The baseball team played a home series against Minnesota Crookston from Friday, Feb. 14 to Sunday, Feb. 16. The team won the first game on Friday, Feb. 14 (7-6) but dropped the second game on Saturday, Feb. 15 (0-8). The Gorillas closed the weekend with a victory on Sunday, Feb. 16 (4-3).   Head coach Bob Fornelli thought the team …

The Pitt State Club Baseball is preparing for their upcoming spring semester.   Since their last games in November, the Club Baseball team has been practicing and preparing for the spring semester.   “Pretty much we’ve just been practicing, getting in the cage, haven’t had much chance to get outside on the field yet,” said Club President …

The Men’s Rugby team travelled to New Orleans to compete in the Mardi Gras on Saturday, Feb. 15. The Gorillahead Rugby team won the tournament and were named the Mardi Gras Rugby Tournament Champions. They played three games in the tournament and won all three. The first game was against Georgia Tech …

The track and field teams competed in the Fifth Annual Gorilla Classic from Friday, Feb. 14 to Saturday, Feb. 15 and several athletes claimed NCAA automatic qualifying marks.   Head Coach Russ Jewett was proud of the team for their individual efforts but also their team efforts.   “I was really pleased with our team’s performances in …

The women’s rugby team traveled to New Orleans to compete in the Mardi Gras Rugby Tournament. The team played three games. They lost the first game against University of Central Florida (UCF) (0-22) but won against Southern Illinois University (SIU) (47-0) and Tulane University (22-0).   Club President and sophomore physical education major Mauresa Caire thought the team played extremely well.   “To begin, when we …

Pittsburg State and the Four State Farm Show have signed a multi-year contract allowing the show to be held on Pitt State’s campus in the Robert W. Plaster Center. The show will be held this year from Friday, May 29 until Sunday, May 31.   According to the Four State Farm Show website, …

The women’s basketball team travelled to Topeka to take on Washburn on Saturday, Feb. 8 but the Gorillas lost (75-82).   Head coach Amanda Davied thought the team played well against Washburn but couldn’t manage to pull away with the win in the end.   “Well, we started off really well on both sides of the ball,” Davied …

The Pitt State track and field teams travelled to Joplin to compete in the Missouri Southern State University Open competition on Friday, Feb. 7 and Saturday, Feb. 8.   Head coach Russ Jewett believes the team did fairly well over the weekend.   “I think we did fine,” Jewett said. “We compete at home …

The softball team played four games over the weekend in the Edmond Regional Festival. Games one and two were on Saturday, Feb. 8 against Oklahoma Christian and Southwestern Oklahoma (SWOSU). The Gorillas lost the first game (9-10) but managed to battle back and defeat SWOSU (15-13) the second game. Games three and four were on Sunday, Feb. 9 against Colorado Christian …

The men’s basketball team played a game against Washburn on Saturday, Feb. 8 in Topeka but the Gorillas lost by one point (75-76).   Head coach Kim Anderson thought the team played well against Washburn.   “I thought we played well for the most part,” Anderson said. “Once again, it was a game …