The Jambar

Two games into the season, and the men's basketball team has felt the highs of winning and lows of a loss by a perennial March Madness team. The Penguins should not feel too bad about their defeat in the road opener. They lost to the Xavier Musketeers 83-57. This is a team that went 24-6 a season ago, and made the Sweet 16 before losing to the Pittsburgh Panthers. There's no shame in losing to a quality opponent who head coach Jerry Slocum said would probably be the best opponent the Penguins play against the entire season.

Coach Brad Patterson, of the Youngstown State University men's hockey club, hopes to keep his team in good spirits this weekend as they face up against the University of Toledo. The Penguins are coming off of two losses this weekend to Slippery Rock University and Washington and Jefferson College, one of which games Patterson said should have been a win for YSU.

When an athlete accepts a scholarship from a university, he or she isn't expected just to work hard athletically and academically, but also within the community. Community service is an area of focus for many university athletic departments, and Youngstown State University is no exception. However, each program is in charge of its own activities, as YSU Sports Information Director Trevor Parks explained.