In their second season, the Pitt-Greensburg ice hockey club is poised to make a run at the championship.

With only three games left before the playoffs, the Bobcats are 12-6-1, and head coach Tim Baldwin expects his players to head into the playoffs with the right mindset.

“The team has played great all year,” Baldwin said. “Now we just need to enter the playoffs with a strong want for the championship and the will to win.”

Two campus teams have a chance to make the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference playoffs, another is building toward next year as it season winds down and the hockey club continues its hot start to the season.

It was a mixed bag for Pitt-Greensburg sports team this week, as one squad lost both of its games, another split a pair and a third won it’s only match.

It’s time to get caught up with all of the Pitt-Greensburg athletic teams. This is a roundup of how each team fared in their most recent games and a line up of when the next scheduled home games.

Mens soccer: Freshmen defender Ben Ellis takes a shot towards the net.

Men’s Soccer

The Bobcats scored their second victory and first Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference win of the season this past Saturday as they defeated D’Youville College on a rainy day at Ridilla Field.

The Pitt-Greensburg ice hockey club kicked off its second season with a home victory against Xavier University last Saturday night. Head coach Tim Baldwin is looking to take the success from their inaugural season last year and have an even better season this year.

“With a strong, motivated and hard-working team, we are looking to improve our standings and move up in the division rankings,” Baldwin said.

The Bobcats looked strong Saturday night, as the goals were pouring in during their 11-7 victory. The team is returning seven players from last year and welcoming nine new players.

Here’s a roundup of recent campus sports action.

Men’s soccer

Stuffed: Goalkeeper Chris Stangl makes a nice save.The Bobcats dropped to 1-6-1 on the season after a home loss to Point Park University. In a game that saw Pitt-Greensburg outshoot its opponent, freshmen Sam Kuhn led the team with five shots, including one that just missed, hitting the crossbar 21 minutes into the game. Point Park’s goalie kept the game at 2-0 with three sliding saves, all on Bobcat breakaways.

With one conference game in the books (a 1-1 tie with Hilbert College), the Bobcats look to continue to keep the shots coming as they resume the AMCC schedule. The Bobcats’ second conference game of the season will be Saturday, Sept. 26, when they will host D’Youville College at 3 p.m. on Ridilla field in their AMCC home opener.

Here’s a look at how the campus teams have opened their seasons. Though none of the teams are off to a good start, the good news is that conference action has yet to begin, and only their conference record determine if they make playoffs.

By Ashleigh Chicko / Staff Writer

As Pitt-Greensburg officials explore their options to build a new ballfield on campus, both women’s softball and men’s baseball teams are unhappy and displaced.

The softball team has had an off-campus home field for as long as there has been a softball team. Over the past four years, campus athletic directors and other administrators have been developing plans and brainstorming ideas to get the women’s softball team on campus.

By Aaron Weitzman / Sports Editor

After starting out 5-1 in the AMCC, the softball team has hit a rough patch going 1-4 over the past five conference games. Despite the recent slide, the lady bobcats are still on track to make the playoffs. They are currently sitting in fourth place, with the top six teams making play-offs.

The lady bobcats have eight conference games left, four of which are against 4-17 Hilbert College and 0-17 Franciscan University. The other four games are against second place Frostburg State and seventh place Medaille College.

By Aaron Weitzman / Sports Editor

The Lady Bobcats softball team has gotten off to a hot start in conference play. After going 3-5 on their trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., and splitting a couple of non-conference games, they have gone 5-1 in AMCC play thus far.

Lindsey Littler was named Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference player of the week on Monday for her efforts last week. Littler hit four home runs and had 19 RBIs in a 5-1 (4-0) week.