YOUNGSTOWN — On the eve of its Super 16 showdown with Marshall in the WNIT, Youngstown State made a move to secure the future of women’s basketball coach Melissa Jackson. In the midst of its first 25-win season in almost 30 years, YSU announced Thursday that Jackson has signed a two-year ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Coming off its third straight 20-plus-win season and its first Horizon League championship game appearance last season, Youngstown State had high expectations coming into this year. Head coach Ethan Faulkner had picked up where former coach Jerrod Calhoun had left off and ...
YOUNGSTOWN — After Youngstown State lost in the Horizon League championship game more than two weeks ago, the Penguins were understandably dejected and disappointed. They had fallen short of their goal of a league crown and an NCAA tournament bid. Yet despite the loss, they knew that more ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Last year, the Youngstown State bowling team made school history, winning the program’s first national championship with an experienced, senior-laden team. Coming into this season, despite graduating most of that title-winning squad, the Penguins haven’t missed a beat ...
Eastern Michigan walks off YSU YPSILANTI, Mich. — Eastern Michigan scored four runs in the final two innings, including a walk-off walk in the bottom of the ninth, to defeat the Youngstown State baseball team, 8-7, on Tuesday afternoon at Oestrike Stadium. With the loss the Penguins fall to 3-18 while the Eagles improve to 7-17 on the year. Brayden Kuriger went 3-for-5 with a double, triple and two RBIs while Alex Jang was 3-for-4, and Teddy Ruffner hammered two home runs. The Penguins jumped out to a 6-1 lead through five-and-a-half innings after scoring once in the third, ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown State women’s basketball team has made a living in the third quarter this season. After a pair of slow starts to the second half during the Horizon League tournament two weeks ago, YSU head coach Melissa Jackson challenged her team at halftime on Tuesday ...
