Women's volleyball tangles with Thiel

Yellow Jackets drop 3-0 match to Tomcats

Shot of Rachell Storm for Sept. 23 release

GREENVILLE, Pa. (Oct. 17) – The Waynesburg women’s volleyball team suffered a 3-0 road loss at Thiel on Saturday.

The Tomcats, who improved to 18-7 on the year and 8-1 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC), took the match by the finals of 25-12, 25-11, 25-13.

Waynesburg (5-17, 2-10) was led by junior libero Rachell Storm, who racked up 24 digs in the loss. Sophomore Jordan Barton chipped in 12 digs and junior Katrina Brown added 10 digs. Freshman setter Carly Smithyman recorded a team-high 11 assists.

The Yellow Jackets return to action on Thursday, Oct. 22, when they welcome Bethany to the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

Sport:

Athletes of the Week

Dan Bruni

Wrestling

Bruni went 3-0 during Waynesburg’s home quad-match against Penn State Greater Allegheny, Penn State Beaver and Penn State Fayette. The sophomore won two matches by major decision and scored a fall in just 31 seconds over Greater Allegheny’s Soham Salvi.

Jessi Drayer

Women's Basketball

Drayer poured in a team-high 21.0 points per game for the 1-1 Yellow Jackets this past week. She was the team’s leading scorer in both games, going for a game-high 23 points against Westminster, before pouring in a contest-best 19 points in a win over Geneva. The Waterford, Ohio native averaged 21 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game this week.

What are you most looking forward to in 2012 when it comes to Waynesburg sports?

Seeing how far the women's basketball team can go in the PAC tournament and beyond.
The wrestling team going for a third-straight PAC team title.
The Jacket softball team playing to get back into the PAC playoffs.
Waynesburg track taking another shot at an elusive PAC team title.
Just being outside when the weather turns warm.

Did You Know...

Champions in the classroom

During the 2009-10 school year, no school in the conference boasted more honorees on the PAC Academic Honor Roll than Waynesburg.

Jackets own Nittany Lions

The Waynesburg football team is 2-0 all-time against Penn State. The last time they met was in 1932, when the Jackets won 7-6.

Don Herrman

Former Waynesburg football great Don Herrman played for the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints from 1969 to 1977.

The Three Musketeers

Dominick Hunter, Ivan Hawkins and Paul D'Imperio, who rank 1-2-3 in career receptions , all played together from 2002 to 2004.

Going nowhere fast

Waynesburg held Westminster to minus-105 yards rushing in a game in 1967.

Unbreakable record

In 2009, Scott Cree ran an interception back 100 yards for a touchdown, a record that can't be broken.

Headlee's All-American resume

Head wrestling coach Ron Headlee was a three-time NAIA All-American at Messiah College and the school's first NCAA All-American.

TV Football

Waynesburg played in the first televised football game. The Yellow Jackets faced Fordham on Sept. 20, 1939 in Randalls Island, N.Y.

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