Joseph Smeltzer

Women’s XC places 13th, Wingeart qualifies for nationals

Sophomore becomes fourth Jacket runner in five years to qualify for national tournament

Sports, Women's Cross Country
PAC Athletics

For the fourth time in five years, Waynesburg University’s women’s cross country program will send a runner to the national tournament.  Sophomore Aubrey Wingeart, two weeks removed from taking first at the 2019 Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships, took 10th place at Saturday’s NCAA Division III Mideast Regional tournament.  Before the race, head coach Chris Hardie … Continue reading

The day Waynesburg beat W&J

Five years later, alumni reflect on historic win

Football, Sports

“It’s a rivalry if the other team wins once in a while.”  This quote from Washington & Jefferson head football coach Mike Sirianni was issued just before the annual Waynesburg-W&J game in 2014. Although the quote certainly gave the Yellow Jackets “bulletin board material,” it wasn’t entirely inaccurate.  In a series that started in 1897, … Continue reading

Football starts “two-game season” at home against Case Western Reserve Saturday

Spartans only undefeated team in Presidents' Athletic Conference

Football, Sports
Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Coming out of a bye week, the Waynesburg University football team has the best team in the PAC visiting Greene County this Saturday. To illustrate how good Case Western Reserve is, the Spartans could drop their remaining two games at Waynesburg and Carnegie Mellon University, and still win the conference championship outright, so long as … Continue reading

Column: Women’s cross country’s run of dominance far from over

Sports, Women's Cross Country
Patty Kaczynski Scott

Expect anything different? In what’s become a yearly ritual around the late-October/early-November time of the year, the Waynesburg University women’s cross country team won the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship, edging out a scrappy Geneva squad by four points. Although the 2019 PAC Championships just ended, and the cross country season is still going on for … Continue reading

Education majors teach local kids

Campus

This past Thursday, 20 members of Kappa Delta Pi practiced their teaching skills by working with kindergarten and first-grade students at Waynesburg Central Elementary school.  The Waynesburg University students taught first and second-grade students at the school. The theme for the morning, which lasted from 8:30 a.m. to around 10:30 a.m., centered around fall. With … Continue reading

Four in a row: Women’s cross country once again PAC champions

Jackets edge upstart Geneva squad for fourth consecutive championship

Sports, Women's Cross Country
Patty Kaczynski Scott

If any team was going to stop Waynesburg University from winning a fourth straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference women’s cross country championship, Geneva would have been a good bet.  Before the season, the Golden Tornadoes were picked to finish third in the preseason poll behind the Yellow Jackets and Grove City. During the season, Geneva competed … Continue reading

Women’s senior class overcomes setbacks, now on the brink of fourth conference championship

Sports, Women's Cross Country
Katie Jones

Freshman year feels like an eternity ago for senior women’s cross country runner Mary Beth Cunningham. “Four years is a whirlwind in my head,” the Grayson County, Virginia, native said. Indeed, four years is a long time for a college student to grow, whether it’d be academically, athletically, or socially. Cunningham and classmates Katie Jones, … Continue reading

Men’s soccer has a chance to rewrite the script

Jackets still alive for playoff berth on season's last day

Men's Soccer, Sports
Christian Wilson - For The Yellow Jacket

Well, here we go again. For the third year in a row, the Waynesburg University men’s soccer team will enter the last game of the regular season with a chance to qualify for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference playoffs. The first two games ended in heartbreak, and Wednesday’s game against Geneva gives Waynesburg a chance for … Continue reading

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