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Fairmont State vs. Clarion University on ROOT Sports

August 22, 2012August 22, 2012 Sam Jordan

Clarion, PA – Clarion University will open its 2012 football season with a little added incentive on Thursday, August 30th at Memorial Stadium at 6 p.m.. The Golden Eagles will host WVIAC rival Fairmont State with the game telecast “live” on the ROOT Sports Network (Pittsburgh), which will air across Pennsylvania, West Virginia and parts of New York and Ohio. (check your local cable/satellite listings). The Sportsfever Television Network, headed by Gorden Blain, will produce the telecast for ROOT Sports. “We look forward to the start of the 2012 football…

SFU Women’s Soccer Team Appears in National Poll

August 22, 2012 Sam Jordan

KANSAS CITY, KS – After a 2-0, win over Duquesne on Friday, the Saint Francis University women’s soccer team earned a spot in the first NSCAA/Continental Tire College Northeast Regional Poll of the 2012 season. The Red Flash has received recognition in each regional poll released since earning its first-ever ranking on Oct. 18, 2011. Saint Francis U (1-0) debuted in ninth place, between eighth-place Notre Dame (0-1) and 10th-place Providence (1-1). The Flash was recently announced as the preseason favorite to win its second Northeast Conference tournament championship in…

Red Flash Men’s Cross Country Team Picked To Finish 2nd

August 22, 2012 Sam Jordan

SOMERSET, NJ – The Saint Francis University men’s cross country team was picked to finish second in the Northeast Conference (NEC) Preseason Coaches’ Poll for the second consecutive year. “Being picked second is a tribute to the program in previous years, the student athletes have been working very hard to uphold that tradition,” head coach Doug Hoover said. “The NEC is getting tougher every year and it is an honor to be picked second, but we still have a battle in front of us.” The Red Flash earned two first-place…

Penn State Football Embarks On A New Era

July 29, 2012 Sam Jordan

(LOGANTON) – The Penn State Nittany Lions are preparing to embark on a NEW era of football beginning in September 2012. After 46 years of doing it the “JoePA” way in Happy Valley, new head football coach Bill O’Brien relishes at the opportunity of taking one of the nation’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning and achievement on and off the football field, into another direction. O’Brien signed a five year deal earlier in the Spring. But, that was before the NCAA handed down a “near death” penalty judgment that…

Bucknell University Names New Womens Basketball Coach

April 19, 2012 Sam Jordan

LEWISBURG, PA – Following a comprehensive national search, Bucknell director of athletics and recreation John Hardt has announced that Aaron Roussell will become the next head coach of the Bison women’s basketball program. For the past eight years Roussell was the head coach at the University of Chicago, where he compiled a 161-50 (.763) record, including a 52-5 mark with a 43-game regular-season winning streak over the last two seasons. Roussell (pronounced ruh-SELL) logged the most victories and highest winning percentage of any women’s basketball coach in Chicago’s 41-year history….

Saint Francis Men’s Volleyball Team Loses On The Road

March 5, 2012 Sam Jordan

MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. (March 5, 2012) – In non-conference action Monday night, the Saint Francis University Men’s volleyball team lost a tightly contested 3-2 (25-21,23-25,25-23,21-25,14-16)battle with Mount Olive on the road. With each of the five sets being determined by four points or fewer, it goes without saying that each set came down to the wire. While up 1-0 in the match, the Red Flash (8-10) trailed the Trojans (8-12) by a decent sized margin halfway through the second set. SFU rallied from being down 17-10 to go on a…

Lock Haven University Wrestlers Take 6th Place at EWL Championships

March 5, 2012 Sam Jordan

CLARION, Pa. – Senior Seth Creasy (Mercer, Pa./Mercer) moved up a weight class and finished third to qualify for the 2012 NCAA National Championships as he led the Lock Haven University wrestling team at the Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) Championships. True-freshman Bobby Rehm (Lancaster, Pa./Penn Manor) also took third to help the Bald Eagles take sixth overall at the 37th edition of the EWL Championships. No. 9 Pittsburgh took home its second straight team title. Edinboro and West Virginia rounded out the top three teams. Owen Wilkinson (Hartland, Mich./Hartland) and…