Stories written by W.Steinlage

Maryville, Mo.–The William Penn women’s track and field team continued its indoor season Saturday at the Northwest Missouri State Bearcat Open, securing valuable experience ahead of next week’s conference meet. De’Avae Adderley (Jr., Nassau, Bahamas, Engineering Technology) led the Statesmen in the 60-meter dash, finishing 32nd with a time of 8.11 seconds. Close behind, Ellasa […]
Feb 11 2025 | Posted in
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Lawrence, Kan.–The Statesmen women’s bowling team dominated the lanes this past weekend, securing gold on both days of the NAIA West Weekend in a unique competition format. The event was split into two separate tournaments, with each day featuring head-to-head matchups against other programs. The team with the best match play record at the end […]
Feb 7 2025 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa–An influx of talent at the semester break has provided a significant boost to the William Penn women’s wrestling team as the NAIA released its sixth set of polls this week. As a team, WPU improved three positions to a program record of No. 3 with 154 points. The squad’s 11 individuals ranked in top […]
Feb 7 2025 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa–The biggest dual meet of the season for the William Penn women’s wrestling will have extra coverage. Next Tuesday, February 11, the No. 3 Statesmen will take on No. 2 Grand View at 7 p.m. in Des Moines in a highly-anticipated Heart of America Athletic Conference dual meet. The matchup will be showcased on Iowa […]
Feb 7 2025 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s wrestling team rolled on Senior Night, defeating William Woods 40-5 in a non-conference dual meet Tuesday. No. 6 WPU (5-5) won six of the seven contested bouts and also collected three forfeits en route to the lopsided victory over the under-manned Owls who fall to 0-9 in dual-meet competition. After 103-pounder […]
Feb 6 2025 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa–The Statesmen men’s wrestling team finally obtained its first dual meet victory of the season, defeating non-conference foe William Woods 46-10 on Senior Night Tuesday. WPU (1-7) triumphed in six of the eight contested matches and picked up two additional forfeits as it won its first dual meet of the campaign. Gentry Walston (So., New […]
Feb 6 2025 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa–Esther Kolawole (Fr., Akure, Nigeria, Kinesiology) parlayed a perfect weekend into national hardware she was named NAIA Women’s Wrestler of the Week. Kolawole becomes William Penn’s second national recipient in as many weeks after she dominated en route to a title at the Grand View Open last Saturday. The freshman 138-pounder went 5-0 at the […]
Feb 6 2025 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa–Tony Paye (Fr., Johnston, Iowa, Exercise Science) and Anthony Weaver (So., Demopolis, Ala., Mechanical Engineering) excelled in their disciplines last weekend, and for those efforts they were able to sweep the Heart of America Athletic Conference Men’s Track and Field Athlete of the Week honors Monday, presented by BoxOut. Paye’s laurel is his first as […]
Feb 4 2025 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa–Lucy Mitchell (So., Poulsbo, Wash., Psychology and Human Services) outperformed the field and for her efforts she was named the Heart of America Athletic Conference Women’s Bowler of the Week Monday. Mitchell won her first career laurel by posting a career day at the NAIA West #1 last Saturday. At the tournament, the sophomore was […]
Feb 4 2025 | Posted in
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Dubuque–The William Penn women’s basketball team struggled on the offensive end as it fell 78-58 to Clarke in a Heart of America Athletic Conference matchup Monday. WPU (3-20, 2-17 Heart) was outshot 46.8%-27.6% and lost the rebounding battle 48-30, but countered that by going 19-for-24 at the free-throw line (79.2%). The visitors were slow out […]
Feb 4 2025 | Posted in
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