Penn College Coaches Prep for Fall Sports Seasons

Although classes won't begin until Monday and athletes have yet to report, seven fall sports coaches at Pennsylvania College of Technology are gearing up for the start of their seasons.

The baseball team, under coach Chris Howard who is beginning his second full season, will be the first to get under way when the Wildcats host Westmoreland Community College on Aug. 25 in a doubleheader at Logue Field. Last fall, the Wildcats won the Penn State University Athletic Conference Fall Classic.

Coach Mike Paulhamus will see his men's and women's cross-country teams step into action Sept. 1 at the Marywood Invitational. Paulhamus is in his eighth season. His men's team has won back-to-back PSUAC championships.

Golf coach Chet Schuman also enters his eighth season, and his squad seeks its third consecutive PSUAC team championship and looks to further extend its win streak that has reached 130 matches over the past four seasons. The Wildcats open Aug. 3 in a tournament at Penn State Fayette.

Team tennis coach Davis Santucci's third edition opens Sept. 5 at Penn State Delaware .

Three Penn College teams have openers scheduled Sept. 7. The men's soccer squad, under second-year coach Enrique Castillo, begins defense of its PSUAC championship hosting Penn State Harrisburg while the women's volleyball team, under Bambi Hawkins who is in her eighth season as coach, opens at Davis College . The men's soccer team has won back-to-back PSUAC titles and the women's volleyball team finished second in the conference the last two seasons. The women's soccer team, coached by Kim Antanitis, who is in her second season, hosts Penn State Harrisburg. Last fall, the Lady Wildcats won their second consecutive Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference championship.

Penn College fall sports schedules:

BASEBALL August 25 host Westmoreland Community College at Logue Field (2), 1 p.m.; 26 host Westmoreland Community College at Logue Field (2), 11 a.m.; 30 at Luzerne Community College (2), 2 p.m.

September 5 at Lehigh Carbon Community College , 2 p.m. (9 innings); 9 host Alfred (N.Y.) State at Bowman Field (2), 2 p.m.; 11 host Northampton Community College at Bowman Field (2), 2 p.m.; 15 at Penn State Abington (2), 1 p.m.; 16 at Penn State Delaware (2), noon; 22 at Penn State Hazleton (2), noon; 29 at Penn State York (2), 1 p.m.

October 6 host Penn State Beaver at Bowman Field (2), 2 p.m. ; 13-14 Penn State University Athletic Conference Mid-Season Classic at Penn State Fayette, TBA

CROSS-COUNTRY September 1 at Marywood Invitational, 8 at Lebanon Valley Invitational, 15 at Penn State Wilkes-Barre Invitational, 11 a.m.; 22 at Penn State Altoona Invitational, 29 at Luzerne Community College Invitational, 11 a.m.

October 6 at Albright, 13 at Penn State Mont Alto Invitational, 20 Penn State University Athletic Conference Championships at Penn State Wilkes-Barre .

GOLF September 4 at Penn State Fayette Tournament, 11 a.m. ; 12 - host Penn College Tournament at White Deer Golf Complex, 11 a.m. ; 18 at Penn State Mont Alto Tournament, 11 a.m. ; 25 at Penn State New Kensington Tournament, 11 a.m.

October 8-9 Penn State University Athletic Conference Championships at Penn State Blue Course, TBA

WOMEN'S SOCCER September 7 host Penn State Harrisburg, 4 p.m. ; 15 at Manor College , TBA; 20 at College Misericordia, 6 p.m. ; 22 host Reading Area Community College , 4 p.m. ; 26 host Penn State Abington, 5 p.m. ; 28-29 at Valley Forge Christian Academy Tournament, TBA.

October 2 at Penn State Abington, 4 p.m. ; 9 host Valley Forge Christian, 6 p.m. ; 11 host Penn State Berks, 6 p.m. ; 13 host Manor College , 1 p.m. ; 20 at Reading Area Community College , TBA; 24 Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference Final Four, TBA; 27 EPCC Championship, TBA.

TEAM TENNIS September 5 at Penn State Delaware , 3 p.m. ; 11 at Penn State Lehigh, 3 p.m. ; 15 host Penn State Lehigh, noon; 19 host Penn State York, noon; 22 at Penn State Hazleton, noon; 25 host Penn State Delaware, 3 p.m.; 29 at Penn State Mont Alto, noon.

October 3 at Penn State Abington, 3 p.m. ; 6 at Penn State York, noon ; 9 host Penn State Hazleton, 3 p.m. ; 13 host Penn State Abington, noon ; 17 host Penn State Mont Alto, 3 p.m. 20-21 Penn State University Athletic Conference Tournament at University Park, TBA.

MEN'S SOCCER September 7 host Penn State Harrisburg, 6 p.m. ; 13 at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, 4 p.m. ; 15 at Penn State Beaver, 2 p.m. ; 19 at Penn State Hazleton, 6 p.m. ; 22 host Penn State Abington, 3 p.m. ; 25 at Penn State Delaware , 4 p.m. ; 28 host Penn State Schuylkill, 6 p.m.

October 1 host Penn State Scranton, 6 p.m. ; 4 at Penn State Mont Alto, 4 p.m. ; 10 host Penn State York, 6 p.m. ; 13 host Penn State Greater Allegheny, 3 p.m. ; 18 at Penn State Schuylkill, 4 p.m. ; 20 at Penn State Scranton, 3 p.m. ; 24 host Penn State Wilkes-Barre, 5 p.m.; 27 host Penn State Hazleton, 5 p.m.; 31 Penn State University Athletic Conference Final Four at University Park, TBA.

November 4 Penn State University Athletic Conference Championship at University Park , TBA.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL September 7 at Davis College , 6 p.m. ; 11 at Penn State Scranton , 6 p.m. ; 15 at Penn State Delaware Tournament with Penn State Abington and PS Delaware, 2 p.m.; 18 at Penn State Mont Alto Tournament with Penn State York and PS Mont Alto, 6 p.m.; 23 host Elmira (N.Y.) College, 2 p.m.

October 3 host Penn State Hazleton, 6 p.m. ; 5-6 at Lycoming College Tournament, TBA; 8 host Penn State Schuylkill, 6 p.m. ; 11 host Penn State Wilkes-Barre, 6 p.m.; 15 host Penn State Scranton, 6 p.m.; 20 at Penn State Scranton Tournament with Penn State Greater Allegheny, Penn State New Kensington and PS Scranton, 1 p.m.; 21 at Penn State Hazleton Tournament with Penn State DuBois, Penn State Fayette, Penn State Beaver and PS Hazleton, 11 a.m.; 23 at Penn State Hazleton, 6 p.m.; 25 at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, 6 p.m.

November 4 Penn State University Athletic Conference Championships at University Park , 10 a.m.

( Complete rosters and season schedules are available on the college's athletics Web site ).