YOUNGSTOWN — Twelve games into the 2025-26 season, with a full, healthy roster at its disposal, Youngstown State has looked like a different team compared to last year The Penguins sit at 8-4 overall during the holiday break and are coming off a signature win over MAC-contender ...
The Youngstown State women’s basketball team bounced back from a tough loss to Florida International on Friday with a 72-69 victory over UMass on Saturday to close out the FIU Holiday Classic. The Penguins now enter the holiday break with an 8-4 record after the win over the Minutewomen, who were 8-1 and ranked 63rd in the NCAA’s NET rankings coming into the contest. Sarah Baker led the Penguins with 17 points while going 7-of-9 from the field, and she scored five points in the final 1:10 as YSU fought off UMass. She scored on the block on one of Sophia Gregory’s six assists to ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Senior forward Cris Carroll has been Youngstown State’s go-to scorer all season long, and Saturday was no different. Days removed from a career-high 31-point outing earlier this week, Carroll did it again against USC-Upstate. He paced the Penguins’ offense with 27 points, ...
The awards keep coming for Youngstown State quarterback Beau Brungard. On Friday, he was named the Walter Camp’s 2025 Football Championship Subdivision Player of the Year. Not to be confused with the Walter Payton Award, which goes to the top player in the FCS, the Walter Camp award ...
The Youngstown State women’s basketball team couldn’t work past the Floria International defense, falling to the Panthers 78-61 on Friday in the opening game of the FIU Holiday Classic. FIU forced the Penguins into 11 turnovers in the first 13 minutes to build a 30-15 lead. Erica King made two free throws at the 6:54 mark for YSU’s first points of the quarter, and FIU upped its lead to 18 points three times before Sophia Gregory and King scored on back-to-back possessions to make the score 40-26 at halftime. The Penguins cut the deficit to 11 with 4:22 left in the third ...
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Youngstown State failed to capitalize on a career-best performance by senior forward Cris Carroll on Wednesday night. Carroll had a career-high 31 points and six made 3-pointers, but the Penguins turned the ball over 22 times in an 80-77 overtime loss to defending ...
