The Penn State New Kensington women's volleyball team hopes to celebrate a first-round win in the Penn State University Athletic Conference playoffs.
UPPER BURRELL, Pa. -- Penn State New Kensington’s volleyball team is in a familiar place -- the conference playoffs. For the second consecutive year, second-year coach Amy Sigmund Kostek has guided the New Kensington Lions to a berth in the Penn State University Athletic Conference postseason tournament.
Kostek’s team is in fifth place with a 7-4 conference record. Five PSUAC away matches remain in the regular season – 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, at second-place Penn State Beaver (10-1); 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, against first-place Penn State Brandywine (12-0) and sixth-place Penn State Schuylkill (7-5) in a quad match; and 2 p.m., Sunday, against ninth-place Penn State York (4-8) and fourth-place Penn State Mont Alto, (10-2).
The Lions will be battling for a higher seed as the first four teams will host the opening round of the PSUAC playoffs on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Eight playoff berths are available for the conference title that is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 25, at Rec Hall on the University Park campus.
The team is led by a trio of outside hitters, sophomore Shania Eckman and freshmen Bethany Weiblinger and Brittany Wolford.
Soccer
With a 2-4-1 record and in eighth-place in the PSUAC, the soccer team has two away league games on the regular season schedule –- Sunday, Oct. 18, at Penn State Mont Alto (1-5) and Saturday, Oct. 24, at Penn State Brandywine (5-1). Two wins could propel the Lions into sixth place, the final playoff spot. The top two finishers in the league earn byes into the Final Four. The championship game is set for Sunday, Nov. 1, at the University Park campus.
Under the direction of first-year head coach Sam Lauris, the soccer team is looking to make the postseason for the fifth time in the five-year existence of the program. The Lions are led by sophomore midfielder Cole Wilson. Cole leads the team in points with 11 goals and three assists. Cole scored a team-record five goals Oct. 4 against Penn State Worthington-Scranton. For his efforts, the Oakmont, Pennsylvania, resident was named PSUAC Player of the Week.
Golf
The men’s and women’s golf team, with second-year head coach Tom Crombie at the helm, played in the PSUAC and USCAA golf championships, Oct. 12 to 13, at the Penn State Blue Course in State College. All PSUAC golf campuses compete for the conference team and individual championships, After the first day, the Lions were in sixth place in the team competition. Marcus Signore was team-medalist with an 86.
Final golf results were not available when this story was written.
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Freshman Patrick Fegan chips on the 18th hole during a home match Oct. 6
against Penn State DuBois and Penn State Mont Alto. He made the par.