The Penn State Wilkes-Barre baseball team improved to 3-3 in the PSUAC (3-6 overall) after sweeping the double-header vs. Penn State York tonight. The win in the second game of the double-header matched Wilkes-Barre's win total from all of last year. Wilkes-Barre won 10-9 in the first game and came back from 2 runs down on Pete Kelly's game-winning double to win 9-8 in the second game. Wilkes-Barre will next play this Saturday (March 31st) at home vs. Penn State Beaver at 2:00 pm and Sunday (April 1) vs. Penn State Hazleton at 12:00 pm.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre men's baseball team took one of two games in a double header against PSUAC rival Penn State Fayette on Monday afternoon. In the first game, Wilkes-Barre fought hard to take a 5-4 victory in 8 innings. Senior Peter Kelly, sophomore Kyle LeValley, and freshmen Ryan Goodwin and Robert Vollmer each had RBIs for Wilkes-Barre. Pitching the last two innings for Wilkes-Barre, Goodwin (1-0) took the win.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre men's baseball team lost both games of a double-header in their first PSUAC match-up of the season against Penn State Greater Allegheny on Saturday afternoon. With a young squad on the field against Greater Allegheny, Wilkes-Barre lost 0-13 in the first game and 0-10 in the second game.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre baseball team lost both games of a double-header against NCAA Division III Marywood University on Saturday afternoon. In the first game, Wilkes-Barre lost to Marywood 1-8 to fall to 0-2 on the season. Wilkes-Barre's pitcher, freshman Robert Vollmer (0-1), took his first loss of the season. Freshman Ryan Goodwin scored Wilkes-Barre's lone run with his first homerun of the season. In the second game, Wilkes-Barre lost to Marywood 4-12 to fall to an 0-3 record.
Congratulations to men's basketball player, Mike Buczkowski, and women's basketball player, Michele Vowler, on being named 2011-12 USCAA Academic All-Americans!
The Academy of Business Research honored Penn State Wilkes-Barre Instructor of Business, John Weber, at their 2011 Winter International Conference with a Best Paper Award in the category of real estate and finance.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre men's baseball team (0-1) fell 1-11 on the road in their season opener against Wilkes University on Saturday afternoon. Juniors Matt Kempinski and Robert Bisson each contributed two hits to Wilkes-Barre's seven total hits against Wilkes' pitching. Bisson scored Wilkes-Barre's lone run on an error by Wilkes' third baseman. Wilkes-Barre will next play at their home field against Marywood University on Sunday, March 18th at 12:00 pm.
Plans are underway for a new Career Services Center at Penn State Wilkes-Barre that will provide students with comprehensive career planning and job seeking services. A major matching gift from Wilkes-Barre alumnus Richard K. "Ric" Struthers and his wife, Sharon, has jump-started the campus' fundraising effort to support the project.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre men's basketball team lost to Penn State DuBois 68-75 in the PSUAC Championship game on Saturday afternoon in Mont Alto. Freshman forward Jacob Bronder led for Wilkes-Barre, scoring 11 points and grabbing 5 rebounds. Wilkes-Barre put together a balanced scoring effort in which 8 players scored 5 or more points. With the loss, Wilkes-Barre wraps up their 2011-2012 season.