Oskaloosa–The William Penn women’s volleyball team secured a season sweep of Clarke Tuesday, sweeping its foe 3-0 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play. WPU (14-12, 8-5 Heart), which won by scores of 25-22, 27-25, 25-19, also defeated the Pride (3-22, 2-1 Heart) in five sets earlier this season. The hosts got slightly stronger offensively […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s soccer team suffered its first loss in well over a month and it affected the squad’s position in the rankings as the NAIA released its seventh top-25 poll Wednesday. WPU (9-2-4 overall, 4-1-3 Heart), which lost for the first time since September 4 (5-0-3 during the unbeaten stretch), fell three spots […]
Pella–The Statesmen shotgun sports team took advantage of home cooking as it remained undefeated this fall with a victory at the William Penn Invitational last Friday and Saturday. William Penn posted a winning score of 1,427-for-1,500, while Iowa Western CC was second with 1,390 hit targets. The team triumph is the program’s fifth this season […]
Oskaloosa–Football player Lukas Hamilton (Jr., Columbus, Ohio, Secondary Education) and women’s soccer player Taylor Witthauer (Sr., Vancouver, Wash., Nursing) have been named the Statesmen of the Week for the week of October 9-15, presented by Gardner-Collier Jewelry. Hamilton accounted for half of William Penn’s 242-yard air attack in last Saturday’s 41-20 win over Clarke. The […]
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA—The Central College volleyball team needed just six sets to win two matches in a Saturday triangular with North Central University (Minn.) and Lawrence University (Wis.). The Dutch (17-5) first swept the Rams (9-9) 25-23, 25-12, 25-16 and then the Vikings (4-16) 25-9, 25-6, 25-10. With four matches in four days, Central used 12 […]
Oskaloosa–The William Penn men’s cross country team is doing things that no previous Statesmen squad has, including being part of the national poll as the NAIA released its third top-25 ranking Thursday. WPU is unofficially 35th with seven points. It is believed to be the first time in school history that the program is ranked […]
Dubuque–The William Penn football team led wire-to-wire as it began Heart of America Athletic Conference North Division action with a 41-20 victory over Clarke Saturday. WPU (3-3, 1-0 North) outgained Clarke 453-350, owned a 34-13 edge in first downs, and held the ball for nearly 40 minutes, but needed a couple of late scores to […]
Marshall, Mo.–The Statesmen women’s soccer team went south of the state border Saturday and came up short of an upset as it dropped a 4-0 matchup with #20 Missouri Valley in Heart of America Athletic Conference action. WPU (4-8-1, 1-6-1 Heart) could not get past the Vikings (8-4-2, 7-1 Heart) in a game in which […]
Marshall, Mo.–The William Penn men’s soccer team came up short for the first time in Heart of America Athletic Conference play, falling 4-0 to #16 Missouri Valley Saturday. #14 WPU (9-2-4, 4-1-3 Heart) was outshot just 9-8, but failed to get on the board against the Vikings (8-4, 7-1 Heart), who now strengthen their hold […]
PELLA — Grace Coates (junior, Marion) broke a scoreless tie in the 72nd minute to give the Central College women’s soccer team a 1-0 win over Wartburg College Saturday afternoon. On a day where the Dutch (7-3-4. 2-2-1 American Rivers Conference) outshot the Knights (5-8-1, 3-3-0 conference), it took until late in the second half […]
