YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State needed a lot of things to go right on Wednesday night against the top team in the Horizon League. But instead, a slow start left YSU digging itself out of a hole early on. The Penguins were unable to overcome the early deficit, as Purdue Fort Wayne won its 14th ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP — The Youngstown State baseball team is 18 days away from opening their 71st campaign and new head coach, Trevor Charpie, the 10th head coach in program history, is excited to finally get the season underway. “We will have a great team when it comes to the details,” Charpie told the Curbstone Coaches during Monday’s meeting at Avion Banquet Center. “We won’t let anything out on the field surprise us, and I feel like we have assembled a pitching staff that throws hard. We have guys that can throw in the mid-90’s so we are going to rely on our pitching, ...
CANFIELD — Although the weather outdoors certainly doesn’t scream the boys of summer, baseball was the topic of discussion Saturday morning at Waypoint 4180 in Canfield as Youngstown State’s baseball program held its annual First-Pitch Breakfast with the season less than a month away. ...
YOUNGSTOWN — For Youngstown State senior guard Jewel Watkins, the No. 19 has special significance. Her father passed away on Nov. 19, 2019, and coming into Sunday’s game against Oakland, she needed just 19 points to reach 1,000 for her college career. “I didn’t really try to focus ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Even without head coach Ethan Faulkner, Youngstown State didn’t miss a beat on Friday. Faulkner was suspended by the Horizon League for one game for “unsportsmanlike actions” towards an official at the conclusion of the Penguins’ last-second loss to Robert Morris on ...
CLEVELAND — The first quarter went perfectly according to script for Youngstown State. Unfortunately for the Penguins, three more quarters still had to be played. Despite the Penguins’ early lead on Wednesday, Cleveland State finally found its footing in the second quarter and pulled ...
