Ozark, Mo.–The Statesmen baseball team fought to see another day of competition as it went 1-1 Friday, falling to #2 seed MidAmerica Nazarene before knocking out #6 Grand View at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Championship. #8 seed WPU (24-26), which entered the day in the winner’s bracket after defeating Peru State Thursday, dropped […]
Cedar Rapids–The William Penn men’s volleyball team pushed the top team in the land to the brink, but saw its record-breaking season come to an end with a 3-2 loss to #1 The Master’s in the semifinals of the NAIA National Championship Friday. #5 WPU (24-7) fell by scores of 21-25, 28-26, 25-17, 18-25, 13-15. […]
Cedar Rapids–The Statesmen men’s volleyball team checked off another box as it advanced by defeating #4 seed Ottawa (Ariz.) 3-2 in Pool D competition Thursday. #5 seed WPU (24-6), which won by scores of 19-25, 25-20, 25-20, 20-25, 15-11, has cleared pool play action for the first time in program history. The navy and gold […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn baseball team had the best hurler in the league and garnered several other honors as the 2024 all-Heart of America Athletic Conference teams were announced Thursday. Starting pitcher Abel Madueno (Jr., San Bernardino, Calif., Business Management) and outfielder Nick George (Sr., Sarina, Ontario, Sociology) were named to the 17-person first team, while […]
Ozark, Mo.–The Statesmen baseball team remained on the winner’s side of the bracket Thursday as it held off #7 seed Peru State 5-4 in the opening game of the Heart of America Athletic Conference Championship. #8 seed WPU (23-25), which will now face #2 seed MidAmerica Nazarene Friday at 1:30 p.m., matched the Bobcats (19-30) […]
Cedar Rapids–An outstanding defensive effort lifted the William Penn men’s volleyball team to its first-ever win at the NAIA National Championship as it opened Pool D competition with a 3-1 win over #12 seed Reinhardt (Ga.) Thursday. The fifth-seeded Statesmen (23-6) won by scores of 25-16, 23-25, 25-11, 25-15. WPU will now look to advance […]
Moravia–The Statesmen men’s golf team wrapped up its 2023-2024 season with a respectable showing at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Championship Monday and Tuesday. WPU tied for seventh out of 11 teams with a three-round score of 892 (294-303-295) at the par-72 Preserve Golf Course. MidAmerica Nazarene (-18, 284-281-281–846) held off Park (-17, 282-284-281–847) […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s volleyball team continued the awards season with a large haul as the AVCA NAIA All-America teams were announced Monday. Landon Krause (Sr., Appleton, Wis., Business Management) and Charlie Figy (Sr., Appleton, Wis., Secondary Education PE K-12) were named to the 12-person first team, while Britten Beallis (So., Naperville, Ill., Sports Management) […]
Oskaloosa–Baseball player Abraham Arroyo (Sr., Camuy, P.R., Wellness and Recreation) and women’s golfer Emma Lawson (Jr., Rossville, Ind., Exercise Science) have been named Statesmen of the Week for the week of April 22-28, presented by Gardner-Collier Jewelry. Arroyo, who has been plagued by injury this season, got back on the field last week against Grand […]
Oskaloosa–Four members of the William Penn men’s volleyball team were honored for their excellence in the classroom as they were named 2024 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes Monday. Luke Luckfield (Jr., Honolulu, Hawaii, Software Engineering) tops the group with a 3.94 Grade Point Average entering the spring. Matt Helmick (Sr., Fullerton, Calif., Business Management), at 3.53, guides […]
