UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State men’s basketball coach Mike Rhoades announced the signing of sharp-shooting wing Brant Byers on Sunday.

Byers, a Chambersburg native who was integral in Miami’s (Ohio) undefeated 2025-26 regular season and was the 2025 MAC Freshman of the Year, returns home to Pennsylvania with two seasons of eligibility remaining.

“Brant is a proven winner and lights-out perimeter shooter who is an excellent fit at Penn State,” Rhoades said. “His versatility and well-rounded skillset will make an immediate impact in our program. We’re thrilled to get Brant back to (Pennsylvania) and know he will represent Penn State well both on and off the court.”

Transfer added

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State women’s basketball coach Tanisha Wright picked up Devyn Quigley in the transfer portal.

Quigley becomes Wright’s second portal pickup of the offseason. The junior transfer arrives at Penn State after two seasons spent at NC State.

“Adding Devyn to our team is a big step forward for the Lady Lion program,” Wright said. “Devyn is poised to make an immediate impact from day one. To say we’re thrilled would be an understatement.”

The guard spent her first two collegiate seasons at NC State during which time she helped the Wolfpack to back-to-back trips to the Big Dance including a Sweet 16 run in 2025.

Seed set for AMCC softball

DuBOIS — The Penn State Altoona softball team earned the No. 2 seed in the upcoming AMCC Tournament.

The Lions’ first game of the playoffs is Thursday at 3 p.m. against the winner of the Wednesday contest between No. 3 Alfred State College and No. 6 Mount Aloysius College.

All AMCC Tournament games will be played at Heindl Memorial Field in DuBois.

Penn State Altoona went 22-14 overall during the regular season and 12-4 in the conference.

Glendale High School graduate Riley Best led the Lady Lions with a .486 batting average (53-for-109) and had nine home runs and 53 RBIs.

Best was also 4-1 pitching with a 3.08 ERA.

Central High School’s Madison Kennedy hit .435 (50-for-115) with two homers and 25 RBIs, and Cambria Heights’ Karli Storm hit .408 (40-for-98) with seven homers and 33 RBIs.

PSU eliminated

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — No. 15 Penn State pushed No. 6 UC Irvine to five sets Friday night before falling 3-2 (25-18, 27-29, 19-25, 25-17, 15-13) in the regional round of the 2026 NCAA Men’s Volleyball Championship at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion.

The Nittany Lions closed the season at 22-8 overall.

The match also marked the end of the illustrious career of head coach Mark Pavlik, who led Penn State for 32 seasons. He finished third in the history of collegiate men’s volleyball with 716 career wins. His Penn State teams played in 26 NCAA tournaments, advanced to the national semifinals 21 times and won the 2008 National Championship. Pavlik won one National Coach of the Year honor and was an 11-time EIVA Coach of the Year.

SFU ousted

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Brady Stump finished with a game high 20 kills, Kyle Charles recorded 34 assists, but Saint Francis fell to Loyola Chicago, 30-28, 29-27, 25-20 (28-30, 27-29, 20-25 in its first NCAA Tournament appearance late Friday.

SFU tennis topped

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Saint Francis women’s tennis was unable to mount an upset against NCAA host team Virginia in the first round of the women’s NCAA tournament, falling by a score of 4-0 on Saturday afternoon.

The Red Flash were making their first appearance in the NCAA tournament after winning its first NEC championship three weeks ago.

Mount baseball in tourney

JOHNSTOWN — The Mount Aloysius Mounties closed out the regular season on Saturday with a doubleheader split with Pitt-Bradford.

With the results, Mount Aloysius secured the No. 5 seed in the upcoming AMCC Baseball Tournament and will face No. 4 seed Alfred State in the opening round at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

All games in the double-elimination tournament will be held at Point Stadium in Johnstown.