Wildcat Athletics Articles

Vol. 7, No. 28 Recent Results/Upcoming Games (Through Feb. 22)Men's Basketball Overall record: 16-10 Final PSUAC record: 14-4Tuesday, Feb.

The men's basketball team lost to Penn State DuBois in the first round of the Penn State University Athletic Conference playoffs, a 91-88 nail-biter before an enthusiastic and supportive Bardo Gymnasium crowd. Joe Simon became the second Wildcat this season to hit the 1,000-point mark (following Craig Flint) and Leroy Joiner pumped in a team-leading 35 points.

A graduating member of the Wildcat bowling team was honored during a recent Senior Night presentation at Faxon Lanes in Loyalsock Township. Merle E. Burkhart Jr., an automotive service technician major from Lancaster, joined his parents and coach Deb Vincenzes for public acknowledgement. Student-athletes are spotlighted in each of Penn College's varsity sports throughout the season.

Pennsylvania College of Technology men's and women's basketball teams return to the Penn State University Athletic Conference playoffs for the second year in a row, and both are poised to do some damage. The Penn College men , 16-9 overall and 14-3 in the conference, are seeded fourth and host fifth-seeded Penn State DuBois (17-8, 13-4) at 8 p.m. Thursday at Bardo Gymnasium.

Vol. 7, No. 27 Recent Results/Upcoming Games (Through Feb. 15) Men's Basketball Overall record: 15-9 PSUAC record: 13-3 Monday, Feb. 9 host Penn State Brandywine, W, 78-62 Wednesday, Feb. 11 host Penn State Scranton, W, 93-77 Friday, Feb. 13 at Penn State Fayette, W, 86-70 Saturday, Feb. 14 at Penn State New Kensington, W, 106-102 Tuesday, Feb. 17 host Penn State Schuylkill, 8 p.m.

Penn College men's basketball player Greg Solyak was named the Penn State University Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the period of Feb. 3-9. In his team's win over Penn State Brandywine, Solyak scored 23 points and pulled down nine rebounds. In a win over Penn State Scranton, he scored a personal season-high 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

Pennsylvania College of Technology coach Chad Karstetter is pleased with what his archers have shown so far this young season, and with good reason. First, at the PA State Indoor Championships in Taylor on Jan. 31, two Wildcats recorded first-place finishes one of them setting a new state record in the process. Then, at the World Archery Festival Feb.

Vol. 7, No. 26 Recent Results/Upcoming Games (Through Feb. 8) Men's Basketball Overall record: 11-9 PSUAC record: 9-3 Monday, Feb. 2 at Penn State Hazleton, L, 93-74 Thursday, Feb. 5 host Penn State Wilkes-Barre, W, 75-62 Saturday, Feb. 7 at Penn State Abington, L, 72-68 Monday, Feb. 9 host Penn State Brandywine, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 host Penn State Scranton, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb.

Student members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's intercollegiate athletics teams and the campus' three recognized fraternities attained collective grade-point averages higher than their peers during the Fall 2008 semester. Penn College's student-athletes achieved an overall GPA of 2.94 for the Fall 2008 semester, considerably above the all-student average of 2.79.

Renewing their all-star basketball rivalry against a staff/faculty team Monday, students hit 11 of their first 13 three-pointers on their way to winning the game 67-43 in Bardo Gym. According to a recap by intramural assistant Jeremy R. Bottorf, the staff/faculty team (led by Gallahad Mallery and Jim Williams Jr.) mounted a small comeback to start the second half.