Wildcat Athletics Articles

Vol. 7, No. 33 Recent Results/Upcoming Games (Through March 29)Archery Saturday-Sunday, April 4-5 at Adam Wheatcroft Memorial, Harrisonburg, Va.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's baseball team continues pursuit of its second straight Penn State University Athletic Conference championship when it returns to the field Saturday at 1 p.m. at Penn State New Kensington. "After a long winter, you're always excited to get those first games out of the way," coach Chris Howard said. "You get tired of all the batting practice and ground balls.

Penn College is ranked a solid second in the most recent United States Collegiate Athletic Association Director's Cup standings. Two-time winner Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista, Va., holdsthe top spot with 564 points, while Penn College is second with 465.5 points. Spalding University in Louisville, Ky., is third with 250 points.

Vol. 7, No. 32 Recent Results/Upcoming Games (Through March 22)Archery April 4-5 at Adam Wheatcroft Memorial, Harrisonburg, Va. April 25-26 host Eastern Regional Intercollegiate ChampionshipsMen's Volleyball MACVC record: 10-10-1March 21 at Lock Haven Tournament, def. Bloomsburg, 26-24, 20-25, 25-22; def.

Although roster numbers are down somewhat this year, the optimism for the coming women's softball season expressed by Pennsylvania College of Technology coach Roger Harris is as high as ever. The Wildcats, Harris' eighth edition, open their season Tuesday at Penn State Harrisburg. "Last fall and early this spring, when I started looking at who we had, I was optimistic," Harris said.

It wasn't pretty and both teams combined for 29 fouls, but, in the end, Penn College came out on top in Thursday's intramural basketball game against Lycoming College 41-38 in overtime. According to a game summary by Jeremy R. Bottorf, intramural assistant, Penn College trailed by as many as 13 before gathering itself and chipping away at the lead.

Joe Simon, a junior guard-forward on the Penn College men's basketball team, has been awarded Penn State University Athletic Conference Honorable Mention honors. Simon, a business management student from Renovo, scored 382 points during the Wildcats' 18-12 season that included a sixth-place finish in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association national tournament.

Pennsylvania College of Technology archers closed out the indoor portion of their schedule in grand fashion last weekend, taking one team first, two team seconds and three individual firsts at the U.S. Collegiate Indoor Eastern Regionals in Harrisonburg, Va. "Overall, we did really well," coach Chad Karstetter said. "I've got a good team this year. These guys are definitely the real deal.

Vol. 7, No. 31 Recent Results/Upcoming Games (Through March 15) ArcherySaturday-Sunday, March 14-15 at U.S. Indoor Eastern Regionals, Harrisonburg, Va., men's compound team finished first, men's recurve and women's compound teams finished second Saturday-Sunday, April 4-5 at Adam Wheatcroft Memorial, Harrisonburg, Va.

Two Penn College men's basketball players have been named to the 2009 Penn State University Athletic Conference All-Conference Team. Leroy Joiner, a freshman guard from Williamsport, and Craig Flint, a senior guard from Port Allegany, were honored by the conference Monday. Joiner, an early childhood education major, led the team in scoring this season with 492 points.