Author: Sam Jordan

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Lock Haven University wrestling team is set for the 2012 LHU Wrestling and Mat-Town USA Wrestling Club Golf Classic. The 2012 tournament benefits the Mat-Town USA wrestling club and LHU wrestling scholarships, including the Chris Poff & Troy Turner Memorial wrestling scholarships. The tournament is set for Friday, September 21 and will once again be played on both local golf courses. The tournament will be played in a four-person scramble format with a 10 a.m. shotgun start set for Belles Springs Golf Course and an…

LOCK HAVEN, PA – Lock Haven University assistant field hockey coach Mallory Weisen is one of 12 players selected to the United States Women’s National Indoor team that will travel to the 2012 Pan American Indoor Championships in Puerto Montt, Chile. The 2012 Pan American Indoor Field Hockey Championships will take place Thursday, August 30 to Sunday, September 2. The United States will join Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in the tournament. Weisen, a Middleburg, Pa. native is set to begin her fourth season as assistant coach with the Lady Eagle…

Park Ridge, IL – ESPN announced the network and start time designations for the 14th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge presented by DICK’s Sporting Goods, to be played Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 27 and 28. All 12 games of the two-day event will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. All games will also be available via WatchESPN, which delivers live access to ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 on PCs, smartphones and tablets to fans who receive ESPN’s linear networks as part of their video subscription from Comcast, Time Warner Cable,…

LEWISBURG, PA – While three individuals were named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Track & Field Team in the last 48 hours, the rest of the Bucknell men’s and women’s squads also earned recognition as USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams on Thursday. The Bison women posted a cumulative grade-point average of 3.39, while the men came in at 3.16. Bucknell was one of four Patriot League schools on the women’s side, along with Colgate, Lafayette and Lehigh, to earn a cumulative team GPA of…

BETHLEHEM, PA – The annual Patriot League Football Media Day took place Wednesday at Green Pond Country Club and the inaugural Preseason All-League Team was announced with three Bison showing up on the list. Senior RB Tyler Smith (Hatfield, Pa./North Penn), senior LB Beau Traber (Norman, Okla./Norman North) and junior FB Travis Friend (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) were among the 28 total players recognized. Voting for the Preseason All-League Teams was conducted by the Patriot League’s head coaches and football sports information directors. Lehigh WR Ryan Spadola was named the Preseason…

LEWISBURG, PA – Bucknell head wrestling coach Dan Wirnsberger on Wednesday announced that 2007 NCAA qualifier Jim Gibson has joined the Bison staff. A four-year starter at Edinboro and a 2009 World Team Trials qualifier, Gibson has coached at Clarion since 2007. “We’re excited to add Jim Gibson to our coaching staff,” said Wirnsberger, who is entering his seventh season on the Bison bench in 2012-13. “He is a young man that has tremendous passion and love for the sport of wrestling. Jim’s past experience as a coach will help…

CHICAGO – BTN will televise more soccer this season than ever before, with at least 60 matches set to air on BTN, including for the first time each round of the Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Soccer Tournaments. Each BTN broadcast is also available on BTN2Go. The soccer season on BTN begins on Friday, Aug. 24, when defending Big Ten Champion Penn State women host 2011 National Champion Stanford, while the men begin on Sunday, Sept. 23, with seven-time national champion Indiana at Ohio State. BTN’s live coverage of men’s…