Waynesburg University Athletics



Men's tennis picks up gritty victory at Frostburg State
Yellow Jackets sweep doubles matches en route to 5-4 win
Picture of Peter Mally for Apr. 24 release

Box Score

FROSTBURG, Md. (Apr. 24) – The Waynesburg men’s tennis team earned a quality win on Friday when they traveled to
Frostburg State University and earned a 5-4 victory over the Bobcats.

 

The Jackets’ victory bumped their overall record to 6-4 on the season, while Frostburg ended their season with a 7-7 mark in 2009.

 

The Yellow Jackets got off to a great start as they swept the three doubles matches against the Cats, with two of the victories coming in tie-breaker fashion.

 

Senior Kevin Houseknecht and junior Jeff Canning claimed victory at first doubles by the final score of 9-8 (7-5). The visitors won their second-straight match by tie-breaker when sophomore Emile Khoury and freshman Peter Mally won 9-8 (7-5).

 

The Jackets completed the sweep thanks to an 8-6 win at number-three doubles by junior Adam Woodruff and senior Dustin Cozad.

 

Up 3-0 going into singles competition, Waynesburg wrapped up the victory thanks to wins by Canning and Khoury in the solo ranks.

 

Canning got his second victory of the day at second singles with a 6-4, 6-3 triumph. Khoury finished his day with a 6-2, 6-4 win at fourth singles.

 

Waynesburg ends their season tomorrow, when they return to the state of Pennsylvania to face Lancaster Bible College. The match is scheduled to start at 12 p.m.

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2.28.12 | 12:30 p.m.
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Men's Tennis at Westminster
3.27.12 | 3 p.m.
Men's Tennis at Frostburg State
3.30.12 | 4 p.m.
Men's Tennis vs Grove City
3.31.12 | 5 p.m.
Men's Tennis at Pitt-Greensburg
4.4.12 | 4 p.m.
Men's Tennis at Thiel
4.10.12 | 3:30 p.m.
Men's Tennis at Bethany
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.
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Did You Know...
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.
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.
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.
Don Herrman
Former Waynesburg football great Don Herrman played for the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints from 1969 to 1977.
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.
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