Zero wins and 26 losses. That’s what the Waynesburg University women’s basketball team’s official record is against the Thomas More Saints since it’s last win, which took place Jan. 18, 2006. Head coach Sam Jones is aware that he is far from alone in his struggles against Thomas More. The Saints are officially 169-5 in … Continue reading
Coming off a 71-68 loss to Saint Vincent, Wednesday, Jan. 31, the women’s basketball team was back in action Saturday, Feb. 3, against Westminster. The Yellow Jackets coasted to victory, defeating the Titans, 73-57. For head coach Sam Jones, keeping possession of the basketball in the second half was key to the win. “I thought … Continue reading
The women’s basketball team will have a home game against Westminster College Saturday, Feb. 3 with five Presidents’ Athletic Conference games left. The Jackets are 11-8 (7-5) tied for the fifth in the PAC standings and the Titans come into the game 7-12 (3-9), good for seventh in the PAC. Despite the disparity in the … Continue reading
In conference action, Waynesburg University’s women’s basketball team improved their winning streak to three victories with a final score of 84-66 over Thiel. In the game against Thiel on Saturday, Jan. 27, the Jackets also managed to out-rebound the Tomcats 47-26. Outside of the contents of the game, it was a historic game for individual … Continue reading
When Addy Knetzer picked up her 971st rebound as a Yellow Jacket she didn’t immediately know she made program history. “I actually didn’t know during the game at all, I was completely unaware of it,” said Knetzer. “I was actually mad in the game to be honest, I was just upset with myself because I … Continue reading
After a quick start and building an early lead Wednesday evening, the Waynesburg University women’s basketball team dropped their sixth game of the season to Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) rival Washington & Jefferson, 83-72. The battle of the second and third place teams in the PAC saw the Yellow Jackets (10-6, 6-3) outscored the Presidents … Continue reading
On Wednesday night, the women’s basketball team dropped a game to Presidents’ Athletic Conference competitor, Thomas More, a nationally ranked team. Head coach Sam Jones said he believed having a break before playing at home provided a spark in the first quarter, where the Yellow Jackets jumped out to a 16-15 lead. “We came right … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University women’s basketball team continued their run of success with a convincing 80-61 victory over the Titans of Westminster this past weekend. The game started off slow for the Jackets as they were outscored in the first quarter 18-11. However, the remaining three quarters saw the Jackets outscoring the Titans by a sizeable … Continue reading
In the final contest of the 2017 calendar year, the Waynesburg University women’s basketball team defeated Frostburg State, 64-61 on a buzzer beater by senior guard MacKenna Drazich. “We set up a lob play with a secondary option of [Mackenna] getting the screen coming across. They didn’t cover [Mackenna], so it was a pretty easy … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University women’s basketball team ended on a high note going into the holiday, with a 91-55 win over Pitt-Greensburg this past Thursday. “I feel really good about how we played tonight, they big thing for me is that we were sharing the ball a lot and we ended the game with only ten … Continue reading
