Waynesburg University’s indoor track team is taking the season in strides as the women and men’s teams competed in their second meet of the season Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Pioneer Open hosted by Marietta College. Although some athletes competed at the team’s first meet of the season at West Virginia University, this meet served … Continue reading
From opening night through the first week of Christmas break, it looked like the men’s basketball season would fall in the line of disappointments that has been a common theme for most Waynesburg University sports in recent years. After an ugly non-conference loss at Malone in which the Jackets failed to break 40 points, Waynesburg … Continue reading
Waynesburg University women’s assistant basketball coach Matt Pioch is a versatile and busy man. Between his days he has to balance coaching with his duties as a professor, a resident director of Thayer Hall, and director of housing for the entire campus. QUESTION: Is Waynesburg your first stint coaching basketball? ANSWER: “At the collegiate level, … Continue reading
The accolades keep coming for Rocky McGeary. With his college wrestling career a little over a month old, the freshman heavyweight has already picked up several Presidents’ Athletic Conference honors. This past weekend at the Messiah Petrofes Invitational, the freshman went a perfect 5-0 and finished first individually in the entire tournament. As a team, … Continue reading
Hall of Fame football coach Bill Parcells once said; “You are what your record says you are.” Whether or not that’s a universal truth of sports is up for debate. For Waynesburg University men’s basketball coach Tim Fusina, however, this accurately sums up how the 2019-20 season has gone thus far. Coming into its Presidents’ … Continue reading
Chris Hardie saw this day coming for years. When Hardie first started recruiting Aubrey Wingeart, she was a junior at King George High School in Virginia, he had a conversation with her that Wingeart’s father, Paul, was quick to remind him of this past weekend. Hardie didn’t have a strong recollection of the conversation, but … Continue reading
One goal of the game of basketball is to limit the opponent’s ability to score in transition. For head women’s basketball coach Sam Jones, this was the main flaw in Waynesburg University’s effort 96-79 loss to Case Western Reserve last night. Although Jones said the Jackets eventually made necessary adjustments in their transition defense, overall, … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University men’s basketball team held a Midnight Madness event at Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse to help support the Corner Cupboard in Greene County, and begin its 2019 campaign. Senior guards Cam Auld and Frank Bozicevic took leadership roles in organizing this event for the Corner Cupboard according to first year head coach Tim … Continue reading
This Saturday, the Waynesburg University wrestling team opened its season with the annual intrasquad Orange vs Black wrestle-offs. Team Orange won the match 27-26, but the outcome was irrelevant, as the purpose of the meet was for the coaching staff as they were able to identify some of the top wrestlers for the upcoming season, … Continue reading
Both the Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets, and the Grove City College Wolverines entered Presidents’ Athletic Conference play Friday night with the same record of three wins, six losses, and one tie. The matchup was even, so it was no surprise that the game ended in a 2-2 tie at John F. Wiley Stadium. Scoring came … Continue reading
