Wildcat Athletics Articles

Although classes won't begin until Monday and athletes have yet to report, seven fall sports coaches at Pennsylvania College of Technology are gearing up for the start of their seasons. The baseball team, under coach Chris Howard who is beginning his second full season, will be the first to get under way when the Wildcats host Westmoreland Community College on Aug.

From Little League to playing professionally, Alison Tagliaferri of Linden has found success whatever the level of athletic competition. Now, she's accepted a challenge that will take her from being a player into a new role as head coach of the Pennsylvania College of Technology women's basketball team. And she expects the success to continue.

When it comes to all-around excellence against like competition, Pennsylvania College of Technology athletic teams are second to none. For the second consecutive season, Wildcat teams won five conference championships and took two seconds during 2006-07. Overall, they posted 181 wins, 81 losses and had two ties (both in men's soccer), for an outstanding .686 winning percentage.

Forty-eight Pennsylvania College of Technology students who competed in athletics during the winter and spring sports seasons have been named to the Penn State University Athletic Conference All-Academic team. During the 2006-07 school year, 107 of 225 athletes in all sports (47.5 percent) earned academic all-conference honors. "At Penn College , academics come first.

They shot. They scored. And, now, they are being honored. Pennsylvania College of Technology archers Michelle Wright, for the third time in her career, and Ryan Rambo, for his first, earned all-American status after competition Friday through Sunday at the United States Intercollegiate Archery Championships in Sparta, Ill.

Vol. 6, No. 40 (Through Sunday, May 20) ArcheryThursday-Sunday, May 17-20 - at National Outdoor Collegiate Championships, Sparta, Ill.

Since 1997, 14 Pennsylvania College of Technology archers have been named all-Americans 30 times. Of those 14, five have earned all-American status three or more times, and, this weekend at the United States Intercollegiate Archery Championships at Sparta, Ill., Wildcat Michelle Wright will seek to become the sixth.

Ten Pennsylvania College of Technology spring and winter athletes have earned Penn State University Athletic Conference All-Conference honors, it has been announced. Named All-Conference from the championship women's softball team were freshmen Lisa Miller (Cogan Station), Samantha Mills (Harrisburg) and Michelle McNett (Canton).

Vol. 6, No. 39 Schedule/Results/Records (Through Sunday, May 13) Archery Thursday-Sunday, May 17-20 at National Outdoor Collegiate Championships, Sparta , Ill. (Complete rosters and season schedules are available on the college's Athletics Web site ).

A team of Penn College staff and faculty defeated its student counterpart, 15-12, in a softball game on the college's Athletic Field Monday night. The students jumped to a quick 2-0 lead at the end of the first inning on a two-run homer by Aaron Moyer, according to a game summary from Lisa J. Worth, athletic assistant.