After a quick start and building an early lead Wednesday evening, the Waynesburg University women’s basketball team dropped their sixth game of the season to Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) rival Washington & Jefferson, 83-72. The battle of the second and third place teams in the PAC saw the Yellow Jackets (10-6, 6-3) outscored the Presidents … Continue reading
Waynesburg University’s men’s basketball team had won six in a row until their loss on the road at Westminster, a matchup against last year’s conference champions. “They’re a conference champs for a reason and we have to learn to play with an edge that they play with,” said head coach Mark Christner after the 80-67 … Continue reading
On Wednesday night, the women’s basketball team dropped a game to Presidents’ Athletic Conference competitor, Thomas More, a nationally ranked team. Head coach Sam Jones said he believed having a break before playing at home provided a spark in the first quarter, where the Yellow Jackets jumped out to a 16-15 lead. “We came right … Continue reading
Senior 125-pounder Tristan Buxton and junior heavyweight Jake Evans headlined a Waynesburg wrestling team that finished third out of 16 teams at its home invitational this past Saturday, as the duo notched individual titles at their respective weight classes. Buxton managed a pin, major decision and 12-6 decision en route to the championship bout, where … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University women’s basketball team continued their run of success with a convincing 80-61 victory over the Titans of Westminster this past weekend. The game started off slow for the Jackets as they were outscored in the first quarter 18-11. However, the remaining three quarters saw the Jackets outscoring the Titans by a sizeable … Continue reading
The Yellow Jackets continue to stay hot this season picking up their 6th win in a row. This time the win was at Chatham with Waynesburg beating the Cougars 70-62. “It was a typical game after a long break,” said head coach Mark Christner. “It was sloppy, but hard fought. We had to make more … Continue reading
The final game of 2017 for the Yellow Jacket men’s basketball team turned out to be another barn burner that was decided by a last second three pointer by senior wing Jon Knab. This gave the 62-59 victory to the Yellow Jackets and secured the championship title in the 43rd Annual Purple and Gold Tournament. … Continue reading
In the final contest of the 2017 calendar year, the Waynesburg University women’s basketball team defeated Frostburg State, 64-61 on a buzzer beater by senior guard MacKenna Drazich. “We set up a lob play with a secondary option of [Mackenna] getting the screen coming across. They didn’t cover [Mackenna], so it was a pretty easy … Continue reading
The identity of the 2017-18 Greenville College men’s basketball team is one that can be explained just by looking at its score lines thus far. The Panthers score a lot of points, the second highest scoring average in the nation at 123.1- but give up a lot of points as well, having allowed over 100 … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University women’s basketball team ended on a high note going into the holiday, with a 91-55 win over Pitt-Greensburg this past Thursday. “I feel really good about how we played tonight, they big thing for me is that we were sharing the ball a lot and we ended the game with only ten … Continue reading
