by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–Four players scored at least 18 points as the Statesmen men’s basketball team advanced in the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament with a 112-97 quarterfinal win over #8 seed MidAmerica Nazarene Wednesday. Top-seeded William Penn (27-3) won its quarterfinal matchup for the sixth year in a row; the program has only […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s basketball team will look to bolster its national tournament resume with a strong showing this week as it opens Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament action Thursday night with a home game against Clarke. WPU (21-7) enters as the #2 overall seed and will face the #7-seeded Pride (21-10) […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–Due to numerous other programs at the top of the national poll also losing during the past two weeks, the William Penn men’s basketball team only dropped one rung as the sixth NAIA Division I poll was released Tuesday. WPU (26-3, 16-3 Heart), which fell to Central Methodist last Saturday (3-1 since […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s basketball team will open Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament action Wednesday night as it hosts MidAmerica Nazarene in Penn Gymnasium. WPU (26-3) enters as the #1 overall seed and will face the #8-seeded Pioneers (16-14) in the quarterfinal round at 7 p.m. MNU, which was the South […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–A total of five Statesmen claimed postseason laurels as the all-Heart of America Athletic Conference men’s basketball teams were announced by the league office Monday. Dominique Shaw (Sr., Lufkin, Texas, Wellness and Recreation) and Terrell Thompson (Sr., Indianapolis, Ind., Wellness and Recreation) were chosen for the first team, while JC Washington (Sr., […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–Five members of the William Penn women’s basketball program were honored as the all-Heart of America Athletic Conference teams were announced by the league office Monday. Vashti Nwagbaraocha (Jr., Milwaukee, Wis., Exercise Science) was voted to the Heart’s first team, while Kate Ylitalo (So., Maple Plain, Minn., Biology) collected a second-team nod. […]
by Wade Steinlage Jacksonville, Ill. / Kokomo, Ind.–The William Penn baseball team hit up two states as it played five non-conference games in an action-packed weekend. WPU (4-5) opened the weekend by splitting Friday’s twinbill with Hannibal-LaGrange, falling 8-7 and winning 10-3. The Statesmen then defeated Shawnee State 6-5 in Saturday’s lone contest before splitting […]
by Wade Steinlage Batesville, Ark.–The Statesmen softball team had a tough return to action as it was swept in a non-conference tripleheader by non-conference foe Lyon Sunday. WPU (2-4) lost the opener 6-1, the middle contest 1-0, and the finale 8-1. Lyon 6, WPU 1 Lexi Resa (Fr., Liberty, Mo., Biology) put the navy and […]
by Wade Steinlage Fayette, Mo.–The William Penn women’s basketball team entered Saturday with an opportunity to check off a lot of goals, but was unfortunately denied in those pursuits in a 91-82 loss to #16 Central Methodist in Heart of America Athletic Conference play. With a win, WPU (21-7, 15-4 Heart) could have claimed a […]
by Wade Steinlage Des Moines–Buoyed by a boisterous traveling crowd, the Statesmen men’s basketball team got past rival Grand View 99-90 to win the outright Heart of America Athletic Conference crown Wednesday. In defeating the Vikings, #3 William Penn (26-2, 16-2 Heart) secured both the top seed for next week’s conference tournament and the Heart’s […]
