By Jesse Cain The Waynesburg women’s basketball team fell on the road to Penn State Behrend 80-52 Saturday, Nov. 20 in Erie, PA. This marked the second game on their overnight road trip weekend. Waynesburg started the game slow on both offense and defense as Penn State Behrend outscored Waynesburg 32-9 in the first quarter. … Continue reading
The Waynesburg women’s basketball team hit the road to face Houghton Friday night looking for its first win of the 2021-22 season. The Yellow Jackets (0-3) battled tough throughout the entire game but fell short down the stretch in New York, losing 63-56 against a tough Highlanders (2-1) team. Waynesburg started off the game on … Continue reading
The Waynesburg women’s basketball team hosted Case Western Reserve University for its first home game of the year Tuesday night. The Spartans dominated the game start to finish. At the end, Case Western came out on top 91-67. Senior Abbey Lawrence led all scorers with 45 points on a 17-25 shooting night. With those 45 … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University Women’s basketball team fought back in the fourth quarter with two minutes left. Finding itself in a seven-point deficit, the Yellow Jackets went on a nine-point run before Hiram answered to send the game into overtime. Hiram’s senior Madisen Branch put up a career-high 34 points to defeat Waynesburg. With 30 lead … Continue reading
By: Tyler Zeman For The Yellow Jacket For more coverage of the women’s basketball team, check out Tyler’s season preview on the WUDP YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlk9Es0u61c The Waynesburg women’s basketball team will tip-off their winter season tonight at 7p.m. as they travel to Hiram to take on the Terriers. Head Coach Sam Jones had a … Continue reading
Waynesburg University Women’s Basketball Head Coach Sam Jones was on a mission to recruit a standout basketball player at a 2017 PIAA Girls’ Playoff game. The game featured Bishop Canevin High School and West Shamokin High School, a game in which Jones was scouting a Crusader from Bishop Canevin. The Crusaders won the game by … Continue reading
The 2020-2021 regular season ended on a high note for the Waynesburg University Women’s basketball team on Tuesday March 9th. The Lady Jackets defeated Franciscan University 75-53 at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse. Waynesburg improved to 2-7 on the season after leading the entire game while Franciscan fell to 1-8. Yellow Jackets coach Sam Jones was … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University Women’s basketball team’s long awaited first win of the season came at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse this past Saturday. The Lady Jackets defeated the Thiel Tomcats (1-6) 64-47 on Senior Day to improve to 1-7 with just one game remaining on the season. The win was made even sweeter when Senior guard … Continue reading
The Waynesburg University Men’s and Women’s basketball teams are both matched up against Thiel this Saturday. The men’s basketball team is on the road against the 2-4 Tomcats in Greenville, PA at 1 p.m.. Waynesburg has been able to come away with wins in three of its last four games, improving its record to 3-4. … Continue reading
The Waynesburg women’s basketball team was trailing 47-32 at the start of the fourth quarter. The Lady Jackets used a 13-1 run to cut the deficit to three points with a jump shot made by freshman Marley Wolf with 2:22 remaining in the fourth quarter. Bethany however, would pull away with a 6-0 run to … Continue reading
