Jackets go 1-1 at Saint Vincent Bearcat Challenge

Waynesburg downs Pitt-Greensburg, falls to Ursuline in day one of two-day event

LATROBE, Pa. (Sept. 3) – The Waynesburg University volleyball team went 1-1 in day one action at the Saint Vincent Bearcat Challenge on Friday.

The Yellow Jackets (2-1) downed Pitt-Greensburg 3-0 in their first match of the event. It was the second time in the last three days that the Jackets swept through the Bobcats after beating UPG in their season-opening match on Wednesday. Waynesburg took the contest by the set scores of 25-16, 25-21, 25-12.

The Jackets tasted defeat for the first time this season in their late contest of the day when they fell 3-1 to Ursuline. The Arrows won the first two sets by the scores of 25-14 and 25-17 before Waynesburg responded with a 26-24 triumph in set three. Ursuline sealed up the win with a 25-19 victory in the fourth and deciding set.

The Yellow Jackets will try to get back on the winning track tomorrow, when they face off with Carlow at 9 a.m. They’ll wrap up their run at the event with a 1 p.m. match against Houghton.

Full statistics from all four matches will be made available soon.

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.

TV Football

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

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.

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.

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.

Unbreakable record

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

Going nowhere fast

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

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