Kansas City, Mo.–Defying all odds, the Statesmen men’s basketball team overcame incredible obstacles to erase an 18-point first-half deficit and defeat #6 seed Langston 84-80 in the quarterfinals of the NAIA Division I National Championships Saturday. Despite being whistled for 33 fouls (just 17 for its foe), which resulted in a 40-11 discrepancy in free […]
Peosta–The Statesmen baseball team entered Saturday’s Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader needing some positive results to swing momentum the other way and hopefully accomplished that with a split against #11 Clarke. William Penn (11-10, 1-5 Heart) lost the opener 3-2, but won the nightcap 8-2. The teams will complete their four-game league set Sunday […]
Des Moines–After dealing with several postponements, the William Penn softball team finally opened Heart of America Athletic Conference play Saturday, but could not pull the upsets as it was swept by #17 Grand View. WPU (12-9, 0-2 Heart), which had not played since its spring break finale on March 8, fell by scores of 4-0 […]
TUCSON, ARIZ.—Central College’s 11-game softball win streak ended with a thud in a 10-4 setback against Wis.-La Crosse before the Dutch rebounded with a 6-2 victory over Hamline University (Minn.) Saturday. Aided by two Central errors, Wis.-La Crosse (11-3) jolted the Dutch (12-2) with a two-run first inning and followed with four runs in the […]
AUBURNDALE, Fla. — Central College junior pitcher Adam Carey (Pella) pitched a complete-game shutout in a 2-0 win over Franklin & Marshall College (Pa.) in game one of a doubleheader however the team fell in game two 12-5 Saturday. Carey allowed four hits, walked five batters and struck out six Franklin & Marshall batters (9-5). […]
Kansas City, Mo.–Torren Jones (Sr., Chandler, Ariz., Sociology) was great in Wednesday’s first round, but he was absolutely spectacular Friday as he guided the William Penn men’s basketball team to an 87-79 second-round victory over #4 seed Georgetown (Ky.) at the NAIA Division I National Championships. #1 seed WPU (32-3), out of the Duer bracket, […]
TUCSON, ARIZ.—Karly Olson (senior, Winterset) is a difference-maker in the pitching circle but it was her furious dash to first base that made the Central College softball team a winner Friday. Olson, who tossed a four-hit, five-inning 8-0 shutout of Hamline University (Minn.) earlier Friday morning, was up in a key bases-loaded two-out spot in […]
The Iowa Senate continued floor debate and voting on a number of bills this week including HF203, which allows state primary road funds to be allocated to secondary and municipal road systems in exchange for the state retaining all or a portion of federal aid road funds that would otherwise be allocated to counties and […]
LAKELAND, Fla. — The Central College baseball team earned a split in a doubleheader with Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, winning 12-0 before dropping game two 5-4 Friday. “We did a pretty good job offensively through the first game and part of the second game,” said coach Matt Schirm. “Pitching overall was pretty positive; we […]
Billings, Mont.–The William Penn women’s basketball team sought another extension to their history-making season, but were denied by Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) in a 59-45 opening-round loss at the NAIA Division I National Championships Thursday. Making the program’s first postseason appearance since 1988, the #8-seeded Statesmen (18-14) gave the top-seeded Warriors (32-1) all they could handle […]
