by Wade Steinlage Des Moines–A three-run sixth frame gave the William Penn softball team the lead for good as it knocked off Graceland in the play-in round of the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament Monday. WPU (24-31), which was the #5 seed out of the Heart’s North Division, defeated the Yellowjackets, North’s #4 seed, […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–Headlined by three home runs, the William Penn softball team sent its eldest Statesmen out in style with a Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader sweep of Missouri Valley on Senior Day Sunday. WPU (23-31, 14-20 Heart) won by scores of 10-1 (6 innings) and 5-2. The navy and gold will unfortunately […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa—With a Central Methodist loss and Benedictine getting swept, prior to its final regular season game, William Penn claimed the 2019 Heart of America Athletic Conference regular season crown. It is the 14 conference championship for WPU and its first since 2013 when it was a member of the MCC. However, the […]
by Wade Steinlage Des Moines–William Penn traveled up to Des Moines to take on the rival Grand View Vikings in its final regular season series on Friday. The Statesmen (32-10, 17-6 Heart) split the pair of ballgames with the Vikings (13-21, 10-12 Heart), winning the opener by the score of 4-3 and dropping the nightcap […]
by Wade Steinlage Indianola–Competing for the second time in three days, and in a much-larger meet, the William Penn track and field teams posted a handful of top-10 finishes at the Simpson Kip Janvrin Open Friday. Joel Brown (Fr., Columbus, Ga.) guided the navy and gold with a pair of high placings. The freshman was […]
by Wade Steinlage Lake Ozark, Mo.–It was a dominating performance from start to finish as the William Penn women’s golf team kept the title streak alive at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Championships Tuesday through Thursday. #16 WPU finished first out of 10 teams with a three-round score of 934 (313-310-311) at the par-72 […]
by Wade Steinlage Dubuque–The Statesmen softball team tallied 29 hits Wednesday as it split a pair of Heart of America Athletic Conference matchups with Clarke. WPU (21-31, 12-20 Heart) won the opener 11-8 in nine innings, but dropped the nightcap 2-1. The visitors scored first with one in the third and then added three more […]
by Wade Steinlage Kirksville, Mo.–The William Penn track and field teams opened a busy week by traveling into Missouri to compete at the Truman Quad Wednesday. Both teams placed second out of four programs with the men scoring 46 points and the women claiming 38 points. Truman topped both standings as each tallied 99 points. […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–Alexis Guimaraes (Jr., San Ramon, Calif., Psychology) won her first collegiate crown and those efforts earned her Heart of America Athletic Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week laurels Monday. Guimaraes won her first career weekly honor after leading William Penn to the title at its own Mike “Fluff” Cowan Invitational. The junior […]
by Wade Steinlage Lawrence, Kan.–The top individuals from the Statesmen track and field teams traveled south to battle at the prestigious Kansas Relays Friday and Saturday. William Penn recorded a trio of top-10 finishes, headlined by the men’s 4×100-meter relay team placing fourth with a time of 42.00 seconds. The squad was even faster in […]
