This fall, a new approach will be in mind when the men’s cross country team heads outdoors for competition. Chris Hardie, who enters his 10th season as head coach, said it was time for a change in how athletes in the cross country program approached each season. “We’re trying a new approach for goal setting … Continue reading
Since 2014, the men’s soccer team has been absent from the PAC playoffs. The last two seasons, the Yellow Jackets had a chance to qualify on the last day but lost both times to Washington & Jefferson. The Jackets are predicted to be on the outside looking in once again, as they were picked to … Continue reading
A possible four-peat can be in the Waynesburg University women’s cross country team’s future. After winning the past three Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships, the Yellow Jackets were tabbed as the favorites once again in the annual PAC preseason coaches’ poll. The Yellow Jackets collected seven of the nine first-place votes, which gives them 71 total … Continue reading
Going back to last summer, the Waynesburg University men’s basketball team looked forward to experiencing “The Emerald Isle.” Before the start of the 2018 Fall semester, the program announced plans for a preseason trip to Ireland in August 2019. For the most part, the trip, which ran from Aug.11-21, went on as scheduled. What didn’t … Continue reading
After finishing a stellar women’s basketball career at Thiel College, Jess Vormelker’s next step was to search for an opportunity to play professionally. But, when no such opportunity arose, Vormelker decided to turn to coaching, which is something she’s wanted to do from a young age. She looked all over the United States to find … Continue reading
On the surface, the idea of Tim Fusina spending his winters in chilly Southwest Pennsylvania as opposed to the beaches and warmth of Southern California is a drastic change. While the move will still be quite an adjustment for Fusina— who’s moving more than 2,000 miles away from his home for the past two years— … Continue reading
For six innings, Waynesburg University’s return to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference playoffs was almost perfect. Entering the bottom of the seventh of their day one game, the third-seeded Yellow Jackets led Grove City, 9-2. No PAC team had come back from such a deficit in the postseason since 2008. If that wasn’t enough assurance for … Continue reading
When Mark Christner took over as Waynesburg University head men’s basketball coach in 2010, the team was coming off an 0-12 season in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Less than five years later, Christner guided the Yellow Jackets to the conference championship game, where they fell seven points short of an appearance in the NCAA Division … Continue reading
Waynesburg University held its first-ever “WUESPYs” awards ceremony for student-athletes this past Sunday, April 8. The WUESPYs event mirrored ESPN’s “ESPY” awards, and was held to honor athletes who have excelled throughout the year in a variety of categories. Teagen Jenner, president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, which was mainly responsible for planning the event, … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University baseball team continued conference play as it took on the Grove City College Wolverines in a Presidents’ Athletic Conference double header. The Yellow Jackets lost both games, 17-7 and 4-2 respectably. In game one, senior pitcher Brandon Lawless (1-2) started on the mound for the Yellow Jackets and got the loss. Lawless … Continue reading
