WEEKLY ATHLETICS PREVIEW: JANUARY 19TH-25TH

Men’s Swimming | 1/19/2026 12:00:00 PM

With January motion in full swing, Gannon Athletics heads into one other pivotal week highlighted by a nationally ranked males’s basketball showdown, a house tri-match for males’s wrestling, and key convention competitors throughout a number of sports activities. The Golden Knights will host marquee occasions contained in the Highmark Events Center whereas additionally taking up necessary PSAC street checks as winter seasons transfer deeper into convention play.

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The NCAA introduced that Acrobatics & Tumbling, together with 51 different establishments, will formally compete on the NCAA Championships for the primary time in 2027. Gannon launched the Acrobatics & Tumbling program in 2014 and will probably be among the many inaugural members within the championship. With the addition of Acrobatics & Tumbling, the game turns into the 93rd championship formally acknowledged by the NCAA, marking a big milestone for each the Golden Knights and the game nationally.

 

THIS WEEK IN GANNON ATHLETICS:

No. 13 Men’s Basketball (15-2, 9-1 PSAC) 

Wednesday, January 21 vs. No. 2 Daemen – 7:00 pm (Blackout • Season Ticket Appreciation Night)

Saturday, January 24 at Pitt-Johnstown – 3:00 pm

The No. 13 Gannon males’s basketball workforce returns to the Highmark Events Center on Wednesday evening for one of the anticipated video games of the season, internet hosting No. 2 Daemen in a Blackout sport that will even function Season Ticket Appreciation Night. The nationally ranked matchup highlights an important stretch of PSAC play because the Golden Knights look to defend residence court docket towards one of many prime groups in Division II. The Wildcats enter the competition unbeaten at 20–0 on the season.

Gannon will then hit the street on Saturday, January 24, touring to Pitt-Johnstown for a 3:00 p.m. convention matchup, the place the Golden Knights will look to select up their tenth PSAC win.

Men’s Wrestling (7-1)

Thursday, January 23 – Highmark Events Center

After choosing up two PSAC victories final weekend—defeating Shippensburg 39–3 on Friday evening and Millersville 40–0 on Saturday—the No. 7 Gannon males’s wrestling workforce improved to 7–1 on the season in duals.

Tom Boyd‘s squad will return residence on Thursday to host a Gannon tri-match contained in the Highmark Events Center.

East Stroudsburg and West Liberty will open the motion with a twin at 3:30 p.m., adopted by the Golden Knights taking up East Stroudsburg at 5:00 p.m. Gannon will then shut the night towards West Liberty.

Men’s & Women’s Swimming (Women’s Swimming – 2-3, Men’s Swimming – 4-1)

Friday, January 23 at Edinboro – 6:00 pm

The males’s and ladies’s swimming applications are again in motion Friday evening with a 6:00 p.m. meet towards Edinboro as January competitors continues and the championship portion of the season approaches.

The Golden Knights enter the week after dominantly celebrating Senior Day. The girls’s workforce earned convincing victories over Malone (211–59) and Oberlin (216–70), whereas the lads’s squad defeated Oberlin (205–99) and Malone (229–43).

Gannon will wrap up PSAC motion on Friday night with a 6:00 p.m. meet towards Edinboro.

 

Women’s Wrestling (7-7)

Saturday, January 24 – Journeyman Duals | Albany, N.Y.  (All Day)

Erin Vandiver‘s girls’s wrestling workforce returns to motion on Saturday, January 24, competing within the Journeyman Duals in Albany, New York. Similar to the NWCA National Duals, the occasion encompasses a robust nationwide discipline and supplies a high-level check because the Golden Knights proceed by the center of the season.

Gannon enters the weekend with a 7–7 twin document. Sophomore Bella Phillips (Bellingham, Wash./Squalicum High School), ranked No. 8 in Division II at 180 kilos, has been a key contributor for the Golden Knights. Phillips owns a 21–6 document on the season, recording one fall and tying for a team-high 11 technical falls.

Women’s Basketball (17-2, 9-1 PSAC)

Saturday, January 24 at Pitt-Johnstown – 1:00 pm

Women’s Basketball has only one sport on the schedule this week, wrapping up play on Saturday afternoon with a PSAC street matchup at Pitt-Johnstown. After dropping its first PSAC sport of the season in a nationally ranked battle with No. 8 IUP on Saturday, Cleve Wright‘s No. 13 Golden Knights will take a short breather earlier than returning to motion in Johnstown in pursuit of their tenth PSAC win.