As any one of the six Shippensburg University boxers will tell you, it all comes down to the trip to Sunrise, Florida. Twelve meets throughout the season and a solid performance two weekends ago at regionals brings the Raider squad face-to-face with the best college boxers in the United States on April 10-12 at the Collegiate Boxing Association’s National Championships in Florida.
The Shippensburg University baseball team split a double-header on Friday against the East Stroudsburg Warriors, winning the opener 10-3 and dropping the evening-game 19-6 in a pair of showdowns at Fairchild field. The Raiders (10-14, 6-4 PSAC East) smacked five home runs and totaled 16 runs to go along with 23 hits on the day. Due to inclement weather, Friday’s double-header marked the 12th and 13 consecutive home games for Shippensburg.
Wise words of advice from 10-year Shippensburg University head coach Dave Osanitsch on the eve of his team’s trip to the 2015 NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field National Championships sum up the mentality that the Raider squad used to find success throughout their 2014-15 campaign.
Late-game heroics on defense and offense for the Shippensburg University women’s lacrosse team set them up for an 11-7 comeback win over Chestnut Hill on Tuesday afternoon from Robb Sports Complex.
Down 4-1 with a nation of Division II wrestling fans watching, Shippensburg University’s 149 pounder Cameron Throckmorton twisted out of the grasp of his opponent, gaining control for the reversal. With five seconds to go in the first period the junior landed a takedown that pinned Central Oklahoma’s Spencer Rutherford on his back, earning Throckmorton the come-from-behind victory.
The SU Women’s Softball team opened PSAC East play by splitting a doubleheader against the rival Bloomsburg Huskies (6-6, 1-1).
Sixteen women and 21 men posted PSAC-qualifying performances this Saturday in Williamsburg, Virginia. These numbers do not include indoor national championship qualifiers, who competed last weekend in Birmingham, Alabama and take the field next week for Shippensburg.
Ten seasons. Twenty three PSAC championships. Twenty two PSAC Coach of the Year awards. Ninety seven NCAA All-American student athletes.
Every March, the entire country braces for a phenomenon commonly known as March Madness. Otherwise known as the NCAA Tournament, it is the pulse-pounding conclusion of the Men’s College Basketball season. It places the best 68 teams in the country against each other to determine a champion.
A hard-fought day at the West Point regional boxing tournament on Saturday, March 14, resulted in a school-record six fighters qualifying for nationals.
The sun was shining and a cold breeze blew during a chilly Sunday afternoon as the Raiders squared off against the Mansfield Mountaineers in a double-header at Fairchild Field.
The sound of an announcers voice seemed like a whisper on Shippensburg University campus as heavy winds gusted over the left field fence of Fairchild Field. The luck of the Irish seemed to be in full effect as the SU and Lock Haven baseball teams combined for 43 hits, including six home runs, on Saint Patrick’s Day.
It’s a little bit like clockwork. Another year, another winning record, PSAC playoff appearance and defensive mastery of the game of basketball for the Shippensburg University women’s team.
The 6-foot-10-inch senior center returned from a career-threatening knee surgery last year to average almost a double-double and lead PSAC play in rebounds heading into the regular season’s final week.
The end of this year’s wrestling season has arrived and Shippensburg finished with an overall record of 7-13 and 1-6 in the PSAC.
The Raiders began the game on a 17-2 run and never looked back as they went on to defeat Cheyney 88-70 in the regular-season finale from Heiges Field House on Wednesday night. The No.
An energetic, crisp-passing Raider squad decisively broke a seven-game playoff game losing trend on Saturday afternoon from Heiges Field House, dominating No.
It could be said that the Shippensburg University men’s basketball team had a poor season in 2013-14. After all, the Raider squad closed out the season with a 3-23 overall record, posting a mark of 1-15 in the division and recording an abysmal -10.7 scoring margin on average per game.
The Raiders entered Wednesday’s matchup with Cheyney knowing they needed a win and a Mansfield loss to qualify for the PSAC tournament. The team got both and concluded its regular season by defeating Cheyney 76-53, clinching a playoff berth on senior night inside Heiges Fieldhouse.
