Wildcat Athletics Articles

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology tennis players won Penn State University Athletic Conference championships over the weekend at University Park and the Wildcats finished third in team competition. Robert Kemrer, a freshman from Milton, took the No. 4 men's singles title, winning in a tie-breaker, and then teamed with Alex Henry, a freshman from Rutherford, N.J., for the No.

Penn State University Athletic Conference championship weekend is on tap for two Pennsylvania College of Technology athletic teams. The men's and women's cross-country teams travel to Penn State Wilkes-Barre on Saturday and the co-ed tennis team is at University Park on Saturday and Sunday. Cross-Country Penn College runners have dominated conference meets during the regular season.

In an effort to showcase Penn College student-athletes, the Athletics Department has instituted Senior Day for all 15 varsity sports. Seniors on the women's soccer team were honored Saturday, Oct. 13, at halftime of their game, and women's volleyball seniors were honored Monday, Oct. 15, before the start of their match.

At Homecoming festivities recently, Pennsylvania College of Technology presented, for the first time, Outstanding Varsity Athletic Alumni Awards. The 2007 recipients are Wayne M. Parfitt, of Newport News, Va., and Sara J. Smith, of Troy.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's baseball team split at Penn State Beaver on Saturday and closed out its fall season with a 16-7 record, 7-3 in the Penn State University Athletic Conference. The two teams finished tied for first.

The on-campus team put up a good fight, but, in the end, the off-campus defense was too much and won Friday's Powder Puff Football game 20-6. According to a game summary from Jeremy Bottorf, intramural/Fitness Center assistant, Jess Strasser was all over the field and scored on a long touchdown run to start the scoring for the off-campus team.

For the past year, the men's and women's soccer teams at Pennsylvania College of Technology have been running on a parallel course, and the similarities are striking.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's men's cross country team has had more than its share of success over the years, but, onOct. 6, it reached a new high. Paced by sophomore Greg Kammerle (Willow Grove), the Wildcats won their first nonconference meet in 20 seasons. Kammerle covered the 4.9-mile course in 28:30. A year ago, he set a record on the course when he finished in 28:15.

A team of students won the inaugural kickball game against Penn College staff Wednesday night. The students, led by Gavin Mock's 3-run home run, rallied to beat the staff team, 12-5. Staff caught the student team off-guard and scored 4 runs in the first inning to open up a lead. The students got one back in the bottom half of the first and scored 3 more in the second to tie the game.

Pennsylvania College of Technology golfers have captured a conference championship for an unprecedented fifth straight season.