Wildcat Athletics Articles

Nearly 200 fans dressed in pink Thursday night to support the Penn College Lady Wildcats volleyball team and help raise awareness of breast cancer. The game was sponsored by Health Services and the Off-Campus Housing Organization. OCHO provided fun games and free pink cotton candy to all the fans.

Freshman Melissa Lake (Winburne) was named the Penn State University Athletic Conference Women's Volleyball Player of the Week for the period ending Sept. 18. In a 2-0 week for the Wildcats, Lake notched 15 kills, five aces and six digs, including a season-high 14 kills against Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Lake is having a solid rookie season with 65 kills, 14 digs and eight blocks.

Other than a women's volleyball win and second-place finish by the golf team, it was a tough week for Pennsylvania College of Technology fall sports teams as the men's and women's soccer squads each went 0-2 and the coed tennis team 0-1.

Visitors to Saturday's portion of Parent & Family Weekend engaged in friendly competition outside the Field House during the Intramural Family Spectacular at Penn College. Options ran the gamut from a foul-shooting contest to ladder golf and other leisure games made even more pleasurable by sunshine and free ice cream! Photos by Jeremy R. Bottorf, intramural assistant

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the campus community is encouraged to show its support at the Penn College Pink Outs. The women's volleyball team, which held its second annual Pink Out Tie-Dye event Wednesday, didn't expect the crowd that showed up to helpheighten awareness.

Freshman Corey Teeple (Lake Ariel) was named the United States Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Week for the period ending Sept. 18. Teeple shot a 74 on a par 72 to place first at the Penn State Mont Alto Invitational at Penn National Golf Course and help the Penn College golf team to the top spot. This is Teeple's first USCAA honor of the year and of his career.

The Penn College men's cross-country team was the literal cat's meow in competition Saturday, finishing first among nine teams "in the running" at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Student photographer (and former team member) Michael S. Fischer was on hand for the meet, capturing video footage of the athletes in action and of this pep talk from coach Mike Paulhamus.

All six Pennsylvania College of Technology fall sports teams saw action last week, and they combined for six wins, suffered two losses and ended with three ties. Flashback Cross-Country The Penn College men's team finished first in a nine-team field Saturday at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Wildcat Travis Cain, of Bloomsburg, placed third over the 5.1-mile course in a time of 28 minutes, 30 seconds.

A year ago, Robert Kemrer was helping lead the Pennsylvania College of Technology coed tennis team to its third straight Penn State University Athletic Conference championship. Now, he is the team's coach. Kemrer, who captured conference championships at the No. 4 men's singles position in both 2007 and a year ago, succeeds Aimee Plastow, who resigned her position as coach after last season.

Three Pennsylvania College of Technology fall sports team already have begun their seasons and, this week, two more step into action. On Wednesday, the golf team opens its season in the Penn State Fayette Invitational at the Mystic Rocks course in Farmington and the women's soccer team plays at NCAA Division III Albright College.