All In with Allison – Pop the Champagne
Written By Allison Schubert, Sports Editor
April 16, 2020
This is not how it was supposed to end. On Oct. 2, 2019, I wrote a column entitled ‘The First of Lasts.” In it, I talked about how much I dreaded the end of my time doing everything at Point Park that I cared about. One of those things was my final column. This is that column. The closu...
Justice Cuthbertson: Alum Profile
Written By Allison Schubert, Sports Editor
April 8, 2020
Justice Cuthbertson only sported a Point Park uniform for one season, but in that time, he racked up a 43.8-percent field goal percentage, was 39.5-percent from beyond the arc and led the team with an average 14.4 points per game. Not only was Cuthbertson a force to be reckoned with on offense, but on th...
All In With Allison – Q&As With The Coaches
Written By Allison Schubert, Sports Columnist
April 8, 2020
With the rest of the 2019-2020 school year moved online and the cancelation of the remainder of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, content to fuel the Point Park athletics website has been sparse. That being said, our sports information director Kevin Taylor has been doing an a...
All in With Allison – The New (Temporary) Norm
Written By Allison Schubert, Sports Editor
April 1, 2020
This is all so surreal. I do not remember a time when I went this long without getting overly invested in a game or a match or a meet. I miss silently disagreeing with the (wrong) sports opinions on Twitter. I miss turning on the Buccos to play in the background while doing homework. I mis...
RSC Mascots – Ranked
Written By Sarah Gibson, Co-Opinions Editor
April 1, 2020
Shammie the Shamrock from Carlow University- I understand that Shammie means well, but I hate him. I hate that he reminds me of Gumby, in that it looks like he’s rubbery enough to contort into some other form, or at least to have some other face, but THAT is what he decides to look like. It’s re...
The history of Black Diamond
Written By Sarah Gibson, Co-Opinions Editor
March 25, 2020
While Point Park is home to the Pioneers, that’s not what the symbol on Point Park’s logo happens to be, which has caused some confusion regarding the real mascot of Point Park. While the athletes may be referred to as the Pioneers, Point Park’s mascot is a bison. There is a difference betw...
All in With Allison – A World Without Sports
Written By Allison Schubert, Sports Editor
March 25, 2020
Not once in my entire writing career— no, scratch that, not once in my entire life did I think I would even have to imagine a world where sports did not exist, let alone live in one. I knew I would be bored when the announcement of all of the athletic seasons’ postponements came out, but I did no...
All In with Allison – CNCLD-20
Written By Allison Schubert
March 18, 2020
COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus, has taken the entire world by storm. What started in Wuhan, China has slowly made its way internationally, with countries like Italy and the United States issuing nationally-recognized states of emergency, widespread quarantine and, in Italy, extensive av...
Baseball captures one more win ahead of canceled season
Written By Allison Schubert
March 18, 2020
The baseball team was able to fit one last game ahead of the remainder of the season being canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Pioneers traveled to close-by Chatham in Munhall, Pa. for a non-conference game against the Cougars. Sophomore Easton Klein started on the mound for the Pioneers, giving up three runs ...
Pioneers one of only twelve teams to advance to nationals
Written By Zoey Angelucci, Staff Writer
March 11, 2020
The competitive dance team won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Competitive Dance Southeast Regional title, giving them an automatic bid to compete in the NAIA National Championship. Two weekends ago, the Pioneers competed in Montgomery, Ala. against teams from five different...
Chris Gaul hired as new varsity esports coach, compliance coordinator for fall 2020 semester
Written By Allison Schubert, Sports Editor
March 11, 2020
The Point Park athletic department announced last Thursday that they have hired Chris Gaul as both the varsity head coach of the upcoming esports program and the department’s compliance coordinator. “Gaul quickly emerged as the No. 1 candidate during the search for our head esports coach and compliance...
All In with Allison – For Crying Out Cloud
Written By Allison Schubert, Sports Columnist
March 11, 2020
It is no secret that Pittsburgh is a rainy city. The United States average for days with precipitation is 106.2; Pittsburgh comes in well above that at 140.4. Similarly, the United States average for sunny days is 205; Pittsburgh is not even close with just 160 days with sunshine per year. Baseball,...
