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Curbstone Coaches idle on Monday In observance of the Easter holiday, the Curbstone Coaches will be idle on Monday. They will reconvene next on April 13 when they will honor Beaver Local High School Ohio Division II state wrestling 157-pound champion Jake Hughes. YSU softball tops Robert Morris MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Penguins scored three runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a 4-4 stalemate and lifted the Youngstown State softball team to a 7-4 win over Robert Morris on Friday afternoon at the North Athletic Complex. Sophomore Ayla Ray (Fitch) reached on an error and ...

YSU AD Strollo discusses conference realignment, facilities

YOUNGSTOWN — Earlier this year, two of Youngstown State’s 2026 football opponents opted to leave the FCS and make a move to the FBS level beginning this fall. Non-conference foe Sacramento State left the Big Sky to join the MAC, while fellow Missouri Valley Football Conference-member ...

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Massucci, Sheely on NFCA watch list LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Slippery Rock University softball outfielders Alyssa Massucci (Howland) and Alyssa Sheely (Ursuline) have been named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Player of the Year watchlist, the organization announced Wednesday. Massucci and Sheely are two of three Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division players to make the 2026 watchlist. Additionally, the duo are two of six players from the conference as a whole to be named to the watchlist. SRU was the only team in the Atlantic Region to have two ...

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Penguins come up short vs. Zips AKRON — Akron hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Youngstown State baseball team 11-10 in a high-scoring non-league contest on Tuesday afternoon at Skeeles Field. The Penguins were ahead 2-0 after the first inning and 7-3 after scoring five runs in the top of the third. The Zips answered with a five-run bottom of the third to take an 8-7 lead before YSU countered with two runs in the top of the fourth to regain a 9-8 edge. The score remained the same until Akron pushed across a pair of runs in the seventh move back ...

YSU softball wins doubleheader to complete sweep of Northern Kentucky

The Youngstown State softball team won both games of Saturday’s home doubleheader against Northern Kentucky to complete the series sweep of the Norse. After beating the Norse 17-3 on Friday, the Penguins won 9-5 and 7-5 on Saturday. With the wins, Youngstown State improved to 17-12 overall and 5-1 in conference play, as the Penguins sit atop the Horizon League standings. In game one, Youngstown State scored the first seven runs and fought off an NKU rally for a 9-5 victory. The Penguins’ nine runs came on 11 hits, which included a three-run homer by Emma Gilkerson in the third ...

Jackson signs 2-year contract extension with YSU

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 ...