Archive for October, 2011
Saturday, October 8th, 2011
Youngstown State seems to be struggling for answers to this point of their season. For the second conference game in a row, YSU played a very strong second half on both sides of the ball, but came up short, falling 35-28 to South Dakota State. The loss marks the fourth time ...
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Saturday, October 8th, 2011
Eleven members of the 2011 Youngstown State softball team were named All-American Scholar-Athletes by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
The Youngstown State honorees include: Jordan Ingalls, Haley Thomas, Vicki Rumph, Sarah Gabel, Kristen Philen, Kim Klonowski, Sarah Ingalls, Kristina Rendle, Amanda Palmore, Samantha Snodgrass, and Courtney Ewing.
The award is given to any player submitted by a ...
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Saturday, October 8th, 2011
The Chicago Steel guaranteed their fans a win Friday night at the Edge Ice Arena and those fans got one, just not from the hometown team. The Youngstown Phantoms got a pair of goals from center Austin Cangelosi and goaltender Matthew O’Connor turned away everything he faced en route to a 3-0 win.
The game also marked the first career ...
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Friday, October 7th, 2011
Youngstown State has some proving to do this week. In their last game, the Penguins dropped a contest at Indiana State, the first time that has ever happened. The Penguins have had two weeks to sharpen up their fundamentals and get back into the confident mindset that was to propel ...
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Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Buffalo was in an unfamiliar role last weekend. They were favored to win against a team they should beat. Unfortunately, the Bills were handed a 23-20 setback by the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bills were outscored 20-3 in the second half and never got their bearings on offense. Bills receiver Donald ...
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
The Youngstown State women's basketball team opened practice in preparation for the 2011-12 season on Sunday evening in its first of 30 scheduled sessions prior to the season opener at West Virginia on Nov. 11.
Individual and small group sessions had been held for several weeks, but Sunday's practice at Beeghly Center was the first session of ...
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
The Youngstown State volleyball team hit .279 as a team and had three players register at least 11 kills in a 3-1 win over Loyola at the Halas Sports Center.
The Penguins recorded their first Horizon League victory as well as their first in a true road contest. YSU had a season-high ...
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Lisa Neeld has been a busy woman lately. She has stacked her appearances, started filming a reality show for television, continues to sell barbecue sauce, and is a full-time mother. I became enamored with Neeld when I asked her ten baseball questions at a Scrappers game. She played along, the ...
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