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The Westminster College men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Baldwin-Wallace Mid-February Indoor Meet on Friday. The Titans sent a split squad to the unscored meet.
Sophomore Merrissa Malcolm (Freeport, Pa./Freeport) won the pole vault with a vault of 3.35 meters. Malcolm tied her own school indoor record set last week at Mount Union.
Freshman forward Andi Ridge (North Tonawanda, N.Y./Starpoint) scored a career-high 16 points to help lead the Westminster College women's basketball team to a 71-51 win at Thiel Saturday in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) game.
The Titans improve to 9-14 on the season and 7-6 in the PAC. The Tomcats drop to 6-16 and 2-10 in the league.
Ridge, who shot 7-14 from the floor, also posted team highs with seven rebounds and three steals.
The Westminster College men's basketball team ran into a red-hot Thiel team on Saturday, losing 88-78 on the road in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) game. The Titans fall to 7-16 on the season and 3-8 in the PAC, while Thiel (14-9, 7-4 PAC) ties a school record by winning its eighth straight game, its longest winning streak since 1939-40.
After leading nearly the entire second half, the Westminster College men's basketball team suffered a heart-breaking defeat to visiting Washington & Jefferson, 61-60, Thursday night in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) action. The Presidents (10-13, 5-5 PAC) sank two free throws with 17 seconds left to take their first lead since the 17:28 mark of the season half, before Westminster (7-15, 3-7 PAC) missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer on its final possession.
The game was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but the game was postponed because of inclement weather that affected travel.
The Westminster College women's basketball team had the 20th-ranked team in country tied at halftime on Thursday night, but visiting Washington & Jefferson escaped with a 64-56 win in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) game.
The game was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but the game was postponed because of inclement weather that affected travel.
The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) today recognized two Westminster swimmers with weekly awards. Senior Ben Gutmann (Cranberry Twp., Pa./Seneca Valley) was named PAC Men's Swimmer/Diver of the Week and senior Emily Dressler (Hummelstown, Pa./Mount Calvary Christian) was named PAC Women's Swimmer/Diver of the Week for the first week of February.
The Westminster College men's and women's swimming and diving teams each won their final dual meets of the season on Sunday at Mount Union in a non-conference dual meet that was originally scheduled for Saturday but postponed because of the weekend snowstorm.
The Titan men won 161-128 to finish the season with a 6-3 record. The Titan women brought home a 163-135 victory to finish the year with a 7-3 mark.
The Westminster College men's and women's track and field teams competed in their first indoor meets of the season at the Jim Wuske Invitational hosted by Mount Union College on Saturday.
Westminster sent split squads to the unscored meet.
The Top 8 individual place-winners for Westminster both came in the pole vault event. Sophomore Merrissa Malcolm (Freeport, Pa./Freeport) placed second with a pole vault of 3.35 meters for the Titan women, and sophomore Caleb Smathers (Punxsutawney, Pa./Punxsutawney) took fifth with a pole vault of 4.05 for the Titan men.
The Westminster College women's basketball team shook off its season-long, three-game losing streak in resounding fashion on Sunday with an 83-41 win at Chatham in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) game.
The game was originally scheduled for Saturday but was postponed to Sunday because of the snowstorm that affected travel.
Westminster College plays by the rules when it comes to federal law and NCAA requirements for gender equity in sports.
WCN 24/7's Jenn Emery presents a special audio documentary exploring the gender equity issue for women in Titan athletics and how Title IX has helped level the playing field.
The Westminster College women's basketball team lost at home to Waynesburg, 58-55, on Wednesday in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), which extended Westminster's season-long losing streak to four games.
The Titans are now 7-13 on the season and 5-5 in the PAC, while the Yellow Jackets improve to 7-13 and 4-7 in the league.
All roads in and out of New Wilmington were snow covered on Wednesday forcing athletic officials to postpone the Westminster College men's and women's basketball teams' doubleheader at home on Wednesday night.
The Titans were slated to host Washington & Jefferson.
The games are now scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 11 at 6 and 8 p.m.
This will mean some programming changes for Titan Radio & WCN as well.
Swimming and diving are back together again at Westminster College with the tough now getting tougher.
The men and women train and compete in rigorous competitions that bring out the best in each of them while they also have some fun.
They're preparing for some fun in the sun over the winter break.
The teams travel to Winter Park for a dual meet with Rollins on Jan. 9.
The Florida trip is one of the opportunities for the teams to bond and grow away from campus while still feeding the competitive spirit.
WCN 24/7's Brett Gerthoffer shows how the team comes together in the spirit of competition.
There are two Westminster College sports schedule changes in lieu of Saturday's adverse weather conditions. The Westminster College women's basketball team's game at Chatham scheduled for Saturday has been postponed to Sunday, Feb. 7, at 1 p.m. The Westminster men's and women's swimming and diving dual meet at Mount Union schedule for Saturday has been postponed to Sunday, Feb. 7, at noon.
For 12 seasons now, Girish Thakar has served as the head coach for soccer at Westminster. This year he coached the men's soccer team into the PAC playoffs with a 10-10 record. The women also saw some playoff action with a 13-6-1 record.
WCN 24/7's Adam Plyler talked with Thakar and has more on the coach with a video profile.
American Public Radio recognized Westminster basketball coaching legend Buzz Ridl-- the man who took the Titan basketball team to a national championship in 1960. This coverage on a nationally syndicated radio program, The Story with Dick Gordan, coincides with a homecoming at gym at Westminster that now bears the coach's name.
Westminster recognized 1959-60 men's basketball team on Saturday as the team reunited to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The team was honored at halftime of the Westminster-Notre Dame(Ohio), part of the of the 18th annual Buzz Ridl Classic.
WATCH OLD FILM FROM THAT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FROM 50 YEARS AGO
The Westminster College football team held its annual awards banquet on Sunday, Jan. 31, in the Witherspoon Room of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Fifth-year head coach Jeff Hand awarded letters to 47 lettermen as well as academic awards and team awards voted on by the players.
Top honors went to senior running back Nick McKolosky (Johnstown, Pa./Westmont Hilltop), who was named the team's Most Valuable Player for a second straight year, as well as earning the Titan of the Year Alumni Award for his exemplary attitude, work ethic, and teamwork.
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