Category: College Sports

Courtesy of The Centre Daily Times, State College, PA By Travis Johnson — tjohnson@centredaily.com Penn State wrestlers Andrew and Dylan Alton were issued multiple citations following an altercation in Lock Haven early Friday morning, Lock Haven City Police said in a release. The Altons, twins, were cited for disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and harassment after police responded to a disturbance in Jordan Alley near North Grove Street at 1:19 a.m. A male and female victim received minor injuries, police said. Penn State wrestling sports information director Pat Donghia said the…

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JERSEY CITY, NJ – Bucknell women’s basketball had an 11-point lead at halftime but needed overtime to claim its seventh win of the season as it defeated Saint Peter’s 69-62 at the Yanitelli Center on Saturday evening. Shelby Romine (Centreville, Va./Westfield) finished with a career-high 29 points, 10 of which came in the extra period, to go along with her first career double-double. Audrey Dotson (Vienna, Va./Flint Hill School) and Lindsay Horbatuck (Avon, Conn./Avon) also registered double-doubles as the Bison improve to 7-4 on the year. After leading Saint Peter’s…

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LEWISBURG, PA – Audrey Dotson (Vienna, Va./Flint Hill School) became the latest Bucknell women’s basketball player to earn honors as the sophomore claimed the titles of Anaconda Patriot League Player of the Week and Bison Athlete of the Week on Monday. Dotson led the Bison with 27 points and 17 rebounds against Longwood on Saturday, setting career highs in both. Coming off the break in competition for exams, Dotson put together the best game of her career against the Lancers. She shot 8-for-14 from the field and 11-for-12 from the…

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WILLIAMSPORT, PA – The Pennsylvania College of Technology women’s basketball team won 69-61 over Luzerne County Community College in its final game of the 2012 portion of the season.  Sophomore Jamie Steer (South Williamsport) led the team with 19 points and added 10 rebounds while sophomore Mackenzie Brown (Lititz) had 14 and senior Kierstin Steer (South Williamsport) added 10.  The win improves the team to 6-5 overall. Luzerne (2-7) took the early lead in the first half and held it until back-to-back free throws from sophomore Alison Van Metter (Saylorsburg)…

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LEWISBURG, PA  – For the second straight day the Bucknell wrestling team faced a top-five opponent and for the second straight day Corey Lear and Tyler Lyster came away with wins. The Bison lost to No. 2 Oklahoma State by a 37-6 score Monday evening in front of 824 fans in Sojka Pavilion, but Lear and Lyster provided a couple of highlights one day after both won bouts against No. 5 Iowa in Madison Square Garden. Oklahoma State (7-0) led 24-0 by the time Lear took to the mat in…

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WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Freshman Nathanial Brown (Philadelphia, Pa.) scored a season high 17 points as the Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s basketball team lost 94-56 to top-ranked Rochester College (Mich.) Monday.  Brown shot 7-10 (.700) from the field including going 3-4 (.750) from beyond the arc.  Also in double figures was sophomore Christopher Carrington (Ridley Park) who notched 10.  The loss drops Penn College to 1-11 overall. Sophomore Scott Fenton (Dickson City) opened the game with a layup to give the Wildcats the early lead.  Three more ties occurred before…

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LOCK HAVEN, PA – The Lock Haven University softball team will host its Winter All Skills Clinic on Sunday, January 27 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the campus of Lock Haven University. The clinic will consist of a hitting session in the morning and three defensive sessions in the afternoon. Cost for the clinic is broken down below: All four sessions – $85 Hitting + two defensive sessions – $70 All three defensive sessions – $70 Hitting + one defensive session – $60 One defensive session only –…

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UNIVERSITY PARK, PA– Redshirt-freshman Dan Neff (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) picked up a thrilling 9-4 win at 141 pounds, helping the Lock Haven University wrestling team (1-2) prevent the shutout as the Bald Eagles fell to No. 1 Penn State (4-0), 42-3 in front of 6,292 fans, Saturday at Rec Hall. Lock Haven trailed 10-0 after a pin at 125 and a major at 133, but Neff put The Haven on the board with his solid 9-4 win over senior Bryan Pearsall. Neff dominated the match, recording four takedowns, including three in…

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LEWISBURG, PA– Bucknell University and the Department of Athletics & Recreation mourn the loss of a true Bison coaching legend, Bob Odell, who passed away Saturday morning at the age of 90. A member of the Bucknell Athletics, Middle Atlantic Conference and College Football Halls of Fame, Odell guided the Bison football program through one of its greatest eras in the late 1950s and early 1960s. As head football coach at Bucknell from 1958-64, Bob Odell had a 37-26 record and led the 1960 and 1964 teams to Lambert Cup…

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WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Lycoming College senior Jerald Williams (Riverdale, Md./Bladensberg) entered Sunday, Dec. 16’s men’s basketball game against King’s College needing 11 assists to break the Middle Atlantic Conference’s career record for assists. He got 13 and added 10 points for his third double-double of the season to lead the Warriors to their eighth straight win, a 74-65 triumph over the Monarchs at Lamade Gym. “I think he is the best player in the league,” Lycoming College head coach Guy Rancourt, who picked up his 75th win at the College,…

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