After narrowly repeating as Presidents’ Athletic Conference champions, edging out Washington & Jefferson last year 107.5 to 99.5, the Waynesburg University wrestling team is set to continue its reign for the third-straight season this Friday. While the Yellow Jackets have two individual PAC champions on the roster in junior 197-pounder Ken Burrs and senior heavyweight … Continue reading
Heading into the final three games of the regular season, the Waynesburg women’s basketball team will have no easy contests down the stretch with three Presidents’ Athletic Contest match-ups, beginning this Saturday with a trip to Latrobe, Pennsylvania to take on the first-place St. Vincent Bearcats (18-4, 12-1). Head coach Sam Jones realizes that facing … Continue reading
Initially for sophomore basketball player Andrea Orlosky, Waynesburg University wasn’t even on the radar for post-secondary education and athletics. She had committed to attend Pitt-Greensburg, but after their head coach departed, she realized that there were more possibilities to receive a quality education while continuing to play the game she loves. “I realized that I … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University women’s track & field team was back in action after a weekend off due to a cancellation when it participated in the SPIRE Institute Midwest Indoor Track & Field Open in Geneva, Ohio. The meet consisted of Division I, II and III schools, but the Yellow Jackets did not partake in team … Continue reading
The biggest shot of Brennan Smith’s college career—a shot that basketball players dream of making—turned into a nightmare. Waynesburg University was playing a crucial game at Chatham nearly two years ago. The Yellow Jackets were fighting for a conference playoff berth. The team trailed by two points in the game’s final seconds, and Smith hit … Continue reading
On Monday evening, the Yellow Jacket women’s basketball team dropped a non-conference road game to Bridgewater, a Division III opponent from Virginia, 70-65. Heading into the game the Jackets had won their last four out of five, but now sit at 6-14 (4-7). This loss came after a 93-65 win against Westminster that showed Waynesburg … Continue reading
The Waynesburg men’s indoor track & field team competed in the Spire Institute Midwest Indoor Open in Geneva, Ohio last Saturday. Team results were not recorded in the event, but athletes were given an opportunity to compete individually in a collection of events. According to Cross, this was a new experience for the Jackets as … Continue reading
This year marks the first season the Thomas More Saints aren’t in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. However, this hasn’t stopped the Waynesburg men’s basketball team from finding a way to play the Saints. “I think as a conference, at least on the men’s [basketball] side, we miss them because the conference isn’t as good without … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University men’s indoor track & field teams brought back former Yellow Jacket and one-time national champion jump coach Luke Payson for the upcoming 2019 season. Payson, who was a former teammate of head coach Michelle Cross in 2006, is returning for his second term as jump coach, a position in which he holds … Continue reading
With the opportunity to win its third-straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship, the Waynesburg University wrestling team faces an uphill battle. Along with having the target on their backs as defending champs, the Yellow Jackets are also facing injury problems, the most significant being that of national qualifier Ken Burrs, a two-time defending PAC champion in … Continue reading
