Parkville, Mo.–The Statesmen women’s soccer team scored first, but could not hold off a huge second half in a 5-1 Heart of America Athletic Conference loss to Park in its season finale Saturday. WPU (4-11-1, 1-9-1 Heart), which was outshot 24-16, dominated the opening 45 minutes, but failed to hold off the Pirates (9-5-1, 6-5 […]
Chicago, Ill.–The William Penn men’s basketball team was unable to keep up with IU Kokomo as it fell 90-60 in the championship game of the Governors State Tip-Off Classic Saturday. #19 WPU (1-1) was outshot 54.8%-37.0% and outrebounded 43-34, but was a bit better at the free-throw line at 15-for-21 (IUK was 16-for-25). The navy […]
Oskaloosa–The new-look William Penn women’s wrestling team has put the nation on alert as it enters the new season in the top five after the NAIA released its preseason top-20 poll Thursday. WPU is fourth nationally with 159 points, while Menlo (Calif.) is atop the standings with 201 points. Life (Ga.) is second with 180 […]
Chicago, Ill.–After a lackluster opening, the new-look William Penn men’s basketball team did exactly what its predecessors used to do and went on a huge run to grab control and run away from East-West in a 97-80 season-opening victory at the Governors State Tip-Off Classic Friday. #19 WPU (1-0) trailed by as many as 13 […]
Lamoni–The William Penn women’s volleyball team has had to go the distance quite a bit this fall, but unfortunately its recent fortunes in those five-set matches have not been good, including Friday’s 3-2 Heart of America Athletic Conference loss to Graceland. Despite outhitting their hosts .157-.152, the Statesmen (15-15, 9-7 Heart) fell by scores of […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s basketball team is in familiar territory to open a season as the NAIA released its preseason top-25 poll Wednesday. WPU, which was 30-4 last year and reached the NAIA National Championship Round of 16, begins the 2023-2024 campaign at #19 with 183 points. It is the 68th-consecutive time in which the […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen men’s soccer team holds in the same spot as last week as the NAIA released its eighth top-25 poll Wednesday. WPU (11-2-4 overall, 6-1-3 Heart) is again #17 with 245 points. The navy and gold are one of five representatives in the poll from the Heart of America Athletic Conference, including four in […]
Des Moines–The Statesmen men’s soccer team put up another clean sheet as it shut out rival Grand View 2-0 in Heart of America Athletic Conference action Tuesday. With its win, William Penn (11-2-4, 6-1-3 Heart) has secured the #2 seed for the Heart Tournament which starts next Friday, November 3. The Statesmen match the 2019 […]
Moravia–The William Penn women’s golf team proved it will be right in the mix next spring when it comes to the league title and national qualifier as it competed at the Heart Preview Monday and Tuesday. WPU finished second out of 11 teams with a two-round score of 642 (327-315) at The Preserve Golf Course–a […]
Moravia–The Statesmen men’s golf team produced a pair of respectable scores as it concluded its fall campaign at the Heart Preview Monday and Tuesday. WPU finished seventh out of 10 teams with a two-round score of 614 (309-305) at The Preserve Golf Course–a par-72 layout. MidAmerica Nazarene won the team title at 575 (294-281). The […]
