Men’s soccer, women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s golf at Penn State New Kensington are set to open their conference schedules on the road the week of Aug. 30.
Coach Jack Adams soccer team travels to Fayetteville, Pa. at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3 for a Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) game against Penn State Mont Alto. The New Kensington Lions’ 14-game schedule features seven home games that include matches against conference rivals Penn State Worthington Scranton, Penn State Wilkes-Barre, Penn State Beaver, and Penn College and nonconference opponents Franciscan (Ohio) University and University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. The home opener is 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, against Westmoreland County Community College. The New Kensington Lions begin the season 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, with a nonconference match at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa. A year ago, in the team’s first year of intercollegiate competition, Adams led the Lions to 7-4 PSUAC record and a berth the conference finals. His efforts garnered Coach of the Year honors from the PSUAC.
Volleyball, under the direction of second-year coach Dave McGeary, kicks-off its fall campaign at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13 at Penn State Greater Allegheny in McKeesport, Pa. The New Kensington Lady Lions’ 19-match schedule features home games against PSUAC rivals Penn State DuBois, Penn State Beaver, Penn State Fayette, Penn State Greater Allegheny, Penn State Brandywine and Penn State Schuylkill. Home games are played in the campus’ Athletics Center. McGeary returns five starters from last year’s 2-14 team.
Golf opens its season at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2, at the Shenango Classic at Tam O’Shanter Golf Course in Hermitage, Pa. The tournament features all six Penn State teams from the PSUAC — West division — host Shenango, Penn College, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Greater Allegheny and Fayette. Coach Bill Woodard’s team is entered into six tournaments, highlighted by a home match, Bernie Guss Invitational, at the Links at Spring Church in Apollo. The postseason, Oct. 10-11, features the PSUAC conference and United States Collegiate Athletic Association national team and individual championships at the Penn State Blue Course in State College, Pa. Woodard, in his 10th season and returns the top four players from last year’s squad that finished 10th in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association championships.
Penn State New Kensington competes in the PSUAC and the USCAA. The PSUAC conference comprises 15 teams from Penn State campuses across the state. The USCAA is a national organization that is geared to provide athletic opportunities to small colleges — those with enrollments of less than 1,500. Established in 2001, the USCAA was incorporated to provide an opportunity for members to compete on an equal level of competition with schools of similar size and athletic programs. Headquartered in Newport News, Va., the organization has more than 50 member institutions in 24 states, stretching from Maine to California. New Kensington joined the USCAA in 2005.
For complete schedules, visit http://www.nk.psu.edu/StudentLife/Athletics/sports.htm online.
