Penn State Behrend athletics

Six former student-athletes were inducted into the Penn State Behrend Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 29. The college’s 1993 softball and women’s basketball teams also were honored.

The Penn State Behrend women’s volleyball team is 2-0 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference after straight-set wins against Franciscan and Penn State Altoona. Setter Lexi Irwin, a senior from Greensburg, was named AMCC Player of the Week.

The women’s soccer team at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, defeated Baldwin Wallace for the first time since 2014, earning a spot in the final at the Herb Lauffer Memorial Soccer Tournament. The Behrend men’s team also was in action last week, as were the college’s volleyball, golf, tennis, cross-country and water polo teams.

Penn State Behrend track and field athlete Haley Yenchik set a school record in the pole vault, clearing a height of 3.61 meters at the Slippery Rock University Open. Yenchik, a junior from Cecil, also cleared a height of 3.36 meters at the Behrend Invitational, winning the event.