Looking towards the weekend, Waynesburg’s softball team has a quartet of Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) games that will have a significant impact on playoff implications. The Yellow Jackets will take on Geneva this Friday in a doubleheader at home before traveling to Greenville, Pennsylvania to take on the Thiel Tomcats Saturday. Both teams currently rank … Continue reading
The softball team hit the road for a pair of games Tuesday evening losing both to the fifth-place team in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, the Chatham Cougars. The Jackets (6-18 overall, 2-6 PAC) fell in the first game, 3-1, in part to the Cougars [9-13, 3-3] jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University softball team will continue Presidents’ Athletic Conference play when it heads to Grove City to take on the Wolverines later today. Going into the game, head coach Brett Shimek will have a few days to prepare as the team has had a few days off. “We have to be mentally focused to … Continue reading
Coming back from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, first-year Waynesburg University head softball coach Brett Shimek experienced a “nine-hour bus ride of emotional thoughts.” The emotion had nothing to do with what happened on the team’s spring break trip, where the Yellow Jackets struggled to a 2-6 start. The reason Shimek carried a heavy heart on … Continue reading
Last week the Waynesburg University softball team started Presidents’ Athletic Conference play with a doubleheader against Westminster. Waynesburg (5-13, 1-1) split the doubleheader, losing game one 4-1, and bouncing back to win game two, 4-2. With that victory, it was the first win over the Titans (6-10, 1-1) since April 28, 2011, which stretched to … Continue reading
Following a pair of postponements last weekend and a doubleheader with Point Park University this past Wednesday, the Waynesburg University softball team opens up its Presidents’ Athletic Conference schedule against Westminster this Saturday. As the team transitions from its 16-game non-conference schedule to its 16-game PAC schedule, the lineup should be set in stone and … Continue reading
This coming weekend, the Waynesburg University softball team will compete in four of its final six nonconference games before beginning Presidents’ Athletic Conference action March 30. Starting at 3:30 p.m. this Friday, the Yellow Jackets (4-8 as of March 19) will play host to Mount Aloysius College in a doubleheader, before traveling to Pitt Greensburg … Continue reading
During Waynesburg University’s spring break, the Yellow Jacket softball team began a new era under first-year head coach Brett Shimek. After traveling to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Waynesburg played eight games in three days, including two triple headers which were highlighted with one win in each extending the Jackets record to the two-win plateau early … Continue reading
This past weekend, the Yellow Jacket softball team hit the road for a nonconference twin-bill at Penn State Fayette where they left with two more wins on the young season. The Yellow Jackets (4-8) picked up an 11-0 win in five innings in the first game. Waynesburg displayed its offense early, scoring seven runs over … Continue reading
When the Yellow Jacket softball team starts its season March 7 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, it will have a new coach at the helm. Brett Shimek will enter the diamond for his first season as head coach this spring. He brings a wealth of experience to the table, and replaces Richelle Hall, who led … Continue reading
