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2021-22 Horizon League Regular Season Champions. ๐๐ 10 straight seasons on the Academic Top 25. #GoGuins
Youngstown, Ohio
Joined May 2009
So this just happened!. Congrats Melinda and Beau!!! ๐
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The drought is over Youngstown! For the first time since 1999, the Penguins are regular-season conference champions!. #GoGuins๐ง
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Help us welcome Melissa Jackson, the ninth head coach in our programโs storied history!. ๐ฐ #GoGuins๐ง
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๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐!. After being picked to finish in a tie for seventh in the preseason poll, @CoachJohnBarnes led our squad to a title and is recognized as the #HLWBB Coach of the Year!. Congrats, Coach!. #GoGuins๐ง #YandProud
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Thatโs what we call a STATEMENT celebration ๐
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Barnes, YSU Agree to Five-Year Contract Extension. ๐ฐ Can't wait to see what the future holds with @CoachJohnBarnes!. #GoGuins๐ง
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We canโt wait to catch some of our favorites Guins this weekendโฆ. and of course, those Future Guins๐๐. #GoGuins
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Excited to hit the road for the first recruiting weekend with our new staff!. We'll be looking for future Penguins in Ohio and Pennsylvania this weekend!. #GoGuins๐ง
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One player in @ncaawbb - across all divisions - has career totals of at least:. 1,000 points.500 assists.150 3-pointers. And she's a Penguin.
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That winning feeling when you beat the defending league champs and keep destiny in your control!!!
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You guys. For the first time in 3โฃ3โฃ years, a Penguin has a TRIPLE-DOUBLE!. Chelsea Olson with. 13 Points.11 Assists.10 Rebounds. Congrats, Chelsea!!!. #GoGuins๐ง
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NOT DONE YET!!!. We're thrilled to accept an invitation to play in the Postseason @WomensNIT! It's our fifth postseason tournament in the last seven years!. Details on who, when and where we'll play will be announced later tonight. #GoGuins๐ง | #YandProud
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Welcome back to Y-Town, Coach T (@_Coach_TJewell)!!. We're thrilled to have Teonna Jewell back in our gym as an assistant coach and our recruiting coordinator. ๐ฐ #GoGuins๐ง
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History has been made!!!. Congratulations to Alison Smolinski on breaking YSU's career 3-pointers record!. #GoGuins๐ง #YandProud
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We're thrilled to welcome @CoachAutumnRad to our coaching staff!. Coach Rademacher has spent the last 26 years at the Division I level as a coach and a player, and 15 of those have come in the Horizon League. Story: #GoGuins๐ง
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8-0 for the first time ever in conference play๐. Here's how it went down in Beeghly today. #GoGuins๐ง
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All wins are great. this one was extra special. Congrats to @CoachJohnBarnes on getting career win #3๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ!. Coach won 156 games for @mtuwbb, and he now has 144 as a Penguin. #GoGuins๐ง #YandProud
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AND THERE'S THE RECORD!!!. Alison Smolinski has set a YSU single-game record by making nine 3-pointers today at Canisius!. #GoGuins๐ง #YandProud
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Our senior Mary Dunn scored a game-high 30 points today. This free throw with 4:52 left in the fourth period gave her 1๏ธโฃ,0๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ for her career!. #GoGuins๐ง // #YandProud
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So proud of our team for posting a 3.75 GPA in the fall semester!. We've had one of the nation's top 25 GPA's in seven of the last eight years, and we just posted the best semester GPA of any YSU team on record!. #GoGuins๐ง #YandProud
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Help us welcome Courtney Davidson back home to Youngstown!. Coach Davidson returns to YSU after spending the last two years at Radford.
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When you beat an ACC team, you dance once.
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We're excited to announce the first two assistant coaches to join @CoachJackson21's staff at YSU!. ๐ด Peyton Booth was alongside Jackson for two seasons at Akron, and she spent 2023-24 at Western Michigan. ๐ด Courtney Davidson is a Youngstown native who will be a Penguin for the
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We're thrilled to welcome Lilly Ritz to the YSU family!. Lilly is a 6-foot-1 post who was the top rebounder in Division II each of the last two seasons at Wheeling University. She had a double-double in each of her final 33 games for the Cardinals ๐. #GoGuins๐ง
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Introducing our captains ๐๐. Congrats to Chelsea Olson, Megan Callahan and Mady Aulbach!. #GoGuins๐ง
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OFFICIAL practice has begun!. Full steam ahead for the next six weeks to get us ready for whatever challenges come our way. ๐ค. #GoGuins๐ง
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PENGUINS WIN!!!. A three-point win in the season opener at Eastern Michigan!. Magestro, Olson, Ritz and Shy had 13, and Wagner finished with 11. Celebrate the win with the postgame show - #GoGuins๐ง
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First time on the floor together since March. Basketball, we missed you. #GoGuins๐ง๐ท๐
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Our coaching staff is complete with the addition of Shayna Gore as an assistant coach!. Shayna spent the 2023-24 campaign at Western Carolina, and she was a graduate assistant at Indiana the two years prior. ๐ฐ #GoGuins๐ง.
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Final. THANK YOU to everyone who cheered us on through 22 wins in this memorable season. #GoGuins๐ง
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4-0!. Madison Mallory scored a game-high 15 points, and all nine players who dressed scored at least six points. #GoGuins๐ง
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Ready to hit the road for the final time this summer to find us some Guins!!!. Keep a look out for that โจ๐ โจon the baselines! . #GoGuins
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PENGUINS WIN!. 1โฃ-0โฃ after an 81-72 win over Wofford in the season opener!. Lilly Ritz delivered the first 20-20 game by a Penguin in more than nine years with 27 points and 20 rebounds. #GoGuins
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๐ฃ๏ธ"I'm going to put on for my city and play my heart out". Our ladies LOVE the atmosphere #PenguinNation provides in Beeghly Center. Here's what McKenah Peters had to say about it at media day last week โฌ๏ธ. See you tomorrow, fam!. #GoGuins๐ง
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First win at Beeghly this season! Career highs of 23 points and 12 rebounds for Mary Dunn tonight in the victory. We'll go for our third straight W vs. Bucknell on Friday.
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Help us welcome Chelsie Butler to our family!. A native of Minerva, Ohio, @CoachChelsie will serve as our recruiting coordinator. ๐ฐ #GoGuins๐ง
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Smolinski makes another 3, and our three seniors come out together. They combined for 44 points tonight. Three trips to the postseason in four years for Melinda and Alison. Four in five years for Sarah. #GoGuins๐ง | #YandProud
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#PenguinNation, help us welcome Gabby Lupardus (@gabzilla32) to the program!. Gabby is a combo guard who led her team to a state title in West Virginia as a sophomore.
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Did someone say Merry Christmas??? ๐๐๐. Or are we just early ๐๐
. #GearUp #ChristmasInOctober #Nike #GoGuins
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Help us welcome Nicole Griffin to our staff! She will be our program's director of operations. Read about her here:
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These two led us to the postseason in four of the last five years, and now they'll show the world that they're even bigger winners off the court. Melinda Trimmer is off to med school, and Indiya Benjamin is set to be a nurse. We're so proud of you!. #GuinstoGrads | #GoGuins๐ง
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The third of our four signees is guard McKenah Peters from LaGrange, Ohio. Welcome to #PenguinNation, McKenah!
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PENGUINS WIN!. Cash hits two free throws with 3.5 seconds left, and YSU will advance to play top-seeded Green Bay in the semifinals. Whew. #GoGuins๐ง
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PENGUINS WIN!!!!!!. YSU 75, IUPUI 73. After an Aulbach free throw, IUPUI's 3-pointer at the buzzer was wide!
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PENGUINS WIN!!!. Ferrell missed both attempts, and Shy got the rebound to seal the win!. THANK YOU for having our backs tonight, Penguin Family! Great to have you back in Beeghly!. #GoGuins๐ง
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Today's win was a special one as @CoachJohnBarnes earned his 100th at YSU!. Comments from Coach Barnes on win #100: Recap: Highlights: #GoGuins๐ง | #YandProud
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We proudly saluted our new ๐๐ before today's game. Congrats to Alison Smolinski on breaking our career 3-pointers record!. #GoGuins๐ง
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Our first team practice with this group is in the books! Loved the energy in Beeghly today on day one. #GoGuins๐ง
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Our previous 3-point record holder, Nikki Arbanas had a special message to her former teammate and good friend, Alison Smolinski on breaking her previous record of 209. Friendships like this that continue even after basketball is what makes this program so special! . #GoGuins
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.@CoachCraner connects on a half-court shot to get dessert for the team! ๐ฏ ๐ฆ . #GoGuins๐ง
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After the spring semester, our team had a cumulative GPA of 3โฃ.7โฃ4โฃ!!!. We've had one of the top 25 GPA's in the country in 7 of the last 8 seasons, and this is another huge accomplishment for our program!. #GoGuins๐ง | #YandProud
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ON TO THE SEMIS!!!. YSU outscores Milwaukee 22-15 in the fourth period to advance in #MotorCityMadness!!!. Sarah Cash had 15 points and a career-high 16 rebounds. Olson, Trimmer and Dunn also in double-figures. #GoGuins๐ง
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๐ โ 1๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃโ. Congratulations to senior Paige Shy on making her 100th career 3-pointer!. She has 67 in 39 games as a Penguin, and she made 33 in her first two seasons at Marshall. #GoGuins๐ง
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Help us wish our recruiting coordinator @CoachCraner a happy birthday!. Have a great one, Coach!. #GoGuins๐ง๐๐
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๐จLOOKING FOR FUTURE PENGUINS! . We canโt wait to finally see you all live in action! . Safe travels to everyone on the road this week! . ๐ โฌ
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First lift of August โ
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"Work harder than everyone else.". If you've seen McKenah Peters play, you understand why she has a tattoo of that phrase. Get to know our sophomore guard from LaGrange, Ohio โฌ๏ธ
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PENGUINS WIN!!!. Olson and Cash had 19, and we're now second by ourselves in the #HLWBB standings!. THANK YOU for being LOUD tonight, #Youngstown!. #GoGuins๐ง | #YandProud
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PENGUINS WIN!!!. Olson blocked the 3-point attempt to complete the comeback!!!. #GoGuins๐ง๐ง๐ง
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Not many teams get to celebrate wins at the Kress Centerโฆ When you do, you make it count! ๐ฆ๐ฆ. #GoGuins๐ง
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Bench reaction photos are the best. Hope your Monday was more Gabby than Taylor ๐. #GoGuins๐ง
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