The Club Baseball team competed on the Wood Wars tournament from Friday, Nov. 1 to Sunday, Nov. 3. Their first opponent was Texas A&M on Friday, Nov. 1 and the team won that match (2-1). Game two was against the University of Kansas on Saturday, Nov. 2 and the Gorillas …

Choosing a major is an important part of being a college student. It is essentially choosing the field or career students hope to enter after graduation, but this is no easy choice for some.   The Exploratory Studies Program and Career Services presented the Majors Fair on Thursday, Oct. 24 in the Crimson and …

The volleyball team played a game against Central Missouri on Friday, Oct. 25 but dropped the game (1-3). They continued their weekend with another game on Saturday, Oct. 25 against Northwest Missouri but again lost the game (0-3). The team managed to bounce back on Tuesday, Oct. 29 and won against Newman (3-0).   Head coach Jen Gomez was …

This week’s athlete of the week is women’s basketball player and senior Athena Alvarado.   Alvarado maintains a 3.25 GPA as a English major. Alvarado has been on the women’s basketball team since she entered Pitt State as a freshman but has been playing basketball since she was in seventh grade.   Over the course of her basketball career, Alvarado …

The women’s cross-country team won the MIAA Championships and the men placed sixth overall at the MIAA Championships on Saturday, Oct. 26 in Joplin, Missouri.   Head coach Russ Jewett is pleased with the women’s team and several of the runners stood out to Jewett during the competition.   “I think we did fairly well,” …

The Pitt State women’s basketball team opened their 2019 season. The first game was against Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Thursday, Oct. 24 and the Gorillas lost that game (63-97). However, the Gorillas managed to bounce back and win the second game of the season which was against the University of Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence on Sunday, Oct. 27 with a win (90-82).   Head coach Amanda Davied believes the team …

Homecoming week is full of events. One homecoming tradition is the annual Taste of Pittsburg event. This year, the event was held in the Crimson and Gold Ballrooms in the Overman Student Center from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18 and over 200 people attended the event.   …

The Club Baseball team played two home games against Missouri State University on Friday, Oct. 18 at Jaycee Ballpark. The Gorillas won both games (4-1 and 9-6).   Club Baseball president Drew Roy believes the team played well against Missouri State and was glad to get some of the new team members more experience.   “Overall, the team played very well,” Roy said. “We …

The men and women’s cross-country teams are gearing up for the 2019 MIAA Championships. This year, the conference championship is being held in Joplin on Saturday, Oct. 26.   Each team got to enter 10 competitors and will have to declare those runners today.  According to head cross country coach Russ …

The men’s rugby club at Pitt State defeated the University of Central Missouri on Saturday, Oct. 19 (56-22).   Men’s rugby club president and senior in communication Ivan Walter was proud of the team for their hard work and determination.    “I was really happy to see all of our hard work …