The Mid State Sports Network

LEWISBURG, PA – It’s a weekend of firsts for Bucknell women’s basketball. The Bison hit the road for their season opener, taking on Xavier in Cincinnati, Ohio, at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The game marks Aaron Roussell’s debut as head coach at Bucknell after he spent eight years working his way to a 161-50 record at the University of Chicago. It also marks the first meeting between the Bison and the Musketeers since 1994. Live coverage of Saturday’s game can be heard on the radio at WVBU 90.5 FM and…

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – For the first time since 2008, the Lycoming College football team is in the mix for the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship entering the final week of the season. First, the Warriors will need to win their matchup with Misericordia and second, Delaware Valley can create a three-way tie for the tie with a win over Widener. The Warriors (7-2 overall, 7-1 MAC) have allowed just seven points in three of the last four games, as the defense has developed into one of the top ones in the…

LOCK HAVEN, PA – The Lock Haven University wrestling team has a pair of Bald Eagles ranked in this week’s Gregg Henry’s/Wrestling Report Division I national rankings. Redshirt-freshman Dan Neff (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) and redshirt-senior Harry Turner (Howell, N.J./Howell) are both ranked this week. Neff is ranked No. 24 at 141. He competed unattached for the Bald Eagles last year and went 16-0, winning the Clarion Knight Point Open, the Wilkes Open and the Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Classic. Turner is ranked No. 32 at 285 and will be a huge key…

LEWISBURG, PA – Two players who were key in the Bucknell football team’s 27-24 victory over Fordham on Saturday earned weekly awards from the Patriot League on Monday. Senior DE Samuel Oyekoya (Lanham, Md./Gonzaga) was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Week, while freshman RB Brian Regan (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) earned Rookie of the Week honors. Oyekoya was part of a defense that limited Fordham to three second-half points as he registered five tackles, two sacks, three tackles for loss, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery….

PARK RIDGE, IL – Five Big Ten teams will compete in the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship, it was announced on Monday. Illinois, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin earned berths to the national tournament, which begins Friday. This year marks the seventh time in the last 10 years that five or more Big Ten teams have been selected to the bracket. Illinois makes its third consecutive appearance in the NCAA Championship and 11th overall after putting together a 10-8-3 record this season, including a trip to the Big Ten…

CLARION, PA – Sophomores Brian Watkins (Bear Gap, Pa./Southern Columbis) and Caleb Willey (Towanda, Pa./Towanda Area) led the Lycoming College wrestling team on Sunday, Nov. 4, at its opening meet, the Clarion Knight Point Open at Clarion University’s University Recreation Center. Watkins won four matches to reach the 157-pound brackets final eight competitors. After an opening round loss to Clarion’s James Fleming, Watkins pinned Army Prep’s Erik Mullins in 57 seconds, posted a 5-3 win over Navy’s John Keck, an 8-3 win over Lock Haven’s Christopher Nagel and earned a…