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The Women’s Rugby Club is preparing for their upcoming 2019 season.   The first match is a friendly game against Kansas State University in Manhattan on Saturday, March. 2.   The club currently has 22 members and does not compete in a conference yet.   Although the club will be competing in matches against other universities, it is …

The Pitt State Men’s Rugby Club fell to Tulsa Men’s Club in a home game this past weekend on Saturday, Feb. 16 (19-51).   Despite their rocky start to the season, team captain Ty Goss believes the team “played well.”   “Despite the score line, I think we did pretty good especially for our first game,” Goss …

The Pitt State men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the Fourth Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic Friday Feb. 8 to Saturday Feb. 9 in the Robert W. Plaster Center.   Head coach Russ Jewett said there were good performances on both the men’s and women’s teams.   “… (There were) some really good (performances) and some minor disappointments,” Jewett said.  “We are still not hitting on all …

The Pitt State University baseball team played three home games this past weekend at the Al Ortolani Field against the Colorado State University-Pueblo Thunder Wolves from Saturday Feb. 9 to Sunday, Feb. 10. Game one against CSU was Saturday, Feb. 9, and the Gorillas won 6-3. The second game was also Saturday, and the Gorillas won again 2-1. The third and final game …

The women’s basketball team played two home matches against Fort Hays (FHSU) Feb. 7 and Nebraska-Kearney (UNK) Feb. 9. The team lost to Fort Hays 53-78 but rebounded with a victory against Nebraska-Kearney 68-42.   Head coach Amanda Davied believes the team made a good come back when they played Nebraska-Kearney.   “Well the Hays game was a tough one for …

The Pitt State softball team opened the 2019 season this past weekend from Friday, Feb. 1 to Sunday, Feb. 3 when they traveled to Conroe, TX to attend the Arkansas Tech University Winter Invitational.   The team lost the first two games on Friday, Feb. 1 against Texas A&M-Kingsville (2-5) and …

The women’s basketball team made a comeback with two separate victories against Northwest Missouri (69-48) on Thursday, Jan. 31 and Missouri Western (79-68) on Saturday, Feb. 2.   “I think we rebounded well from having the two losses last week and (I was) excited to see the girl’s hard week of practice pay off for them when they were …

Pittsburg State University’s baseball team opened the 2019 season with three separate road games in Edmond, Oklahoma this past weekend from Friday, Feb. 1- Sunday, Feb. 3.   The Gorillas fell to Oklahoma Christian University (5-6) on Friday, Feb. 1. On Saturday, Feb. 2, the team went up against Southwestern Oklahoma State University and lost (4-7). The last game of the weekend was against Southeastern Oklahoma State University on Sunday, Feb. 3 and the …

Pitt State Men’s Basketball fell into a pair of road games this past week. The Gorillas started the road trip with a loss at the undefeated and second ranked NW Missouri St. and followed up with an overtime loss at Missouri Western.   On Thursday, the Gorillas travelled to Maryville for a game …

The Club Baseball team started their season with three road matches against Missouri State. They played the first game Saturday, Feb. 2 and won (2-1). The second game was also Saturday, Feb. 2 and won that match as well (14-1). The third and final game of the weekend was Sunday, …