Wildcat Athletics Articles

A new league and new opportunities in athletics are creating excitement at Pennsylvania College of Technology. This fall, Penn College, a special mission affiliate of Penn State, will join Penn State's Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference and athletes competing on Wildcat men's basketball and women's volleyball teams gain four-year eligibility. Michael J.

Texas A&M, James Madison, Texas, Michigan State. Big-name schools with big-name athletic programs. And when you talk about the "heavyweights" in collegiate archery, you can add Pennsylvania College of Technology. "Penn College has a great program," assessed Coach Chad Karstetter. "Just being in the area of Pennsylvania that we are, we seem to have the potential already here.

Pennsylvania College of Technology is coming off one of its most successful fall sports seasons ever, during which two teams won state championships and 25 individuals have been awarded post-season all-state or all-conference honors. Earning all-Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association accolades were: Baseball Ted Kirner (sophomore/Central Bucks West).

Great starts, less than great finishes. That, in a nutshell, has been the story of the Penn College men's basketball team in recent years. But this year could be different. When the Wildcats open their season at 3 p.m.

Penn College women's basketball coach Jeff Chamberlin is quick to admit that there are more negatives than positives facing this year's team. Yet, he remains optimistic.

With just two returnees from last season's 12-15 squad, Pennsylvania College of Technology's women's basketball coach Jeff Chamberlin knows his team has its work cut out. "This year is going to be much different from previous years because we're so young," said the fifth-year coach. "We're limited in experience and we're very limited in numbers − we only have nine on the roster.

Penn College men's soccer coach Andy Richardson has reason for both optimism and concern as his squad heads into postseason play. On the plus side, his team rolled through the regular season playing well while compiling records of 15-2 overall and 11-1 in the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference.

"We're now in a world we've never been in," Pennsylvania College of Technologygolf coach Chet Schuman observed as the Wildcats headed for the Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association championships Monday and Tuesday.

Entering this season, Pennsylvania College of Technology cross country Coach Mike Paulhamus said he saw nothing but good things happening for his men's team. So far, after finishing unbeaten during the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference regular season and claiming the end-of-the-season EPCC championship, he's been right on.

In three seasons under Coach Bambi Hawkins, the Pennsylvania College of Technology women's volleyball team has made steady progress. This year, Hawkins hopes to take things up yet another notch. Last year, the Lady Wildcats went 9-10 overall and 7-7 in the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference, where they just missed making the playoffs. "I'm really excited.