’s golfer placed second in his first spring outing.
After completing their fall seasons and taking a winter break, spring play with United East Conference action gets underway for the Penn College tennis and golf teams.
Penn College sent three wrestlers to the NCAA Division III National Championships, and all of them, although eliminated on Friday’s first day, came away winners and helped the team to its best finish ever on the national level.
Three Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestlers are poised to compete this weekend on the sport’s biggest stage at the NCAA Division III National Championships in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and coach Dalton Rohrbaugh sees potential for each of them.
The women’s basketball team saw three players named to United East All-Conference teams, while Friday’s 15-goal win over Shenandoah University improved the men’s lacrosse record to 5-1, matching the start of the 2023 squad.
For the first time since becoming NCAA postseason eligible in 2017-18, three Wildcat wrestlers qualified in a single season for the Division III National Championships. Meanwhile, the women’s basketball team closed its winningest campaign in program history.
Penn College is scheduled to open its season under a new head coach with a doubleheader on Saturday against crosstown rival Lycoming College at 1 p.m. at the Lycoming Valley Intermediate School field.
Twice in the last three seasons, the Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestling program was represented at the NCAA Division III National Championships. This weekend, the Wildcats will be looking to add to that list.
Due to weather impacting some areas on Tuesday, both United East Conference women’s basketball semifinal games will be played at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
Penn College’s women’s basketball team earned its program-record 20th win of the season on Saturday and reached the United East Conference semifinals. This Friday and Saturday, Wildcat wrestlers will compete in the NCAA Division III Region 2 Championships at Ithaca College. Also on Saturday, the baseball and softball teams are set to get underway.
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