According to the national statistics of the 2021 volleyball season, the Digs Per Set leader in all of NCAA Division III came from right here at Waynesburg University. Senior libero Alyson Johnson, who led the country at 6.59 digs per set, was officially named the Divisional III statistical champion on Monday, Jan. 31. “It’s been … Continue reading
By: Austin Bechtold For The Yellow Jacket The Waynesburg University volleyball team showed flashes of what could be yet to come from a young program on the rise, but also remembered those that paved the way the past four seasons Thursday night hosting Westminster. Waynesburg (9-19, 3-15) fell to Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) regular-season champion … Continue reading
Caleb Yauger For the Yellow Jacket The Waynesburg volleyball team (9-18, 3-14) never scored more than 15 points for any set in its previous matchup against the Chatham Cougars (16-6, 11-4). On senior day this past Saturday, however, the Yellow Jackets battled with the Cougars in each set by scoring at least 20 points apiece. … Continue reading
By: Austin Bechtold For The Yellow Jacket The Waynesburg University volleyball team battled but came up short on the road at Saint Vincent Thursday night. The Yellow Jackets lost in four sets (16-25, 18-25, 25-22, 10-25), dropping their seventh-straight match and falling to 7-17 overall and 3-13 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Saint Vincent (8-13, … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University women’s volleyball team traveled to Thiel College where they fell to the Tomcats 3-0. After a loss in the opening set 25-17, Waynesburg kept it close in the second, losing by a close score of 25-21. Thiel was able to pull away in the third and final set of the night with … Continue reading
By: Marley Wolf For the Yellow Jacket The Waynesburg Yellow Jackets traveled to Steubenville, Ohio to take on the Franciscan Barons in a head to head volleyball matchup on Tuesday, Oct. 5. Waynesburg came out with a victory, 3-1, which brought its conference record to 3-6 and their overall record to 9-10. After falling to … Continue reading
Caleb Yauger For The Yellow Jacket Chants of, “Let’s go Waynesburg!” echoed through the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse on Tuesday, Sept. 28. Waynesburg students simultaneously rattled the bleachers with their hands, making as much noise as possible to cheer on their volleyball team. “The energy we had was insane,” senior right side hitter Mya Brooks said. … Continue reading
By: Brock Owens For the Yellow Jacket Three weeks ago, the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse had a volleyball matchup in store between the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets and the Bethany Bison. Coming in, Waynesburg had won five of its last six matches. They were not able, however, to stay hot in this match. Bethany took each set, … Continue reading
Waynesburg Volleyball lost two matches on the second day of the Bearcat Challenge downgrading their record to 2-3 on the season. The first matchup on Saturday was against Pitt Bradford. Waynesburg lost the first set in a narrowing 25-23 score. They came back to win sets two and three but couldn’t hold the lead. Ultimately … Continue reading
Following an opening night triumph Wednesday over the La Roche Redhawks the Waynesburg Volleyball team took a road trip to Latrobe, PA. to take part in the Saint Vincent Bearcat Challenge. The Jackets will play four games over two days in the tournament. First up in game one was the Allegheny Gators who the Jackets … Continue reading
