by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s volleyball team hosted a non-conference match-up with Grinnell College Tuesday. The match was the second consecutive night the team was in action after a big conference win on Monday. The Statesmen (15-5) swept the Pioneers (9-10) in straight sets (27-25, 25-21, 25-23) to take the non-conference matchup. WPU […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s soccer team kept a hot Missouri Valley squad at bay in the second half, but first-period miscues were too much to overcome as William Penn fell 3-1 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play Wednesday. In a battle of programs going in opposite directions, WPU (4-4-1, 0-3 Heart) dropped […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The William Penn Athletics Department has expanded its partnership with BlueFrame Technology, adding numerous Over-The-Top (OTT) applications to the Statesmen Sports Network (SSN) platform. In addition to viewing athletic events on the school website at http://www.statesmenathletics.com/SIDHelp/watch.php, fans of WPU will now be able to follow the navy and gold by downloading free […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The unstoppable William Penn women’s golf team brought the show home Monday and Tuesday as it dominated the Statesmen Classic. #13 WPU placed first out of five teams with a two-round score of 590 (292-298) at the par-71 Edmundson Golf Course. The program ended up winning by 79 strokes over runner-up Mount […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The Statesmen started what is going to be a busy week on Tuesday with a Heart of America Athletic Conference matchup with Peru State. William Penn (14-5, 3-2 Heart) outlasted the bobcats (5-14, 1-6 Heart) in five sets (25-23, 25-18, 22-25, 22-25, 15-12) to win their ninth out of the last 10 […]
by Wade Steinlage Springfield, Mo.–The 2018 version of William Penn men’s soccer is putting up numbers. Well, mainly just one number–the number zero–as again it blanked a foe, shutting out Evangel 5-0 in Heart of America Athletic Conference action Saturday. The Statesmen (7-1), who continue their best start in program history, extended their school-record shutout […]
by Wade Steinlage Fayette, Mo.–The William Penn football team was denied time and time again as it fell 20-13 to Central Methodist in a Heart of America Athletic Conference North-South Crossover game Saturday. The Statesmen (2-3) scored touchdowns on each of their first two possessions, but were blanked on their final 12 as they were […]
by Wade Steinlage Springfield, Mo.–The Statesmen women’s soccer team fought off an abundance of attacks by its foe, but unfortunately also several balls did get into the netting in the second 45 minutes as WPU fell 5-2 to Evangel in a Heart of America Athletic Conference matchup Saturday. William Penn (4-3-1, 0-2 Heart) was outshot […]
by Wade Steinlage Rock Island, Ill.–The Statesmen cross country teams competed at the other Augustana Friday, running at the Brissman/Lundeen Invitational. The women were 21st out of 27 teams in the 6K race with 569 points, while the men placed 24th out of 27 teams in the 8K event with 701 points. North Central (Ill.) […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s soccer team thoroughly dominated its Heart of America Athletic Conference opener with a 3-0 victory over Clarke Wednesday. WPU (6-1, 1-0 Heart) was in total control from the first whistle, peppering the goal to the tune of a 24-5 advantage in shots (16-0 in the first half). Unfortunately, […]
