Sports

Bearcat sports and those relating to SVC

Nov 2

A Pittsburgh Legacy

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor The long-standing relationship between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Saint Vincent College (SVC) needs...

Nov 2

Bearcats Swing Strong: Women's tennis opens season with series of victories

By: Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor The tennis courts at Saint Vincent overlook the campus with a sweeping view of the mountains beyond...

Apr 25

Baseball Breezes Past Titans: Bearcats Build Winning Streak Through Senior Day

By Jacob Rzempoluch, News Editor Senior day is always an excellent opportunity to recognize the contributions of a class of Bearcats....

Apr 25

Bearcats Show Strength in Split Series

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor Heading into their conference opener, Saint Vincent men’s lacrosse team knew that playing against...

Apr 25

A Few Swings Away: Bearcats Golf Season Almost Complete

By John Syms, Part-time Staff Writer The Saint Vincent Men’s Golf Team is two tournaments away from the Presidents’ Athletic Conference...

Apr 19

Bearcats Take Second at AMCC Championships: Two Bearcats Named to All-Conference Team

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor “Maintaining consistency year after year is no easy feat. It requires a combination of factors such as...

Apr 4

Double-Digit Destruction from the Bearcats

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor The spring sports season is starting to ramp up, with several teams beginning to see action. The...

Mar 24

Bearcats Break Even in Florida: Softball Goes 4-4 And Karr Gets 300th Win

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor Three years after SVC students were sent home due to the spread of COVID-19, it seems as if most...

Mar 15

Bearcats Blow Past Cougars, 68-52: SVC Wins PAC Championships to Advance to NCAA Tournament

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor The Saint Vincent Bearcats trailed the Chatham Cougars for the first 28 minutes of the Presidents’...

Mar 14

Indoor track conference championship brings out the Bearcats’ bests

By Sean Callahan, News Editor The Saint Vincent College men and women track & field teams ran their way to Youngstown, Ohio, on Feb. 23,...

Mar 14

Bearcat Swimmers Perform Swimmingly at PACs

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor Since their first full season of PAC competition in 2006-07, the Saint Vincent College swimming teams...

Feb 22

Bearcats Volleyball is Back Underway! The Saint Vincent College Men’s Volleyball Season Starts Now

By John Syms, Part-Time Writer The 2023 men’s volleyball season for the Saint Vincent Bearcats started a few weeks ago, on Jan. 21. On...

Feb 22

Hockey Seniors Celebrated at Final Home Game

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor On Feb. 12, the Saint Vincent College Polar Bearcats celebrated their seniors before a match against...

Feb 14

Celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day

By Suki Rowden, Staff Writer On Feb. 1, 2022, the Saint Vincent Bearcats faced the Chatham Cougars at home. This exciting game was a true...

Feb 14

PAC Mental Health Summit Marks Increased Dialogue Between Faculty, Students, and Other Attendees

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor From Jan. 20-21, the Fred Rogers Institute proudly hosted all 11 member schools of the Presidents’...

Dec 9, 2022

Freshman Cross Country Runner Competes in National Championship

By Elizabeth Van Pilsum, Staff Writer Saint Vincent College marked a momentous occasion for the cross country team on Nov. 19, when the...

Dec 9, 2022

Bearcats Host National Volleyball Championship

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor What was the first year that a Presidents’ Athletic Conference member hosted an NCAA Division III...

Dec 9, 2022

Performers and Players Celebrate Senior Night

By Suki Rowden, Staff Writer Senior night is the last home game of the regular season and is used to recognize and celebrate the...

Dec 9, 2022

Basketball team in good shape after series opener

By Devin Bonine, Part Time Staff Writer With a fresh season ahead, Saint Vincent College men’s basketball team is off to a hot start...

Dec 9, 2022

Bearcats Bowlers Strike Success: SVC Women’s Bowling Starts Strong and Aims High

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor In a season at Saint Vincent with a strong start in men’s and women’s basketball, the women’s bowling...

Dec 8, 2022

SVC Men’s Rugby Hoping to Advance to Regionals After Conference Title Defeat

By John Syms, Part-Time Staff Writer On Nov. 5. the Saint Vincent College men’s rugby team failed to capture the conference title as the...

Nov 17, 2022

Bearcat Swimmers See Success at Home: Men’s Team Wins Season Opener, Women’s Team Wins by 100

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor On Oct. 22, the Saint Vincent men’s and women’s swim teams faced Penn State-Altoona at the Frank and...

Nov 4, 2022

Saint Vincent Hires Coach Nania to Lead the Men’s Wrestling Team

By Devin Bonine, Part-Time Staff Writer Saint Vincent College welcomes new Head Coach Dominick Nania as he takes on the reestablished...

Nov 4, 2022

Women’s Rugby Seeks Success at ARU Championships

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor Athletic competition at Saint Vincent College goes beyond our NCAA Division III teams. SVC is home to...

Oct 24, 2022

Bearcats Brave Breezy Weather Against Bethany Bison

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor Oct. 8 saw back-to-back soccer action for the Bearcats, with both the women’s and men’s teams playing...

Oct 9, 2022

Lady Bearcats Show Their Strength in Home Volleyball Victory: High Hopes for SVC Women’s Volleyball

By Jacob Rzempoluch, Sports Editor On Sept. 22, the Saint Vincent women’s volleyball team defeated the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets in an...

Oct 9, 2022

Saint Vincent Intramurals: A Community Built Around Sports

By Devin Bonine, Staff Writer Under the leadership of Women’s Lacrosse coach Jym Walters, Zackary VonStein, a senior business data...

Oct 9, 2022

Saint Vincent College Athletic Hall of Fame: A brief overview on its relevance and importance

By Devin Bonine, Staff Writer Hall of fame nominations take into account all aspects of an individual’s athletic career at SVC, as well...

Oct 9, 2022

Home Comes Early with a Win

By Sean Callahan, News Editor Hundreds of alumni bearcats flocked back to Saint Vincent College this year for a Homecoming weekend of...

Apr 20, 2022

Men’s lacrosse in strong form

By Luke Mich, Sports Editor The Saint Vincent Bearcats men’s lacrosse team has started out the season very strong and, over a month into...

Apr 11, 2022

Wrestling returns to Saint Vincent

By Luke Mich, Sports Editor On Mar. 10, Saint Vincent College and its athletic department announced the return of men’s wrestling to the...

Apr 6, 2022

Men’s tennis begins season with spring break trip

By Luke Mich, Sports Editor During spring break, when most students enjoyed the week off from school by going home or traveling south for...

Mar 29, 2022

New athletic facility on the way

By David Collins, Part-Time Staff Writer Saint Vincent College has announced plans to open a brand-new athletic facility for students...

Mar 24, 2022

Softball opens season strong: Team aiming for championship win

By Luke Mich, Sports Editor Over the past few weeks, Saint Vincent College has hosted multiple sporting events on the outdoor...

Mar 8, 2022

Men’s hockey on rise as playoffs approach

By Luke Mich, Sports Editor The regular season has officially ended for the Saint Vincent College men’s hockey team, the Polar Bearcats....

Feb 22, 2022

Women’s lacrosse set to begin regular season

By Luke Mich, Sports Editor On Sunday, Feb. 20, the women’s lacrosse team will play their first game of the regular season in Pittsburgh...

Feb 9, 2022

Men’s volleyball season begins: Player reflects on goals for continued improvement

By Luke Mich, Sports Editor The Saint Vincent Bearcats men’s volleyball team opened up their regular season shortly after the start of...

Feb 2, 2022

New head coach joins SVC women’s soccer program

By Luke Mich, Sports Editor Saint Vincent College announced the hiring of Bryan Butler on Jan. 14. Butler, who will be the new head coach...

Jan 27, 2022

SVC spectator policy updated: Due to rising COVID cases, changes made to policy

By Luke Mich, Sports Editor Before the majority of students arrived back on campus for the start of the spring semester, Saint Vincent...

Nov 10, 2021

New outdoor volleyball court on campus ready for use

By Luke Mich If you drove up Bearcat Alley towards Parking Lot Q, you may have noticed a new beach volleyball court. Constructed during...

May 20, 2021

Baseball postseason

By Luke Mich When Saint Vincent enacted the shelter-in-place order back on Thursday, April 29, many sports seasons ended abruptly. While...

May 20, 2021

Softball team concludes abbreviated season

By Luke Mich The Bearcat softball team ended its season recently, placing in the middle of the standings at the conclusion of the regular...

May 6, 2021

Golf season comes to a close

By Luke Mich The Saint Vincent golf teams recently completed their seasons with PAC Conference Championships occurring a few weeks ago...

May 1, 2021

European Super League: A Greedy and Disgraceful Idea

By Luke Mich A newly proposed continental soccer league was introduced publicly less than two weeks ago, on Sunday, April 18, 2021. The...

Apr 26, 2021

Tennis, Finally

By Luke Mich While both Bearcat tennis teams were among the most recent teams to have played pre-pandemic in 2020, the teams did not face...

Apr 2, 2021

Top of the PAC: Women’s basketball

By Luke Mich On Saturday, March 20, Nr. 1 seed Saint Vincent looked to win the women’s basketball PAC Championship once again. They...

Mar 27, 2021

Football team ready for shortened, more competitive season

By Luke Mich On March 17, the football team traveled to play Grove City in its 2021 season opener, the team’s first game in over 16...

Mar 22, 2021

Dr. Jeff Mallory recalls his pro basketball days

By Luke Mich Last summer, Saint Vincent College appointed Dr. Jeff Mallory as its new Executive Vice President. Mallory, a member of...

Mar 13, 2021

COVID-19 problems interrupt swim team’s season

By Luke Mich As March arrived, both swimming teams were awaiting the PAC Championships that occurred throughout the first week of the...

Mar 5, 2021

Masks Off, Helmets On

By Luke Mich The last Saint Vincent athletic competition before COVID-19 shut down all interscholastic athletics was March 12, 2020. On...