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Comeback effort results in day of firsts in Beaver Falls

Jackets rally from 14 points down at half, Fusina picks up first win

Seven times this season, the Waynesburg University men’s basketball team had trailed by ten points or more at halftime. They lost each one of those games.  All of those losses, however, were in 2019, and Saturday’s game was the first for the Jackets in 2020.  This time the result was different. Waynesburg [1-12, 1-3] picked … Continue reading

Turnovers killer in Jackets’ loss at Carnegie Mellon

Earlier in the week, it was physicality from Westminster that caused problems for the Waynesburg University women’s basketball team. Thursday, it was length coupled with careless turnovers against Carnegie Mellon that led to a fifth straight loss. Waynesburg fell 77-56 at Carnegie Mellon in a non-conference matchup. The loss puts  Waynesburg at 1-8 this season, and … Continue reading

Jackets take two of three at JCU Duals

Sunday the Waynesburg University wrestling team competed in their final dual meet before the semester break. The Jackets rebounded from a loss to Shippensburg last Wednesday by winning two of their three matches in the John Carroll Duals.   Waynesburg picked themselves up and went to University Heights, Ohio focused and determined. “We wrestled with … Continue reading

Women’s tennis season ends at Grove City

Jackets finish the year without a conference win

Tuesday afternoon the Waynesburg University women’s tennis team traveled to Grove City College for a Presidents’ Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinal match. The eighth seeded Jackets fell to the top seeded Wolverines for the second year in a row, 9-0. While the result is disappointing, it isn’t surprising either given the strong season Grove City had. … Continue reading

Volleyball breaks 10-game losing streak at Penn State Shenango

Saturday afternoon in Sharon, Pennsylvania, the Waynesburg University volleyball team snapped a 10-match losing streak with a win against Penn State Shenango. The Jackets [3-18, 0-10]  won the non-conference match in straight sets, 3-0, picking up their third win of the season. All three sets had similar scores with the Jackets taking the first set, … Continue reading

Women’s tennis drops another close one, 5-4 to Penn State Altoona

The Waynesburg University women’s tennis team ended a four-game home stretch with a close, 5-4 loss to Penn State Altoona Sunday afternoon. The non-conference loss puts the Jackets at 1-6 overall, and they remained 0-3 in Presidents’ Athletic Conference play. “We keep losing 5-4,” head coach Ron Headlee said. “We’re getting better, we’re playing better, … Continue reading