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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU Baseball
« on: Today at 01:38:28 PM »
Well, it’s over. Seven run fourth inning the Norris are completely in command. 8-2
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Baseball’s Postseason Run Continues to Championship Saturday as YSU Eliminates W
« on: Today at 10:15:10 AM »
Dayton, Ohio — A trio of pitchers combined for a historic night, and Youngstown State's run in the 2024 Horizon League Baseball Championship will continue to championship Saturday after the Penguins beat Wright State 6-3 on Friday night.
The top-seeded Raiders came into the tournament ranking among the top 15 teams in the country in several offensive categories, but YSU pitchers Colin Casteel, Gavin Wilms and Nick Perez held the potent offense to three runs on three hits on Friday night at Nischwitz Stadium.
Casteel allowed one run on a single hit over a career-high six innings on the mound to earn his first-career victory. Perez did not allow a hit over 2.1 scoreless innings of relief to collect his second save of the tournament. The Penguins have won four games in the Horizon League Tournament for the first time since winning the championship in 2014.
Jack Johnson hit a two-run double in the second inning to give the sixth-seeded Penguins a 2-1 lead, and they stayed ahead for the remainder of the game. Johnson was one of five Penguins to finish with two hits, and YSU outhit the tournament hosts 12-3.
Youngstown State fought off elimination twice on Friday and has won three straight games in the tournament to emerge out of the elimination bracket. The Penguins will have to beat Northern Kentucky twice on Saturday to advance to the NCAA Regionals for the third time in program history.
The Penguins and Norse will play Saturday at noon in a game that will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and YSNLive.com. If Youngstown State beats NKU, the teams will play again at approximately 4 p.m. in a winner-take-all contest for the Horizon League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
After Johnson's two-run double in the second inning gave the Penguins a 2-1 lead, back-to-back RBI singles by Trey Law and Brett Stanley in the fourth extended the margin to 4-1.
Casteel was brilliant in the biggest start of his freshman season, holding the Raiders without a hit after yielding a leadoff homer in the bottom of the first. He surrendered just the one run before handing the ball off to the bullpen in the seventh, which is when Wright State scored twice to get within 4-3.
Perez came on to get the final out in the seventh, and Youngstown State added insurance runs on an RBI double by Chase Franken in the eighth and an RBI single by Teddy Ruffner in the ninth.
Wright State got the tying run to the plate with one out in the bottom of the ninth, and Eli Brown ran down Andrew Patrick's long drive to the warning track in left center to end the game.
Franken went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored while Johnson was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Law, Stanley and Brown each collected two hits as well for the Penguins.
Wright State starter Chet Lax suffered the loss after allowing four runs on eight hits over four innings.
Youngstown State will face second-seeded Northern Kentucky at noon on Saturday. The Penguins will need to defeat the Norse twice on championship Saturday to advance to the NCAA Regionals.
The top-seeded Raiders came into the tournament ranking among the top 15 teams in the country in several offensive categories, but YSU pitchers Colin Casteel, Gavin Wilms and Nick Perez held the potent offense to three runs on three hits on Friday night at Nischwitz Stadium.
Casteel allowed one run on a single hit over a career-high six innings on the mound to earn his first-career victory. Perez did not allow a hit over 2.1 scoreless innings of relief to collect his second save of the tournament. The Penguins have won four games in the Horizon League Tournament for the first time since winning the championship in 2014.
Jack Johnson hit a two-run double in the second inning to give the sixth-seeded Penguins a 2-1 lead, and they stayed ahead for the remainder of the game. Johnson was one of five Penguins to finish with two hits, and YSU outhit the tournament hosts 12-3.
Youngstown State fought off elimination twice on Friday and has won three straight games in the tournament to emerge out of the elimination bracket. The Penguins will have to beat Northern Kentucky twice on Saturday to advance to the NCAA Regionals for the third time in program history.
The Penguins and Norse will play Saturday at noon in a game that will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and YSNLive.com. If Youngstown State beats NKU, the teams will play again at approximately 4 p.m. in a winner-take-all contest for the Horizon League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
After Johnson's two-run double in the second inning gave the Penguins a 2-1 lead, back-to-back RBI singles by Trey Law and Brett Stanley in the fourth extended the margin to 4-1.
Casteel was brilliant in the biggest start of his freshman season, holding the Raiders without a hit after yielding a leadoff homer in the bottom of the first. He surrendered just the one run before handing the ball off to the bullpen in the seventh, which is when Wright State scored twice to get within 4-3.
Perez came on to get the final out in the seventh, and Youngstown State added insurance runs on an RBI double by Chase Franken in the eighth and an RBI single by Teddy Ruffner in the ninth.
Wright State got the tying run to the plate with one out in the bottom of the ninth, and Eli Brown ran down Andrew Patrick's long drive to the warning track in left center to end the game.
Franken went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored while Johnson was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Law, Stanley and Brown each collected two hits as well for the Penguins.
Wright State starter Chet Lax suffered the loss after allowing four runs on eight hits over four innings.
Youngstown State will face second-seeded Northern Kentucky at noon on Saturday. The Penguins will need to defeat the Norse twice on championship Saturday to advance to the NCAA Regionals.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Laubacher Punches Ticket to NCAA Championships in 110m Hurdles
« on: Today at 10:11:52 AM »
In sprint events, I think they take all the winners of the heats & then the next 3 fastest times. This is fantastic.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Laubacher Punches Ticket to NCAA Championships in 110m Hurdles
« on: Today at 10:08:05 AM »
Lexington, Ky. – Youngstown State's Luke Laubacher punched his ticket to the NCAA semifinals in the 110m hurdles by 0.001 seconds on a warm Friday at the Kentucky Track and Field Complex.
Laubacher clocked an identical time of 13.71 seconds with Michigan State's Heath Baldwin. However, Laubacher's time registered at 13.701 seconds while Baldwin came in a time of 13.702 seconds.
It marks the first time in his career that Laubacher will advance to the NCAA semifinals in Eugene, Oregon.
In the pole vault, Erin Bogard ended her memorable YSU career with an 18th-place performance. In a session that lasted more than three hours, Bogard was one of 19 athletes to clear at least 4.20m and compete for a last chance to advance to Eugene at 4.30m.
On her three attempts at 4.30m, she ran through twice and came up short on another. She cleared 3.95m on her first attempt and eclipsed 4.10m and 4.20m on her final tries to keep advancing.
Sophomore Melana Schumaker finished 28th in her first career trip to the East Prelims. Schumaker easily cleared 3.85m and 3.95m before missing on three attempts at 4.10m.
In the 400m hurdles, Harry Barton clocked a time of 51.50 seconds to place 20th. In the triple jump, Jakari Lomax finished a career-best 27th place with a best leap of 15.44m.
Two final Penguins will be in action on Saturday as Molly Radcliffe competes in the discus and Esther Solarin is in the triple jump. The discus begins at 1 p.m. while the triple jump is slated for 6 p.m.
Radcliffe throws in the second of three flights while Solarin is in the third of four flights.
Laubacher clocked an identical time of 13.71 seconds with Michigan State's Heath Baldwin. However, Laubacher's time registered at 13.701 seconds while Baldwin came in a time of 13.702 seconds.
It marks the first time in his career that Laubacher will advance to the NCAA semifinals in Eugene, Oregon.
In the pole vault, Erin Bogard ended her memorable YSU career with an 18th-place performance. In a session that lasted more than three hours, Bogard was one of 19 athletes to clear at least 4.20m and compete for a last chance to advance to Eugene at 4.30m.
On her three attempts at 4.30m, she ran through twice and came up short on another. She cleared 3.95m on her first attempt and eclipsed 4.10m and 4.20m on her final tries to keep advancing.
Sophomore Melana Schumaker finished 28th in her first career trip to the East Prelims. Schumaker easily cleared 3.85m and 3.95m before missing on three attempts at 4.10m.
In the 400m hurdles, Harry Barton clocked a time of 51.50 seconds to place 20th. In the triple jump, Jakari Lomax finished a career-best 27th place with a best leap of 15.44m.
Two final Penguins will be in action on Saturday as Molly Radcliffe competes in the discus and Esther Solarin is in the triple jump. The discus begins at 1 p.m. while the triple jump is slated for 6 p.m.
Radcliffe throws in the second of three flights while Solarin is in the third of four flights.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU Baseball
« on: Today at 09:52:34 AM »
You might recall we did this not too long ago; I think it was 2014. made the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. We also won the regular season HL once or twice but were not selected to the NCAA tournament. We really can only get in the NCAA's by winning the HL tourney. If we could win at least one series against a power conference team and go at least .500 against the rest of the power teams on our schedule, we would stand a good chance to get selected to the NCAA's without winning the HL Tourney.
We are in the loser's bracket, so we will have to win twice today. I do think the NCAA makes pitching allowances for tournaments. Does not mean there is "anything left in the guy's arm though".
We are in the loser's bracket, so we will have to win twice today. I do think the NCAA makes pitching allowances for tournaments. Does not mean there is "anything left in the guy's arm though".
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU players.NIL
« on: May 22, 2024, 10:29:26 AM »We are not 12th in NIL. I looked it up. We are near the bottom for athletic budget for all sports for D1. I don’t know what that writer was referencing.
It reads like he’s trying to say 12 in the league, but if I’m not mistaken, we do not have 12 teams at this point in the league
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon softball tournament
« on: May 10, 2024, 08:56:11 PM »
If anyone is interested, the elimination game is on ESPN plus
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Horizon softball tournament
« on: May 10, 2024, 07:39:32 PM »
I had a feeling we were going putt quick. We lost game one now we play game two and just a few minutes and of course, if we lose this one we’re out. With our record, all we had to do which win a few games in the tournament and I bet we would’ve gotten an invitation to the NCAA aggravating.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Missouri St
« on: May 10, 2024, 03:29:56 PM »
I will tell you one thing that is going to happen because of that move to conference USA. The Missouri Valley football conference is going to merge with the Missouri valley conference. They’ll no longer be considered two separate conferences. The two separate fees that Missouri state has to pay probably isn’t that much less than what they paid to go in conference USA, so we have to see how that impacts other teams like us in the program because Western Illinois is gone this year . Can you think of anyone outside of Youngstown State that is not an all sport participant in the football conference oh, I guess North Dakota and South Dakota and the states where did they go in the summit?
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Missouri St
« on: May 10, 2024, 03:24:00 PM »
Remember basketball determines what conference you go in. Football determines everything that happens at Youngstown State. The lady bears basketball team is historically a very Tremendous program
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU Beeghly facilities upgrade
« on: May 06, 2024, 07:11:30 PM »Is today the day that they start the upgrade?
It would be interesting to have a live feed video so we could watch the progress.
Yes, I remember when they put two cameras in stambaugh we got to see the new turf and also we got to see them build visitors side. We could maybe do something similar here.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Football tickets
« on: May 02, 2024, 09:50:45 AM »
Did everybody get their ticket and tailgate renewal forms? Also, the penguin club renewal came through in the mail.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Gehring Named Under Armour #HLBASE Pitcher of the Week
« on: May 01, 2024, 08:08:56 AM »
Youngstown State junior right-hander Jacob Gehring has been named the Under Armour Horizon League Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday.
Gehring tossed his first-career complete game and the first by a Penguins pitcher in nearly two years to help lead YSU to a 10-4 series opening victory over Oakland at Eastwood Field on Friday. The Canfield, Ohio, native threw 108 pitches while scattering eight hits and walking one. He struck out five batters, and Oakland's four runs came on three home runs. Gehring retired the side in order in the sixth and eighth innings as he blanked the Golden Grizzlies in six different frames.
Gehring leads the Penguins with three wins, 40 strikeouts, 55.1 innings pitched and 11 starts through the first 11 weeks of the 2024 season. The junior right-hander also ranks tied for fifth in the Horizon League with 55.1 innings pitched.
Youngstown State will return to action on Friday to begin a three-game Horizon League series at Northern Kentucky at 2 p.m. The Penguins and Norse will proceed to play on Saturday at 1 p.m. before closing the series on Sunday at noon.
For the latest news and updates throughout the 2024 season, follow @YSUBaseball on X and Instagram.
Gehring tossed his first-career complete game and the first by a Penguins pitcher in nearly two years to help lead YSU to a 10-4 series opening victory over Oakland at Eastwood Field on Friday. The Canfield, Ohio, native threw 108 pitches while scattering eight hits and walking one. He struck out five batters, and Oakland's four runs came on three home runs. Gehring retired the side in order in the sixth and eighth innings as he blanked the Golden Grizzlies in six different frames.
Gehring leads the Penguins with three wins, 40 strikeouts, 55.1 innings pitched and 11 starts through the first 11 weeks of the 2024 season. The junior right-hander also ranks tied for fifth in the Horizon League with 55.1 innings pitched.
Youngstown State will return to action on Friday to begin a three-game Horizon League series at Northern Kentucky at 2 p.m. The Penguins and Norse will proceed to play on Saturday at 1 p.m. before closing the series on Sunday at noon.
For the latest news and updates throughout the 2024 season, follow @YSUBaseball on X and Instagram.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Booth, Davidson Join YSU Women's Basketball Staff
« on: April 17, 2024, 09:28:57 AM »
https://ysusports.com/news/2024/4/16/booth-davidson-join-ysu-womens-basketball-staff.aspx
Youngstown, Ohio -- Youngstown State head women's basketball coach Melissa Jackson has announced that Peyton Booth and Courtney Davidson will be joining her staff as she enters her second month as a Penguin.
"I am thrilled to welcome Peyton and Courtney to our Penguin family," Jackson said. "Not only are they exceptional basketball coaches, but they are also tremendous people who our young women will get to learn from each and every day. They both know Ohio very well, have established connections and will be able to hit the ground running from a recruiting standpoint."
Booth and Davidson will join Jason Pacanowski and Brice Margenthaler, who will remain at Youngstown State in their previous capacities.
Booth comes to Youngstown after spending the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach at Western Michigan. Before that, she was an assistant coach alongside Jackson for three seasons at Akron.
"Having worked with Peyton for three years, she knows our culture, the ins and outs of our system, and, most importantly me," Jackson said. "She is an exceptional teacher of the game with a high aptitude for scouting opponents. Our players will benefit from her knowledge and experience."
The Broncos were 12-18 overall and 7-11 in Mid-American Conference games in 2023-24 with Booth on the bench, and one of those victories was a 54-52 triumph over the Penguins at Beeghly Center. The Zips won 50 games in Booth's three seasons in Akron, including 17 in each of her final two seasons. She was first a graduate assistant at Akron in 2018-19, and she returned in 2021-22 as an assistant coach.
In her two seasons as an assistant coach, Booth coached four Zips who earned All-MAC honors, including 2022 MAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year Jordyn Dawson.
Booth is a native of Wadsworth in Northeast Ohio, and she played collegiately at New Hampshire.
Davidson is a daughter of Youngstown having played and coached at Ursuline High School, and she is joining the Youngstown State women's basketball staff for the third time in her career. She most recently served as the recruiting coordinator at Fordham in 2023-24.
"Over the years, I have watched Courtney grow in this profession," Jackson said. "She has always been someone who impressed me with her professionalism and how she cultivates relationships. Courtney is super passionate about Youngstown! Having worked at YSU, she brings a great level of knowledge. I am also really excited for our point guards to learn from one of the very best in our business."
Davidson has been a Division I assistant coach for 11 years, and she has served as a recruiting coordinator for the last five. Her collegiate coaching career began as director of operations at Youngstown State in 2013-14, and she held the same role for a year at the College of Charleston in 2014-15. Davidson then was an assistant at Radford in 2015-16 and 2016-17 as the Highlanders won 42 games in two seasons, and she returned home to Youngstown for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 campaigns. The Penguins played in a postseason tournament in each of those seasons, and the 2018-19 squad won 22 games and earned an at-large berth in the Women's NIT.
Davidson's first recruiting coordinator opportunity was at Hartford in 2019-20 and 2020-21, and she held the same position at Loyola Maryland in 2021-22 and 2022-23 before moving on to Fordham in 2023-24.
Youngstown, Ohio -- Youngstown State head women's basketball coach Melissa Jackson has announced that Peyton Booth and Courtney Davidson will be joining her staff as she enters her second month as a Penguin.
"I am thrilled to welcome Peyton and Courtney to our Penguin family," Jackson said. "Not only are they exceptional basketball coaches, but they are also tremendous people who our young women will get to learn from each and every day. They both know Ohio very well, have established connections and will be able to hit the ground running from a recruiting standpoint."
Booth and Davidson will join Jason Pacanowski and Brice Margenthaler, who will remain at Youngstown State in their previous capacities.
Booth comes to Youngstown after spending the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach at Western Michigan. Before that, she was an assistant coach alongside Jackson for three seasons at Akron.
"Having worked with Peyton for three years, she knows our culture, the ins and outs of our system, and, most importantly me," Jackson said. "She is an exceptional teacher of the game with a high aptitude for scouting opponents. Our players will benefit from her knowledge and experience."
The Broncos were 12-18 overall and 7-11 in Mid-American Conference games in 2023-24 with Booth on the bench, and one of those victories was a 54-52 triumph over the Penguins at Beeghly Center. The Zips won 50 games in Booth's three seasons in Akron, including 17 in each of her final two seasons. She was first a graduate assistant at Akron in 2018-19, and she returned in 2021-22 as an assistant coach.
In her two seasons as an assistant coach, Booth coached four Zips who earned All-MAC honors, including 2022 MAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year Jordyn Dawson.
Booth is a native of Wadsworth in Northeast Ohio, and she played collegiately at New Hampshire.
Davidson is a daughter of Youngstown having played and coached at Ursuline High School, and she is joining the Youngstown State women's basketball staff for the third time in her career. She most recently served as the recruiting coordinator at Fordham in 2023-24.
"Over the years, I have watched Courtney grow in this profession," Jackson said. "She has always been someone who impressed me with her professionalism and how she cultivates relationships. Courtney is super passionate about Youngstown! Having worked at YSU, she brings a great level of knowledge. I am also really excited for our point guards to learn from one of the very best in our business."
Davidson has been a Division I assistant coach for 11 years, and she has served as a recruiting coordinator for the last five. Her collegiate coaching career began as director of operations at Youngstown State in 2013-14, and she held the same role for a year at the College of Charleston in 2014-15. Davidson then was an assistant at Radford in 2015-16 and 2016-17 as the Highlanders won 42 games in two seasons, and she returned home to Youngstown for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 campaigns. The Penguins played in a postseason tournament in each of those seasons, and the 2018-19 squad won 22 games and earned an at-large berth in the Women's NIT.
Davidson's first recruiting coordinator opportunity was at Hartford in 2019-20 and 2020-21, and she held the same position at Loyola Maryland in 2021-22 and 2022-23 before moving on to Fordham in 2023-24.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: NDSU TO MOUNTAIN WEST?
« on: April 12, 2024, 06:17:52 AM »
I thought that the mountain west was going away?