Katelyn Pickunka News Today

HARTFORD, Conn. – With 1 minute, 13 seconds remaining in the game, the Smith College basketball team was down but not out. Trailing 72-65, the Pioneers were starting to see some momentum swing their way. Ally Yamada and Jane Loo hit a pair of triples...

HARTFORD, Conn. – With 1 minute, 13 seconds remaining in the game, the Smith College basketball team was down but not out. Trailing 72-65, the Pioneers were starting to see some momentum swing their way. Ally Yamada and Jane Loo hit a pair of triples...

Good morning! The last time anyone asked me to write an article about Smith College athletics was when Valley Advocate publisher Geoff Robinson twisted my arm to write about crew. That was until Debbie Richards emailed and asked, “What, no word on the...

Good morning! The last time anyone asked me to write an article about Smith College athletics was when Valley Advocate publisher Geoff Robinson twisted my arm to write about crew. That was until Debbie Richards emailed and asked, “What, no word on the...

NORTHAMPTON — When Sunday’s NEWMAC title game was all said and done, Hampshire Regional alum and current Smith College co-captain Katelyn Pickunka went over to her dad to celebrate – and show him the massive bruise that was already blooming on her...

NORTHAMPTON — Not content with back-to-back titles, the Smith basketball team is going for the trifecta. For the third straight year, the Pioneers (25-1) punched their ticket to the NEWMAC championship with a 61-49 win over Springfield College. Morgan...

When Katelyn Pickunka was a sophomore at Hampshire Regional, she got hurt, and hurt badly – a pretty serious knee injury forced her off the court and field while she recovered.It made her sit down and think – what would the rest of her athletic career...

AMHERST — From the opening tip-off, it was clear that Amherst College was going to make SUNY-Poly fight for every single point it put on the board. The Mammoths jumped out to a comfortable 9-0 lead in the first 3 minutes, 42 seconds of the opening...

NORTHAMPTON – Jessie Ruffner couldn’t stop smiling. After the final buzzer sounded Sunday, the sophomore rushed out onto the court with the rest of the No. 1 Smith College basketball team to celebrate their second consecutive NEWMAC title, a decisive...

NORTHAMPTON — The last time WPI and Smith College went head to head this season, the game went all the way down to the wire and ended with a block from Elle Jo Whalen in the last second to secure the Pioneers’ win.This time, it didn’t take nearly that...