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.
Through its first 25 games, the Penn College women’s basketball team has reached not only new NCAA era (since 2014) heights, but program marks, as well. Going into Saturday’s United East Conference quarterfinal, it looks to go even further.
Penn College is scheduled to open its season on Saturday, hosting Juniata College in a doubleheader that starts at noon at the Lycoming Valley Intermediate School.
Penn College was the top collector in the United East Conference's fourth annual "United Feast" food drive, organized by the members of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. The initiative, which ran Jan. 30-Feb. 8, had each of the United East’s 14 member colleges collect canned goods and other nonperishables for local food banks.
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