Director of athletics, Mike Holmes, announced today the hiring of Sean Kirk as the head coach for the women's basketball team at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Kirk re-joins the Franciscan coaching staff after a two-year stint at Bryn Athyn College.
As the winter sports season comes to a close, Penn State Behrend holds on to their commanding lead in the Presidents Cup Standings with an .813 percentage ranking to remain in the top spot of the conference.
For the third year in a row, Hilbert College student-athletes spent a Saturday morning assisting with the WNY Special Olympics at their annual basketball clinic in Williamsville.
La Roche College men's basketball senior guard Zach Gould and women's basketball junior forward Jenna Cole have earned spots on the All-Region Team. Both were named to D3Hoop's Great Lakes All-Region Second Team.
The Penn State Altoona women's basketball team's 2018-19 season slipped away during the second half of Wednesday night's Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Championship Tournament first round game, as the Lady Lions suffered an 89-59 defeat to Washington & Jefferson College at the Henry Memorial Center.
The Hilbert College women's basketball team will travel to Grantham, Pa. for the First Round of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament this Friday.
Gawlak averaged 24.5 ppg in two games this championship weekend. Leading her team with a 43% range from three. Her defense and offensive ability led the Hawks to a second AMCC championship in back-to-back years. Gawlak also grabbed 14 rebounds from the guard spot on the weekend.
#2 Hilbert College earned back-to-back AMCC women's basketball titles on Sunday as they defeated #5 Penn St. Behrend 64-54, in a game that took almost six hours to complete due to a weather-related power outage.
#5 Penn St. Behrend is hitting their stride at the right time of the season as they recorded their second upset in as many games, as they defeated top-seeded La Roche College 57-56 in the AMCC women's basketball semifinals Saturday afternoon. In game two, #2 Hilbert College earned the 67-47 victory over #3 Pitt-Bradford to advance to the champioship game against Behrend on Sunday.
In first round women's basketball action, #3 Pitt-Bradford defeated #6 Mount Aloysius College 78-42 while #5 Penn St. Behrend earned the upset victory over #4 Penn St. Altoona, 67-60. Pitt-Bradford and Penn St. Behrend both advance to the AMCC semifinals at La Roche College on Saturday afternoon.
With a 15-3 conference record, the La Roche College women's basketball team won the tiebreaker against Hilbert College, which had an identical record in AMCC play, to earn the regular season title and hosting rights for the 2019 AMCC Women's Basketball Championship Tournament.
Proy led her team to a 2-0 AMCC record this week and scored her 1,000th career point. Proy's two-game total for the week included 49 points, 14 rebounds, and seven blocked shots. Proy netted a career-high 27 points, while shooting 80% from the floor, added nine rebounds, six blocks, and four assists against D'Youville. Proy again lead her team to a victory against Pitt-Greensburg on Senior Day when she finished with 22 points and four rebounds. Proy was 22 away from 1,000 points when she became just the 5th player at Hilbert to hit the milestone, shooting 64.5% from the floor.
The Penn State Behrend (9-14, 7-9 AMCC) women's basketball team hosts Medaille College (9-14, 7-9 AMCC) in their final home game of the season for the AMCC Game of the Week on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Repine averaged a double-double in three AMCC games last week. Repine scored a season-high at Pitt-Bradford on Thursday night, and followed up with a career-high in the next game on the road at Franciscan with 28 points. She has dominated the offensive glass by average 6.7 offensive rebounds per game while keeping her overall rebounding average at 11.3 rebounds per game. Additionally, Repine has controlled the paint on defense, averaging 2.3 blocks per game. Repine also continues to lead the AMCC in overall field goal percentage, with 59.1% per game.
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford department of athletics and Alpha Phi Omega chapter hosted its fourth annual "Teal There's a Cure" campaign during the Saturday, February 2, home basketball doubleheader to raise awareness for ovarian cancer.
The Hilbert Hawks are ready to compete in their fourth AMCC Game of the Week this season as they take on the Pitt-Bradford Panthers Thursday evening at 6:00 p.m.
Sanders averaged 21.5 points, 5 steals, 4.5 assists, and 4.5 rebounds in two conference games last week. She had 11 points, seven rebounds, four rebounds, and four steals on Wednesday at Penn State Behrend. She then had a career-high 32 points, with six steals, and five rebounds in a victory at Pitt-Bradford on Saturday.
Penn State Altoona women’s basketball (11-8, 9-4 AMCC) will look for the season sweep of conference opponent Hilbert College (15-4, 10-2 AMCC) on Saturday, February 2, when the Lady Lions travel to Hamburg, N.Y. for the AMCC Women's Basketball Game of the Week.
Cole helped La Roche to a 2-1 record last week, averaging a double-double with 20.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. Cole picked up a pair of double-doubles, with 17 points and 13 rebounds in Wednesday's victory over Pitt-Greensburg, and 25 points and 11 rebounds in Saturday's victory over D'Youville. Cole also added three assists and two steals in the victory over the Bobcats. She currently leads the AMCC in scoring with 19.8 points per game.
Every basketball season, the Franciscan University athletic department celebrates "Kuzma Community Day" to honor the memory of the late Henry "Hank" Kuzma while taking the time to thank its many generous sponsors.
The Penn State Altoona (8-8, 6-4 AMCC) women's basketball team travels to Cresson, PA on Wednesday afternoon to take on Mount Aloysius College (5-12, 5-5 AMCC) in the AMCC Game of the Week.
Isenberg scored a career-high 33 points to lead the Panthers to a win over D'Youville Wednesday in their lone game of the week. Her 33 points scored are a Panther season-high for 2018-19 and are five points shy of the Pitt-Bradford program record. Isenberg played 34 minutes, went 13-22 from the floor and grabbed seven rebounds. With the win, Pitt-Bradford tipped its AMCC record to above .500, at 5-4.
The La Roche College Redhawks travel to Hamburg, NY on Saturday to take on the Hilbert College Hawks in the AMCC women's basketball game of the week. La Roche and Hilbert are two of the top women's basketball programs in the AMCC in recent years, as Hilbert is the defending champion and La Roche won the seven titles prior to that. The Redhawks, with an 8-1 conference record, and the Hawks, at 7-2, are currently the top two teams in league standings.
As the temperatures in January continue to drop throughout the landscape of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC), the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will be joining forces over the next two weeks to help keep the less fortunate warm this winter.
Hore continued her standout rookie season with the Spartans this past week, helping the women to a 2-0 week in conference play. On Wednesday against Penn State-Behrend, Hore posted a then career-high 24 points on 8-12 shooting and 7-7 from the free throw line in the 80-65 victory. She added eight steals, seven rebounds, and five assists in the win. To follow up on Saturday at Mount Aloysius, Hore topped her career-high in scoring with 26 points in the 70-66 overtime win against the Mounties. Playing all 45 minutes, Danielle tied a career-high 17 boards with two assists and two steals. For the week, Hore averaged 25.0 points, 12.0 rebounds, 5.0 steals, and 3.5 assists per game. She is currently fourth in the conference in scoring (16.5 PPG), second in rebounding (12.0 RPG), third in assists (5.7 APG), and first in steals (3.1 SPG). In 13 games played, Hore has scored double-figures in every game of her career.