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Crosscutters beat West Virginia on the road 12-2

Moving into the final two weeks of the MLB Draft League season and with the MLB Draft League championship game on the horizon, the Williamsport Crosscutters showed they could be peaking at the right time as they took the middle game of this series against the West Virginia Black Bears, 12-2, on the road. James McCoy took the lead on a 12-hit night for the offense with a 2 for 3 effort that included his 16th double, his ninth home run, two walks, three runs scored and five RBIs. It brought his total for the season to 45. Not to be outmatched by McCoy, Matthew Williams also picked up his ...

Crosscutters beat West Virginia on Thursday 6-4 on the road

For the second time in three nights, Matthew Williams notched a home run as the Williamsport Crosscutters defeated the West Virginia Black Bears in the series opener on Thursday, 6-4, at Kendrick Family Ballpark. Williams’ home run, his eighth of the season, was a 403-foot blast at 99 miles per hour off the bat and over the centerfield wall. It would be his only hit of the game. Jack Kail and Santino Panaro each recorded a two-hit night for the Cutters. Kail as 2 for 5 with an RBI while Panaro went 2 for 4 with an RBI, two runs scored and his first three stolen bases of the ...

Lycoming is second in Landmark Conference Coaches Poll in football

The Lycoming College football team was selected second in the Landmark Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll, the conference office announced. Susquehanna topped the poll after reaching the NCAA Division III Championship quarterfinals in 2025, posting 34 points and four first-place votes. Lycoming was close behind with 30 points and two first-place votes, while Wilkes was third with 29 points and a first-place vote. Western Connecticut State (20), Catholic (14), Moravian (13) and Juniata (7) rounded out the poll. Lycoming, which went 5-6 overall and 5-1 in the Landmark in 2025, ...

Bucknell’s Althouse lands PL Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year honor

LEWISBURG — Sarah Althouse earned Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year honors, three Bison received slots on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team, and Bucknell was projected to finish fourth, as voted by the conference’s head coaches. Althouse has been a mainstay between the pipes for the Bison since coming in relief of Clara McCormick against Drexel in the first game of 2023. In the Bucknell career lists, the Bison senior ranks fifth in wins (25), eighth in shutouts (8), ninth in winning percentage (.510), and tenth in saves (239). She is six victories away from becoming the ...

Bucknell coach Kelly Cook earns 100th win in 8-1 rout vs. Mount St. Mary’s

LEWISBURG — After struggling to finish off chances in its first two games of the season, the Bucknell women’s soccer team scored early and often in Thursday’s home opener against Mount St. Mary’s, and the Bison delivered coach Kelly Cook her 100th win in decisive fashion. Dani Howard’s goal just seven minutes in was the first of five in the first 40 minutes of the match, and the Bison went on to win 8-1 on a rainy day at Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium. Now 2-1 on the season, Bucknell scored its most goals since an 8-0 win at Iona in 2016, and it was the most at home since a ...

Snyder scores late equalizer, but No. 20 Hofstra beats Bucknell 2-1

LEWISBURG — Freshman Chayse Snyder leveled the match with his first career goal in the 80th minute, but Sean Keane answered only 50 seconds later to send No. 20 Hofstra to a 2-1 win over Bucknell in the men’s soccer season opener on Thursday night at Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium. A young Bison squad missing several key players due to injury held its own against a top-20 opponent, but the Pride avenged a home loss to Bucknell in last year’s opener. Bastian Carlman also scored late in the first half for Hofstra, the preseason favorite in the Coastal Athletic Association. “We ...