Women’s soccer drops first game of the season

For the first time in its 2018 campaign, the Waynesburg University’s women’s soccer team lost. Wednesday evening the Yellow Jackets traveled to New Concord, Ohio to take on Muskingum and lost by a final score of 2-0. “Muskingum came ready to play from the second the whistle blew and executed their game plan very well,” … Continue reading

Women’s soccer extends winning streak

The Waynesburg University women’s soccer team is now 3-0 in their 2018 campaign. Tuesday Sep. 4, the Jackets played in its home opener against Marietta and came away with a 2-1 victory. “It’s good to get some wins under our belt,” said head coach Laura Heethuis. “I think that it gives the team confidence, I … Continue reading

Football drops opening season game

During the 2017 football campaign, head football coach Chris Smithley started then-sophomore quarterback Tyler Perone for the first seven games of the season. The team went 0-7. In the final game of that stretch, a 59-7 loss to Thomas More, Smithley switched to then-junior quarterback Jake Dougherty late in the game and he led the … Continue reading

Meet helped Jackets seed for PACs

Before the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships, the Waynesburg University women’s track & field team competed in the Bethany Mini Meet last Wednesday. According to head coach Michelle Cross, the meet was supposed to be a little more laid back to decrease the stress that has been put upon her athletes. “This year it was only … Continue reading

Conference championship next for tennis

After finishing the 2017 campaign with a seventh-place finish at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships, the Waynesburg University men’s tennis team is itching to improve on that finish this Friday and Saturday. Last season, then-sophomore Jonah Cooper grabbed the only win for the Yellow Jackets at the event, and it was by default. Head coach … Continue reading

Staying alive

Playoff possibility renewed for Jackets in sweep of Chatham

Coming into this past Saturday’s double header against Chatham, the baseball team hadn’t swept a Presidents’ Athletic Conference doubleheader all season. That came to an end in Munhall, as the Yellow Jackets (9-19, 5-9) won their both games 13-3 and 4-3 respectively over the Cougars. [6-20, 0-14]. The Cougars are in their first season as … Continue reading