by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s soccer team gave #25 Cardinal Stritch a battle for most of Sunday afternoon, but unfortunately faltered in the waning minutes and eventually fell 3-1 in non-conference action. WPU (2-1), which dropped its first contest of the year, was outshot 19-9, but kept the Wolves (2-0-1) off the board […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–The Statesmen men’s soccer team had a tough outing Sunday, falling 4-2 to Cardinal Stritch in non-conference play. WPU (1-1-1) dropped its first contest of the fall, despite outshooting the Wolves (2-1) by a 16-13 tally. Nothing was doing for either side through the first half of the opening stanza, but CSU […]
by Wade Steinlage Marshall, Mo.–The William Penn football team was unable to shut the door last week against Baker, but took care of business down the stretch this time around to get the road upset, knocking off #12 Missouri Valley 27-21 in a Heart of America Athletic Conference North-South Crossover game Saturday. The 23rd-ranked Statesmen […]
by Wade Steinlage Sioux Falls, S.D.–The Statesmen cross country teams went under the lights Friday to open their seasons as they competed at the Augustana Twilight. Guadalupe Gonzalez (Sr., Houston, Texas, Exercise Science) topped all of the navy and gold harriers as she was 105th out of 310 runners in the 5K women’s race. She […]
by Wade Steinlage Sioux Falls, S.D.–Two solid rounds nearly proved enough to get the Statesmen women’s golf team a season-opening crown, but instead the program had to settle for silver as it competed at the Mount Marty Invitational Thursday and Friday. #17 WPU placed second out of 14 teams with a two-day score of 647 […]
by Wade Steinlage Peru, Neb.–The William Penn volleyball team started hot, but could not maintain that strong play in a 3-1 loss to Peru State in Heart of America Athletic Conference action Tuesday. The Statesmen (2-6, 0-2 Heart) lost by scores of 25-20, 23-25, 14-25, 18-25. WPU bolted out to a 12-3 advantage and held […]
by Wade Steinlage Forest City–The Statesmen men’s soccer team bombarded Waldorf with two goals in the first nine minutes of play Tuesday and held on to claim the 2-0 non-conference victory. William Penn (1-0-1) earned the shutout despite being outshot 24-9, including facing a 16-5 shot deficit in the second half. Diego Navarro (Fr., Madrid, […]
by Wade Steinlage Forest City–Raunice Butler (Jr., Nassau, Bahamas, Physical Education) took advantage of a huge penalty to lift the William Penn women’s soccer team to a 2-1 overtime victory over non-conference foe Waldorf Tuesday. The Statesmen have now won back-to-back games to start the year for the first time since 2003 (4-0 start); the […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–Ashley Miller (Jr., Kalona, Iowa, Exercise Science) backed up a tremendous start to her season with another strong week and was rewarded by being named the Heart of America Athletic Conference Volleyball Defender of the Week Monday. Miller, now a three-time weekly recipient, claimed this year’s inaugural accolade as she helped the […]
by Wade Steinlage Oskaloosa–Andreya Ventura (Sr., Granada Hills, Calif., Psychology) kept the opposition off the board, and for that effort she was named the Heart of America Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week Monday. Ventura claimed her first weekly laurel by shutting out Doane for 64 minutes Saturday. Her combined shutout, which […]
