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App State Wrestling Has Six Wrestlers Nationally Ranked App State Wrestling Has Six Wrestlers Nationally Ranked February 26, 2021 * Codi Russell, No. 18 at 125 pounds (11-1) * Anthony Brito, No. 32 at 141 pounds (11-3) * Jonathan Millner, No. 14 at 149 pounds (11-1) * Cody Bond, No. 31 at 157 pounds (10-4) * Will Formato, No. 16 at 165 pounds (13-1) * Thomas Flitz, No. 13 at 174 pounds (12-2) The rankings are relevant when determining at-large berths within the 33-wrestler brackets for each wei...

Peighton Simmons captured the triple jump title to lead App State women’s track & field on the final day of the Sun Belt Championships on Tuesday. The Mountaineers finished ninth of 12 teams with 29 points. Arkansas State repeated as team champions with 145 points, Texas State was second with 94.5 points and Troy finished third with 90 points. Simmons title marks App State’s 16th triple jump conference championship in program history and first since 2010, when Danielle Thorpe captured the c...

App State left-hander Quinton Martinez has been named the Sun Belt Conference’s Pitcher of the Week following his standout performance in a 4-0 win at Winthrop on Saturday. In a career-high seven innings, Martinez struck out four batters and didn’t allow a run while facing just 22 batters — one over the minimum total for that number of innings. He improved to 3-0 in his career by giving up three hits (all singles), and with the help of two double plays as well as one thrown-out steal atte...

App State softball's Baylee Morton has earned Sun Belt Player of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday afternoon. This is the first honor of Morton's caree

Senior pitcher Heather Zumo began her final season with the Lady Lions by throwing a no-hitter against South Dakota in the Lion Classic tournament, allowing the team to secure their first win of the 2021 season.  The Baton Rouge native transferred from LSU Eunice after the 2019 season, where she was an All-Region pitcher. She...

App State women's track & field sits in a tie for fifth place after the first day of the Sun Belt Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Birmingham C

App State (2-2) surges past UNCG (0-3) 9-5 Saturday afternoon, sparked by Baylee Morton's go-ahead, two-run blast in the sixth. The Mountaineers plated eight of

App State Softball Splits Doubleheader With UNC-Greensboro Kayt Houston went a combined two-for-seven with an RBI. photo courtesy of Appalachian State Athletics App State Softball Splits Doubleheader With UNC-Greensboro February 22, 2021 App State softball (3-3) secured the series win with a 7-5 win in the first game of the doubleheader on Sunday against the UNC-Greensboro Spartans (1-4). The Spartans bounced back in game two, notching their first win of the season with a 9-5 victory over the M...

Michael Flowers had 19 points as South Alabama extended its winning streak to seven games, narrowly defeating App State 65-63 on Friday night. Tyreke Locure and John Pettway added 15 points each for the Jaguars. Pettway also had eight rebounds.

App State Volleyball Ends Spring Season McCall Denny had 15 kills, one shy of her career high. photo courtesy of Appalachian State Athletics App State Volleyball Ends Spring Season February 18, 2021 App State volleyball fell 25-15, 25-14, 25-13 at North Carolina on Thursday evening in its final match of the spring season. McCall Denny paced the App State (1-15) offense with 15 kills and a .206 hitting percentage. Her 15 kills were one shy of her career high of 16, set on Oct. 24 in the second m...