Jami Hughes, Coordinator of Intercollegiate Athletics and Sports Information

Pennsylvania College of Technology

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Penn College golf team won its season opening invitational Monday, just edging past Penn State Mont Alto by a mere three strokes. Alex Howe (Lake Ariel/Western Wayne), Eric Schall (Williamsport/Jersey Shore) and Chad Vuocolo (Lock Haven/Central Mountain) all tied for 3rd place each shooting 78 to lead the Wildcats.

The field consisted host Penn College, Mont Alto, Penn State Shenango, Penn State Greater Allegheny and Penn State New Kensington.As a team, the Wildcats totaled 315 while Mont Alto had 318.

Also for Penn College, Kurt Linhart (Zionsville/Southern Lehigh) placed sixth with an 81 while Daniel Kramer (Avon, Conn./Lewis S. Mills) tied for seventh with an 82.

By Doug Spatafore, LHU Sports Information Director

courtesy havensports.com

DURHAM, N.H. – For the second consecutive day the Lock Haven University field hockey team (0-2) lost 3-1 at the University of the New Hampshire Wildcat Invitational as the Lady Eagles were downed 3-1 today by the University of Vermont (1-1).

The game was leveled 1-1 at halftime and despite outshooting Vermont 19-8; The Haven was edged 3-1, thanks to two Catamount second half tallies.Just 9:33 into the match Vermont took the 1-0 lead.

MONACA, Pa. – The Penn College women’s volleyball team defeated Penn State Beaver 3-1 as it went 1-2 in the Penn State Beaver Volleyball Class Friday and Saturday. The team’s two losses came against Ohio State Marion (3-1) and University of Cincinnati Clermont (3-1). Tara Powell (Burgettstown) was named to the All-Tournament Team as she notched 35 digs, 10 kills and three aces.

“The team did well this weekend,” said head coach Bambi Hawkins. “It is going to be fun to see what they can do with a few adjustments and some more time with each other. They communicated well, showed some great offense and frustrated their opponents with a tenacious defense.”

from ESPNWilliamsport.com

staff reports

LOCK HAVEN - ESPN Radio Williamsport has confirmed through Lock Haven University Director of Marketing and Communications Mary White, that Dr. Barbara Dixon, LHU interim President has taken the reigns of the Athletic Department.

Dr. Dixon will now have direct oversight of everything in the Athletic Department. This reporting line responsibility has been held recently by William T. Hanelly, Vice President, Finance, Administration and Technology and Dr. Deborah Erickson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

According to White, "from time to time we adjust lines of reporting for greater efficiency in university operations."

An e-mail was distributed by Dr. Dixon this afternoon noting the change.

More details to follow on this developing story.

UPDATE: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 11:00 a.m.

LOCK HAVEN - ESPN Radio Williamsport has obtained the e-mail that was distributed by Dr. Dixon on Friday.

According to the e-mail, Dr. Barbara Dixon states, "I have concluded that it is in the best interest of the university to move athletics under the President’s office so that the provost can focus her attention on issues more central to academic affairs. This change should be smooth, and I suspect most of you will not notice any difference in your day-to-day activities. Any personnel action/evaluation for the three administrators who hold faculty status will still go through the Provost’s Office. In all other aspects, the department will report to the President."

There was then a follow-up e-mail from John C. Cavanaugh, Ph.D., Chancellor, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education stating the following, "Thank you for the update. We will make the appropriate notations on our org charts."

ESPNWilliamsport.com and ESPN Radio Williamsport will continue to monitor events as this story continues to develop.

We have often thought how appropriate and smart that Lock Haven University call itself "The Haven" when recruiting students interested in attending the 140-year-old, state-run university in this rural community on the hill overlooking the Susquehanna River.

We like "The Haven" and the idyllic "town-gown" image it creates. It brings to mind a "safe place," an image parents certainly will regard when their kids make choices about where to go to school. Plus, the college has a number of very strong and widely recognized programs, among them education for producing well-qualified school teachers.

Colleges go to great lengths to protect and build their images, their integrity as institutions of higher learning.

And so they should.

But clearly, The Haven has a people problem.

Internal strife is affecting its image.

The latest in a parade of lawsuits makes that very, very clear.

There is an antagonistic atmosphere on the campus of this institution.

At the heart of it all is the athletics department and a string of lawsuits in recent years.

Ms. Sharon Taylor is among a handful of state-run university athletic directors and assistants who recently filed a suit against the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and their union, the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, alleging they are owed millions of dollars for unpaid work hours and pension contributions.

TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME

By Allie Weinberger, Mark Rogoff and Mark Price
Courtesy www.littleleague.org

WILLIAMSPORT, PA -- The West region champions from Waipio Little League in Waipahu, Hawaii had a long way to go to get to South Williamsport, Pa. In fact, five little leagues in the international bracket had a shorter distance to travel than the representatives of the US West. That leaves just three teams further away than Hawaii’s 4,806 travel miles.

But more than just distance affects these Little Leaguers and their families back at home. These kids and their managers haven’t been back to The Aloha State since August 4, and they won’t be going home soon either, if they can help it.

“We left Honolulu and went to California [for the regional] and we didn’t go back,” said manager Brian Yoshii. “I didn’t get to go home [before coming here].”

from ESPNWilliamsport.com Staff Reports

By Teddy Cahill, Mark Rogoff and Allie Weinberger
Courtesy www.littleleague.org

WILLIAMSPORT, PA -- Replay has been expanded for this year’s Little League Baseball World Series and it’s already gotten quite a bit of use. In Saturday’s contests alone, four challenges were issued by managers in different games.

And so far, its coaches-3, call on the field-2. Three of the four Saturday challenges were successful in reversing the call on the field, improving on an 0-for-1 mark from Friday’s contests.

Calls were reversed in both Saturday’s opening and closing games, with the first-ever reversal under the new replay format occurring in the early game between Hamilton, Ohio, and Toms River, N.J.

In the bottom of the third inning, Mid-Atlantic’s Jeff Ciervo sent a ground ball to Hamilton third baseman Brooks Robinson. First base umpire Ken Garrison called Ciervo safe, saying he beat Robinson’s throw. But the play was reviewed, and replay showed Ciervo was out.

The replay was completed quickly and Robinson said he didn’t feel like the flow of the game was interrupted.