×

YSU Sports

After close call, YSU looking for more during key road stretch

YOUNGSTOWN — Last season, Youngstown State lost to South Dakota State by 50 points. At the time, the Penguins were greatly outmatched against the Jackrabbits. This past weekend, however, YSU gave SDSU all it could handle in a 35-30 defeat, and save for a letdown third quarter, looked poised ...

Capsules

YSU competes in Tontimonia Invite WESTLAKE —- The Youngstown State men’s golf team concluded play in the two-day Tom Tontimonia Invitational hosted by Cleveland State on Tuesday at Lakewood Country Club. The Penguins finished the 54-hole event with a three-round total of 883 to finish ...

Vaccaro recalls time at YSU, career in shoe industry

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — The next time you watch a basketball game, either in person or on television, take a really long look at the shoes players are wearing, or shall we say, endorsing as part of their contractual agreement. Then think of Sonny Vaccaro, a 1962 Youngtown State University ...

Upset-minded YSU falls short vs. No. 2 South Dakota State 35-30

YOUNGSTOWN — In college football, the recipe for an upset usually requires a myriad of things to go right. For No. 24 Youngstown State, the Penguins did almost everything they needed to do for three quarters. But after trailing by 10 at halftime, No. 2 South Dakota State put together ...

Fresh off idle week, YSU set for MVFC gauntlet

YOUNGSTOWN — Coming out of its idle week, Youngstown State knows what lies ahead. YSU finished nonconference play at 3-1 — its best start through four games since 2019. Now starting Saturday until the end of the regular season, the Penguins will traverse through the toughest conference in ...

Capsules

Kilpatrick up for Campbell Trophy Youngstown State punter Brendon Kilpatrick (Lakeview) is one of 177 semifinalists for 2025 William V. Campbell Trophy, which is college football’s premier scholar-athlete award. Kilpatrick is one of just 44 FCS student-athletes to be named a semifinalist ...