After finishing second-to-last in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference with a 12-20 record last year, Waynesburg University softball will head into the 2019 season under a new coach. Richele Hall, who had a combined record of 56-91-1 over the four years she spent as head coach for the Yellow Jackets, has recently resigned. Following Hall’s departure, … Continue reading
With the season slowing winding down, the softball team went on the road over the weekend and split a series against the Geneva Golden Tornados. The Waynesburg Yellow Jacket softball team competed in a doubleheader in Beaver Falls, Saturday, April 21, against the Geneva Golden Tornadoes who won the first game 7-4 before dropping the … Continue reading
It’s been seven years since the Waynesburg University softball team qualified for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference tournament. As of Monday’s doubleheader sweep at the hands of Grove City, which moved their PAC record to 5-9, the Yellow Jackets were in a four-way tie for fifth place in the conference, and two games behind the team … Continue reading
As the Waynesburg softball team continues its season, the recent stretch of poor weather has caused many Presidents’ Athletic Conference games to be rescheduled. As such, the Yellow Jackets will have played eight games in seven days come this Saturday, April 14, when the team takes on Thiel in its final two games of a … Continue reading
It happened Christmas morning. It was her 19th Christmas, and Courtney Syfert had mastered her routine. She’d wake up at 8 a.m. Open presents. Then spend the day happily with family in Johnstown. But none of that happened. She woke up, but she didn’t hear any noise downstairs. Her family didn’t open presents, and they … Continue reading
The Yellow Jackets evened up their conference record against Chatham with a pair of wins. This past Tuesday, the Yellow Jacket softball team picked up two wins in its double header against Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) foe Chatham. The Jackets now move to 10-10 overall and have also worked their conference record back to 3-3. … Continue reading
On Friday, the Yellow Jacket softball team split its doubleheader with Franciscan University, winning the first in five innings and dropping the second. Junior pitcher Courtney Messenger led the way for the Jackets in game one, throwing five innings and giving up no runs on just four hits. Head coach Richele Hall was satisfied with … Continue reading
So far, this early season has been an up and down battle for the Waynesburg University softball team. After coming back from the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic in Florida with a 5-3 record, the Yellow Jackets had their home opener postponed due to weather and then went to Carlow Monday, March 19 and lost a … Continue reading
Since taking over as head coach at Waynesburg University in 2015, Richele Hall has worked to change the culture of the softball program. Although the Yellow Jackets have yet to make the Presidents’ Athletic Conference tournament in Hall’s tenure, she feels that this roster—which consists entirely of players she recruited—could be the group that changes … Continue reading
