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÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College will host its annual Homecoming/Family weekend Thursday-Sunday, Sept. 24-27, on the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ campus.

Hundreds of visitors are expected to converge on campus to reconnect with old friends or visit with their students, perhaps for the first time since dropping them off for the fall semester in August.

The 2009 ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College women's soccer team opened up their campaign with a 2-0 victory over Tompkins Cortland CC under the lights at Pioneer Stadium.  The Lady Pioneers scored goals in each half en route to the victory.

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College volleyball team could never get anything going and fell to WNYAC rival Genesee CC on Tuesday evening.  The Cougars won 3-0 (21-25, 15-25, and 16-25) to improve to 3-8 on the season while the Lady Pioneers are now 2-2.

Tom Kenney, the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College baseball coach, registered his 600th career victory as skipper of the Pioneers on Sunday with a 2-1, nine-inning victory in game one of a doubleheader versus Erie CC.  ASC fell 3-1 in the nightcap and are now 3-1 (3-1 WNYAC) in the fall season.

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College men's soccer team could not put any shots in the back of the net as they fell 4-0 to Hudson Valley CC in day two of the East-West Showdown.  ASC is now 0-2 on the season.

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College volleyball team won two of three matches at the ASC Quad meet to open up the 2009 season.  The Pioneers fell 3-0 (21-25, 20-25, 19-25) to SUNY Delhi, defeated Nassau CC 3-1 (17-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-23), and Monroe CC 3-1 (29-27, 25-15, 20-25, 25-18).

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College baseball team opened up the fall season with a doubleheader sweep of Mercyhurst North East.  Joe Wallace (Avoca) tossed a six inning no-hitter in the game one 10-0 victory while the Pioneers rallied for five runs in the 7th for a 8-7 victory in the nightcap.

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College men’s soccer team fell 2-1 to SUNY Delhi on day one of the East-West Showdown at Hudson Valley CC.

The ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College football team opened up the 2009 season with a strong showing in a 40-14 victory at Stevens Tech (Lancaster, PA).  The Pioneers passed for 434 yards and held the Bulldog offense to 232 yards.

New head coach Jason Gildner and the ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ State College men's soccer team will enter the 2009 season in the NJCAA Division III National Poll.  The Pioneers, who finished 2008 with a 14-4 mark, are ranked 6th in the preseason poll.