By: Caleb Yauger For the Yellow Jacket A field goal on the first offensive drive was all that the Waynesburg football team could manage on Saturday, Sept. 25. The Carnegie Mellon University Tartans defeated the Yellow Jackets 39-3 under the lights for the home opener at Gesling Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pa. “That’s got to be … Continue reading
The last time that the Waynesburg University volleyball team started its season 1-0 was back in 2018, when the Yellow Jackets defeated Allegheny College 3-2. On Wednesday night, however, a fan-filled Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse witnessed a 3-0 home-opening sweep over the La Roche University RedHawks. Waynesburg took each set by scores of 25-22, 25-12, and … Continue reading
Waynesburg University Women’s Basketball Head Coach Sam Jones was on a mission to recruit a standout basketball player at a 2017 PIAA Girls’ Playoff game. The game featured Bishop Canevin High School and West Shamokin High School, a game in which Jones was scouting a Crusader from Bishop Canevin. The Crusaders won the game by … Continue reading
The Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse hosted the first Waynesburg women’s volleyball home game of the season against the visiting Chatham Cougars on Tuesday night. After coming off a double header loss to the 2019 PAC runner up Geneva Golden Tornadoes, the Yellow Jackets turned things around in their first match against Chatham. The Cougars took the … Continue reading
The last match played by the Waynesburg University women’s volleyball team was on Nov. 2, 2019. On Thursday night, the Yellow Jackets debuted their 2021 season with a double header against the 2019 PAC runner-up Geneva Golden Tornadoes. The players were not the only ones making their season debuts. Waynesburg head coach Emily Taylor led … Continue reading
Junior forward and newcomer Abigail Green became a pleasant surprise for Waynesburg sports in the 2021 basketball season. In her first-ever collegiate basketball game, Green achieved a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds against the defending PAC champion Grove City Wolverines. That was Green’s first time returning to an organized basketball team in three … Continue reading
After falling to the defending PAC champion Grove City Wolverines, the Waynesburg Lady Jackets traveled to Westminster and competed against the Titans at Memorial Fieldhouse Saturday afternoon. Waynesburg never managed to obtain a lead in this game. The Lady Jackets were trailing by as many as 21 points and cut the deficit down to as … Continue reading
On Feb. 3, 2018, the Waynesburg men’s basketball team found itself in a 15-point deficit in the second half against a challenging 15-5 Westminster Titans team. The season for the Yellow Jackets leading up to this game was filled with many ups and downs in the win/loss column. In the month of December Waynesburg found … Continue reading
The Fall sports season is usually a time where athletic events are happening night in and night out. Tyler Godwin, who is the graduate assistant in sports information for Waynesburg University, works almost every sporting event, hastily trying to keep up with game statistics, updating the Jacket website, and many other tasks. A season without … Continue reading
Football is coming back to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. It is one of several sports to return to the PAC in the spring, and Friday, March 12 is set as the official starting date for the abbreviated 2020 season. You read that right: PAC football games are going to be played under the lights on … Continue reading
