Wildcat Athletics Articles

A year ago, Penn College saw its five-year drought of All-American archers end when Casey Keiter became number 44. This season, coach Dustin Bartron expects what had previously become an annual tradition that produced 43 archers earning the coveted status 88 times to continue.

For the second year in a row, the softball team finished second in the United East Conference to Penn State Brandywine, and for the second year in a row, because Brandywine is still in its provisional timeline of transitioning to Division III and is ineligible to advance, the Wildcats will represent the conference in NCAA Regional play.

Among the best of the best. That’s where the United East Conference-championship Penn College men’s golf team will find itself over the next several days as five Wildcats tee it up with 220 others from the nearly 4,800 student-athletes who competed on more than 40 teams at the NCAA Division III level this season.

United East Conference runner-up finishes for the men’s lacrosse and women’s tennis teams, and a spot in this coming weekend’s UE Final Four for the third-seeded softball squad. What a fantastic spring season it is.

Regular and postseason playoff success have been a way of life for Penn College softball teams throughout this century. This season, under Amber Savage, in her collegiate coaching debut, the Wildcats haven’t skipped a beat despite fielding an all-sophomore-and-freshman lineup, going 29-5 overall and 14-2 in the United East Conference, where they are seeded third and host sixth-seed Penn State Abington in a best-of-three series starting at 3 p.m. on Friday at the Lumber Yards.

At 13-4 overall – and tying its most successful regular season in program history, a record set a year ago – the Penn College men’s lacrosse team finds itself in a familiar position as it heads into the United East Conference playoffs for the sixth consecutive season under coach Jordan Williams.

The golf team made it four in a row United East Conference Championship titles, men’s and women’s tennis advanced to the conference semifinals, and the lacrosse and softball teams went undefeated last week.

This season, Penn College tennis teams have had unprecedented success, and third-year coach David Straub is hopeful that it continues on Saturday as both of his squads enter the United East Conference playoffs seeded third.

“We’re ready to rock and roll,” Penn College golf coach Rob Lytle said as his team prepped for this weekend’s United East Conference Championship, where it seeks its fourth straight title.

In one of the best combined weeks in program history, six Wildcat teams tasted victory, with the men’s and women’s tennis teams each posting two wins and qualifying third for the United East Conference playoffs, the men’s lacrosse and women’s softball teams both going 2-0, the golf team finishing first in a six-team field, and the archery squad claiming two gold, two silver, a bronze and six All-Region honorees at the USA Archery East Region Outdoor Championships.