May 29, 2026 By Chris Dugan 4 min read

Kylee Goodman has been a stalwart for years in the Glenville State softball team’s starting lineup as a third baseman.

The Waynesburg native has been an All-Mountain East Conference selection and key player in the Pioneers’ success.

This year, Goodman got off to a slow start with the bat and was hitting a tad below .200 a month into the season. However, Goodman has been red hot during May, and it’s no surprise that a late-season surge by Glenville State has coincided with Goodman’s breakout with the bat.

Goodman put together a 12-game hitting streak in the postseason, during a stretch that saw Glenville State go 11-1, and now the Pioneers have a chance to win an NCAA championship.

Glenville State (51-17) is playing this weekend in the NCAA Division II World Series that is being held in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Glenville suffered a 5-3 loss Thursday to No. 2 Missouri Southern and will play No. 3 North Georgia in an elimination game Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

Goodman enters the North Georgia game with a .285 batting average and seven doubles. She has drawn two more walks than she has strikeouts and has again played stellar defense at third base.

During her 12-game postseason hitting streak, Goodman went 16-for-40.

Baseball

Goodman is not the only player who will be participating in a World Series this weekend.

Denison left fielder Jack Lutte, a Venetia native and Peters Township graduate, will be a key player when the No. 1-ranked Big Red play in the NCAA Division III World Series at Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio.

Lutte, a junior, has helped Denison to a 45-1 record that includes a 44-game winning streak. Lutte has a team-high .459 batting average with 17 doubles and 12 home runs. His 123 total bases is tops on the team. A strong contact hitter, Lutte has drawn 13 more walks than he has strikeouts.

Denison will begin play in the world series Saturday against East Texas State.

Denison’s head coach is Mike Deegan, a Washington native and Trinity graduate.

• A.J. Kuzior capped a very good career at Marywood University in Scranton by leading the Atlantic East Conference in home runs this spring.

A Bulger native and Burgettstown graduate, Kuzior batted .349 with 13 doubles and seven home runs. He primarily played third base and was a designated hitter this spring.

An aviation major, Kuzior helped Marywood set the school’s single-season wins record with 26.

• Columbia second baseman Jack Kail was named first team All-Ivy League.

A McMurray native and Peters Township graduate, Kail was a unanimous first team choice for the second consecutive season.

Kail put together one of the top offensive seasons in the Ivy League. He finished the regular season batting .348 with 14 doubles, 37 RBI and a .477 slugging percentage in 36 games. He struck out only eight times in 155 at-bats, making him the second toughest batter to strike out in the NCAA. Kail ranked fourth in the Ivy League in batting average, second in hits (54) and second in doubles. He batted .360 with 10 doubles, a homer and 21 RBI in 21 Ivy League contests.

• Outfielder Chase Krewson finished his first season at Rutgers after transferring from Central Florida. The former South Fayette standout had a .264 batting average in his first season in the Big Ten.

Krewson hit six doubles, two triples and nine home runs and was successful on seven of nine stolen base attempts.

Krewson had a five-hit game at Kansas State in April and a pair of four-RBI games.

Softball

Central Connecticut State’s Kristina Bozek, a 2023 Trinity graduate, helped CCSU to the Northeast Conference tournament championship series.

The Blue Devils lost 5-4 in the championship game to Wagner. Bozek, a junior utility player, batted .444 in the conference championship series. She was 4-fo-9 with two walks and an RBI.

Bozek started in every game this season, playing the outfield during conference and weekend games and middle infield during mid-week contests. Bozek had 31 hits on the year with seven doubles, one triple and a home run. She batted .308 in conference play.