Penn State York will honor its student athletes at the annual Sports Awards Banquet at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 18. The banquet will take place on the stage at the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center) on campus.
“Watch out this year because Penn State York women’s softball is about to do very big things!” That’s the word from Taylor L. Pattillo, the new women’s softball coach at the campus. Pattillo and Ron Schaeffer, the new head baseball coach on campus, are excited about the opportunity to make their programs shine.
Penn State New Kensington baseball and softball players earned post-season accolades, in this New Kensington Athletics update.
The Penn State Berks softball team had to do things the hard way as it worked back from the loser's bracket with three wins on May 5 to claim its fifth North Eastern Athletic Conference championship in six years. Berks topped Wilson College, 8-0, in five innings to start off the day. The team then had to beat Keuka College twice, which it would go on to do by scores of 12-3 (five innings) and then 5-0 in the winner-take-all seventh game of the tournament.
For the second week in a row, Penn State Berks swept the tennis and golf honors, as announced by the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) on Tuesday afternoon. Jess Rozick was also selected as the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Pitcher of the Week for the second week in a row.
New Kensington athletics updates for week of March 26
New Kensington Athletics updates for the week of March 12
Penn State softball's 2018 schedule features 20 home dates, including 24 home games, four of which are doubleheaders at Nittany Lion Softball Park and Beard Field.
For Tariq Tongue and Shannon Hutchinson, both former Penn State athletes, their joint presence on a Royal Caribbean cruise is not due to a vacation coincidence. Instead, they are utilizing their Penn State degrees as employees of the same cruise line.
Penn State Abington announced the appointment of Deb Solfaro as director of athletics effective Aug. 1. Salfaro brings experience as an NCAA athlete, coach and collegiate athletic administrator to Abington's NCAA Division III program including stints at Mansfield and Boston universities.
Sarah Sigrest has been named assistant coach of the Penn State softball team.
Penn State softball junior outfielders Lexi Knief (Ramsey, N.J.) and Macy Jones (Ashburn, Va.) were named Second Team All-Big Ten by the conference's coaches on Wednesday. Sophomore third baseman Shelby Miller (Sugar Land, Texas) was selected for the All-Defensive Team.
Junior Lexi Knief (Ramsey, N.J.) collected four hits and scored three runs to lead the Penn State softball team past Maryland, 10-6, on Thursday in the First Round of the Big Ten Tournament. The Nittany Lions advance to Friday's Quarterfinal against top-seed Michigan at 2:30 p.m. on the Big Ten Network. Penn State improved to 29-27 this season.
The Penn State softball team finishes the regular season this weekend in Ann Arbor, Mich. to take on the Michigan Wolverines, ranked third in the NFCA Coaches Poll. The Nittany Lions are riding a five-game win streak with an overall record of 28-24, including 9-11 in the Big Ten.
The Penn State softball team wraps up its home schedule this weekend against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. The Nittany Lions enter the weekend with a 24-24 record, including 6-11 in the Big Ten. Rutgers is 26-14 overall and 10-7 in conference play.
