Davenport, Iowa–The William Penn women’s lacrosse team narrowly missed upsetting the St. Ambrose Fighting Bees, falling 15-13 on Tuesday. The first quarter ended in a 3-3 deadlock. The hosts opened with the first two scores of the game, but a trio of Statesmen helped send the game to the second quarter tied. Bailee Royal (Jr., […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen men’s lacrosse team saw its national ranking dip a bit after a pair of setbacks as the NAIA released its second top-10 poll Wednesday. WPU (3-2, 0-1 KCAC) fell out of the top 10 and is now in the receiving votes grouping at #14 with 14 points. The navy and gold are one […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn baseball team is off to a hot start this season and the national raters have rewarded them as the NAIA released its first top-25 poll Wednesday. WPU (11-3) is unofficially 33rd nationally with 26 points. It is the first time the program has been included in the rating since ending the 2019 […]
Oskaloosa–After suffering its first league loss, the William Penn men’s volleyball team reeled off another long winning streak to keep itself in a lofty position as the NAIA released its fourth top-15 poll Wednesday. WPU (18-3), which was 8-1 in this last ratings period (last night’s loss to Park did not figure into this rating), […]
Tucson, Ariz.–The William Penn softball team rallied to knock off a pair of squads receiving votes to highlight its third and fourth day of spring break. WPU (6-6) defeated Dickinson State (N.D.) 8-5 and Jamestown (N.D.) 9-3 Tuesday, but had its winning streak snapped at four Wednesday with a 10-2 setback (5 innings) to Aquinas […]
Oskaloosa–Men’s track and field athlete Loubert Dagrin (So., Miami, Fla., Sociology) and women’s lacrosse player MacKenzie Petersen (Jr., Albertville, Minn., Public Accounting) have been named the Statesmen of the Week for the week of February 28-March 6, presented by Gardner-Collier Jewelry. Dagrin, in his second trip to NAIA Nationals, placed fourth in the 60-meter hurdles. […]
Oskaloosa–Two Statesmen were integral parts in guiding their team to a perfect week and were lauded for their efforts as the Heart of America Athletic Conference Men’s Volleyball Player of the Week awards were announced Monday. Landon Krause (So., Appleton, Wis., Sports Management) was named Attack of the Week, while Charlie Figy (So., Appleton, Wis., […]
Tucson, Ariz.–The Statesmen softball team has opened its annual spring break trip with a trio of victories, including one by mercy rule. On Sunday, WPU (3-5) defeated Dakota Wesleyan 3-2 before falling to St. Francis (Ill.) 9-4. Then on Monday, the navy and gold were perfect with a 5-2 victory over Presentation and an 8-0 […]
Oskaloosa–Both the William Penn men’s and women’s bowling teams will get to fight for NAIA hardware as they earned berths to the NAIA National Championship. The Statesmen are one of 12 teams in each Championship, garnering at-large berths based off of impressive resumes. Five at-large bids were doled out for each tournament, while seven men’s […]
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen men’s lacrosse team was stymied on offense as it fell to #7 Indiana Tech 10-1 in non-conference play Saturday. In an effort to get ahead of forecasted storms, the game was moved up two hours, but Mother Nature still wreaked havoc, postponing the start more than a half hour with a lightning delay. […]
