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Updated March 5, 2010 4:00 AM

Club teams prepare for busy break

There won't be much pool time for the club baseball team this spring break -- even though it will be in Florida.

Updated February 26, 2010 4:00 AM

Swimmers, snowboarders in action; billiards player qualifies for championships

A few days shy of a month since its last event, the Penn State club swimming team will host the ASAU Mid-Atlantic Regionals at McCoy Natatorium on Saturday and Sunday.

Updated February 22, 2010 4:00 AM

Ski teams win, advance to nationals

Even as the competition stepped up a level, it was business as usual for the Penn State club ski teams this weekend.

Updated February 17, 2010 4:00 AM

Men fall, women win as ski teams prepare for regionals

As more and more skiers fell, members of the Penn State men's club ski team watched dreams of an undefeated season disappear.


Updated February 11, 2010 4:00 AM

Ski team hosts conference final race

Usually, skiers make plans around big snow forecasts. But when last weekend's mid-Atlantic snow storm hit, the Penn State club ski team members had their plans altered by the very weather they typically cheer for.


Updated February 5, 2010 4:47 AM

Boxing event to continue despite weather

Weekends like this are what Penn State boxing coach Jack Rohrabaugh dreamed about when he started coaching the team five years ago.


Updated February 2, 2010 4:00 AM

Club teams have busy weekend

A record-breaking performance at a powerlifting competition would normally be a big story on its own, but that was only part of the news the Penn State powerlifting club team generated this weekend.


Updated January 29, 2010 4:00 AM

Club sports team preparing for meets

The rifle club team will defend its 2009 victory at the Bean-Pot tournament hosted by MIT in Boston this Saturday.


Updated January 22, 2010 4:00 AM

Synchronized swimmers prepare for first meet

As Claire Chevillotte and Hannah Jones stretched together before practice on the floor of the McCoy Natatorium lobby Monday evening, they chatted and laughed like any other pair of college teammates.


Updated January 20, 2010 4:44 AM

Riflers' results still unknown

As members of the Penn State rifle club team headed back to campus on Monday night, they fretted about their inability to close the door.


Updated January 15, 2010 4:00 AM

Freshmen key in upcoming rifle competition

When members of the Penn State rifle club take to the targets this weekend, they'll be looking for some big performances out of the team's youngest members.


Updated January 13, 2010 4:48 AM
Adam Bittner is a freshman majoring in journalism and is a Collegian club sports reporter. His e-mail is jab5841@psu.edu.

Club sports need attention, too

As students return to campus this week, many are likely buzzing about the football team's game-winning drive against the LSU Tigers in the Capital One Bowl on New Year's Day. Others might be reliving the thrilling NCAA women's volleyball championship match between Penn State and Texas late last month.


Updated November 21, 2009 12:39 AM

Women's club soccer advances in national tournament

The women's club soccer team advanced to the semifinals of the NIRSA NCCS National Soccer Championships Friday by beating Arizona 2-1 in the quarterfinals. Updated 12:39 AM


Updated November 19, 2009 4:00 AM

Club soccer begins National Championships

As members of the Penn State men's club soccer team landed in Arizona on Wednesday, they had one goal in mind: taking the next step.


Updated November 18, 2009 4:39 AM

Philbrook wins national title

For many people, 40-50 miles is a nice day trip's worth of traveling. For Lauren Philbrook, it's just an average week of training and running.


Updated November 15, 2009 10:48 AM

Women's club cross country wins nationals

The Penn State women's club cross country team has finally broken through to win a national championship after two years of coming up just short. Updated 10:48 AM


Updated November 13, 2009 4:00 AM

Club cross country to compete for title

Penn State's club cross country runners are ready to go Duck hunting.


Updated November 12, 2009 4:00 AM

Championship dreams end for bass fishing team

For two Penn State anglers, dreams of competing for a national championship this April are gone.


Updated November 10, 2009 4:00 AM

Water Polo team plays for former teammate

With the initials JQ on the back of their suits, the men's club water polo team remembers what happened to John Quigley.


Updated November 5, 2009 4:00 AM

Former student competing in fishing competition

Former Penn State student David Steinour will begin pilot training with the Air Force next week, but before he moves into the wild blue yonder of the sky, he has something else to accomplish. Steinour has to navigate the blue waters of North Carolina's Lake Norman.


Updated October 1, 2009 4:00 AM

Water polo team motivated by loss

Last fall, the men's club water polo team's season ended abruptly, leaving the team devastated.


Updated September 21, 2009 4:46 AM

Without practice, sailing club sinks

With the absence of a coach and the inability to practice for extended periods of time, the Penn State sailing club entered this weekend's Central Fall Open Regatta knowing it may be overmatched.


Updated September 17, 2009 4:48 AM

Wiffleball club among sports new to program

Victor Picca wanted to bring a part of his high school life to Penn State.


Updated April 21, 2009 4:51 AM

Boxing team excels at national competition

Heading into the National Collegiate Boxing Association Championships, held at the Ritchie Coliseum at the University of Maryland, the Penn State boxing club did not know what to expect.


Updated April 7, 2009 4:48 AM

Cricket club hopes to gain interest at Penn State

Sridhar Ranganathan carried his bat to the stump with his team trailing. He swung and sent the ball over the boundary for a sixer, helping propel his team's comeback win in the Penn State Cricket Club's spring eight-a-side tournament.


Updated April 1, 2009 4:00 AM

Penn State club ski team brings home success

Winning every race in the Allegheny Collegiate Ski Conference (ACSC) this season, the Penn State club ski team was prepared to compete against the best in Winter Park, Colo., March 3-7.


Updated March 31, 2009 4:50 AM

Boxing to send four to national championship

Since the founding of the National Collegiate Boxing Association, the Penn State Boxing Club has had 23 national champions, yet only one has come since 2004.


Updated March 6, 2009 4:00 AM

Baseball club seeks first championship

Since it began league play in 2001, the Penn State Baseball Club has enjoyed an abundance of success. They've reached the National Club Baseball Association World Series in all but one season and have reached the finals twice.


Updated March 3, 2009 4:47 AM

Wilt brings experience to boxing club

It is the last minute of the last bout of the Penn State Invitational boxing show, and Tommy Wilt is flailing his arms, trying to excite the remnants of a formerly capacity crowd that has thinned over the course of the night.


Updated March 2, 2009 4:00 AM

Boxing returns to Penn State with rousing show

For the first time in 12 years, the Penn State boxing club hosted a home show. The Penn State Invitational, held Saturday night in the White Building, presented 15 bouts, 11 featuring Penn State boxers, and kept a capacity crowd entertained late into the night.


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