YOUNGSTOWN — In recent years, Youngstown State has undergone significant roster turnover each offseason, and this year is no different. Since the opening and closing of the transfer portal after the end of the 2024-25 season, the Penguins added 10 new players to complete their roster. ...
YSU’s Fossum ties HL home run record Highland Heights, Ky. -- Northern Kentucky scored nine runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to overcome a three-run deficit and defeat the Youngstown State baseball team 14-8 in the Horizon League series opener on Thursday afternoon at the Bill Aker Baseball Complex. The Penguins took a quick lead with a pair of runs in the top of the first before the Norse countered with four runs in the home half of the inning to move ahead 4-2. YSU posted three runs in the top of the second to regain a 5-4 edge before NKU evened the score with a single ...
YOUNGSTOWN — In today’s era of college basketball, player movement via the transfer portal each season is the new reality, particularly for schools at the mid-major level. More than 1,500 women’s basketball players entered the portal after the end of the 2024-2025 season, which is ...
YOUNGSTOWN — From start to finish, the Youngstown State men and women’s track and field teams seemed destined for yet another Horizon League coronation. As the meet’s hosts, the Penguins sat atop the team standings at the end of the first and second days. Then, both the men and women ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The tennis courts at the University of Michigan’s Varsity Tennis Center in Ann Arbor have become like a second home for Youngstown State. With the exception of their 2023 loss to Michigan in the NCAA tournament, the Penguins have won their last six matches on those courts. ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP — As coordinator of social media and creative content for all of Youngstown State University’s intercollegiate sports programs, Madison Chapman has had a busy first year at the helm. The Heartland Christian and YSU graduate has been entrusted with getting the word out about all 21 – nine men’s and 12 women’s varsity sports – programs, its athletes and coaches while barely having time to catch her breath due to the success those teams have enjoyed since her hiring last May. “I work out of our athletics communications office,” Chapman told the Curbstone ...
