https://bc3pioneers.com en-us https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/121925_Russo-_Robare_All_Americans Pioneers’ 9 awards in past 5 years second to only 3-time national champ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/121925_Russo-_Robare_All_Americans https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/11125_Vball_National_Championship_preview Third-seeded Pioneers (22-0) face New York squad in first round of tournament in Iowa Wed, 12 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/11125_Vball_National_Championship_preview https://bc3pioneers.com/sports/wvball/2025-26/releases/10-2025_Region_Player_of_the_Month Congratulations to the Region 20 October Players of the Month. The Region recognized six student-athletes from six member institutions for excellence on the field, court, and course during the month of October. Mon, 10 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/sports/wvball/2025-26/releases/10-2025_Region_Player_of_the_Month https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/110225_district_win Sun, 02 Nov 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/110225_district_win https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/110125_-_Vball_LiveStream NJCAA Mid-Atlantic District Championship - #4 BC3 vs. #2 Sandhills - Saturday, November 1 @ 1 PM https://www.youtube.com/live/B057K-L82K8 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/110125_-_Vball_LiveStream https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/102825_Vball_Advances_to_Districts Pioneers are 21-0 and one home victory away from national championship tournament berth Mon, 27 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/102825_Vball_Advances_to_Districts https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/101725_vball_19-0 Longtime head coach 3 wins shy of 500 with Pioneers Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/101725_vball_19-0 https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/101325_vball_18-0 Anora Robare and Sarah Lucas had career-high efforts in the first match and also led the Butler County Community College volleyball team in the second as the fifth-ranked Pioneers moved to 18-0 with victories Saturday against the College of Southern Maryland and Westmoreland County Community College in Youngwood. The Pioneers beat Southern Maryland (25-27) 25-20, 28-26 and 25-10; then Westmoreland 25-12, 25-12 and 25-13. Mon, 13 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/101325_vball_18-0 https://bc3pioneers.com/sports/wvball/2025-26/releases/9-2025_R20_Players_of_the_Month Congratulations to the Region 20 Players of the Month for August/September 2025. Region 20 recognized eight student-athletes from six member institutions. Thu, 09 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/sports/wvball/2025-26/releases/9-2025_R20_Players_of_the_Month https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/100825_vball_16-0 All-American Josie Russo and Dakota Weldon had nine kills each, Anora Robare 27 assists and Sarah Lucas nine digs as the fifth-ranked Butler County Community College volleyball team moved to 16-0 on Tuesday evening with its 15th sweep of the season. Molly Bissell added seven kills and with Robare seven digs each as the Pioneers topped Penn State Shenango 25-18, 25-21 and 25-17. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/100825_vball_16-0 https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/92825_Vball_recap_13-0 The Butler County Community College volleyball team for the first time this season had three players reach double digits in kills and setter Anora Robare had 34 assists and four service aces as the sixth-ranked Pioneers swept Pennsylvania Highlands Community College on Friday to move to 13-0. All-American middle hitter Josie Russo had 13 kills, Molly Bissell 11 and Dakota Weldon 10 as BC3 posted a 25-11, 25-8 and 25-13 victory in Johnstown. Summer Haney and Sarah Lucas led the Pioneers with eight digs each. Robare had seven and Bissell and Maeggie Wysocki six each. The sweep was BC3’s 12th in 2025 and 11th in a row. The Pioneers have held opponents to 16 or fewer points in 27 of the past 30 sets. They have not lost a set in 12 matches dating to Aug. 23. The Pioneers are ranked No. 6 among 86 National Junior College Athletic Association Division III programs. The program has been in the Top 15 in Division III in 31 of 35 polls dating to Oct. 4, 2021. Sun, 28 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/92825_Vball_recap_13-0 https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/92125_Pursuit_Recap Proceeds from runners, walkers and kids’ dashers, sponsors and donors benefit BC3’s intercollegiate athletics programs that have won 59 Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference and 29 National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Region 20 championships. BC3’s programs have qualified for national championship tournaments 13 times and produced 40 All-American awards. “I think the community is really proud of our athletics programs,” said Megan M. Coval, BC3’s president, “and has a great appreciation and admiration for how hard our student-athletes work. They are doing their best in the classroom and many of them have jobs. Then they go out there on the court or course and come home winners.” Sun, 21 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/92125_Pursuit_Recap https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/91925_VBall-sweep-ccac-11-wins Anora Robare tied a career high with five service aces and All-American Josie Russo reached double digits in kills for the fifth consecutive match as the seventh-ranked Butler County Community College volleyball team swept the Community College of Allegheny County on Wednesday and moved to 11-0 in 2025. Russo had 12 kills and Dakota Weldon nine, and Molly Bissell and Marissa Metzka added three service aces each as the Pioneers posted victories of 25-13, 25-9 and 25-12 in BC3’s Field House. The sweep was BC3’s 10th in 2025 and ninth in a row. The Pioneers have held opponents to 15 or fewer points in 21 of their past 24 matches. Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/91925_VBall-sweep-ccac-11-wins https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/91225-Volleyball_9-0 All-American Russo has 18 kills, career-high 15 digs in Pioneers' 8th sweep Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/91225-Volleyball_9-0 https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/091025_VBall_Sweeps_DuBois All-American middle hitter Josie Russo had 12 kills, setter Anora Robare 26 assists and defensive specialist Sara Lucas nine digs as the seventh-ranked Butler County Community College volleyball team moved to 8-0 on Tuesday by defeating Penn State DuBois 3-0. Outside hitter Dakota Weldon added seven kills and opposite hitter Emmy Fisher six service aces in the Pioneers’ 25-13, 25-15, 25-6 sweep, their seventh of the season. Fisher had eight digs and defensive specialist Maeggie Wysocki seven for BC3, ranked No. 7 among 86 National Junior College Athletic Association Division III programs for two consecutive weeks. Russo added three solo blocks and outside hitter Molly Bissell two for the Pioneers. Russo is second in Division III with 1.43 blocks per set, fourth in hitting percentage at .418 and eighth with 3.78 kills per set. Robare is sixth with 8.04 assists per set. The Pioneers are first in hitting percentage at .280 and third in blocks per set at 2.4 in Division III. Russo is a graduate of Freeport; Robare and Bissell, of Slippery Rock; Lucas, of Butler; Weldon, of Laurel; Fisher, of Seneca Valley; and Wysocki, of Apollo-Ridge. BC3 visits Penn State Greater Allegheny at 6 p.m. Thursday. Wed, 10 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/091025_VBall_Sweeps_DuBois https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/090825_volleyball_team_wins_pair_sept._6 Russo has 24 kills, Robare 63 assists as unbeaten Pioneers record sweeps Outside hitter Dakota Weldon had 11 kills in the first sweep and All-American middle hitter Josie Russo 16 in the second as the Butler County Community College volleyball team Saturday defended its jump to No. 7 nationally with two victories and began a third consecutive season with a 7-0 record. Setter Anora Robare had 26 assists in the Pioneers’ 25-23, 25-15, 25-11 win against Harrisburg Area Community College in the first match in BC3’s Field House. She had a career-high 37 in the second, a 25-15, 25-14, 29-27 victory against Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio, which represented the Pioneers’ sixth sweep of the season. Russo had eight kills in the first match, Robare and defensive specialist Marly Koleno each had 13 digs and outside hitter Molly Bissell eight. Koleno had a career-high 20 digs and Robare 12 in the second match, and Weldon and Bissell added seven kills each. Mon, 08 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/090825_volleyball_team_wins_pair_sept._6 https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/090325_No._7_Volleyball_team_5-0 The Butler County Community College volleyball team, which jumped to a No. 7 ranking in the latest National Junior College Athletic Association Division III poll, moved to 5-0 on Tuesday with its fourth sweep of the season. Dakota Weldon led BC3 with 12 kills, Anora Robare with 25 assists and Marly Koleno with a season-high 15 digs as BC3 topped Penn State Beaver 25-13, 25-13 and 25-12 in BC3’s Field House. Weldon is an outside hitter; Robare, a setter; and Koleno, a defensive specialist. Robare added nine digs and All-American middle hitter Josie Russo had six kills and five blocks. The Pioneers on Saturday host Harrisburg Area Community College at 11 a.m. and Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio, at 3 p.m. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/090325_No._7_Volleyball_team_5-0 https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/090125_BC3_volleyball_team_4-0 Dakota Weldon had 10 kills and All-American Josie Russo nine, and Molly Bissel recorded six service aces as the 10th-ranked Butler County Community College volleyball team moved to 4-0 on Friday with its third sweep of the season. Russo added a team-high seven digs and Anora Robare 27 assists as the Pioneers beat Pennsylvania Highlands Community College 25-8, 25-2 and 25-14 at BC3’s Field House. Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/090125_BC3_volleyball_team_4-0 https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/082725_BC3_volleyball_moves_to_3-0 Anora Robare had at least 20 assists for the 13th time as the Butler County Community College volleyball team’s setter and All-American middle hitter Josie Russo added 17 kills Tuesday as the 10th-ranked Pioneers recorded their second sweep of the season and moved to 3-0. Robare had 21 assists in the Pioneers’ 25-6, 25-20, 25-22 victory against Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, in BC3’s Field House. Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/082725_BC3_volleyball_moves_to_3-0 https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/082425_Vball_opens_season_with_2_wins All-American Josie Russo had a career-high 20 kills and nine blocks and Anora Robare tied a career-high with 31 assists in the second of two matches Saturday as the 10th-ranked Butler County Community College volleyball team opened its 2025 season with victories in BC3’s Field House. The Pioneers swept Erie Community College, Williamsville, N.Y., in the opener 25-11, 25-7 and 25-22, then defeated Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, Ohio, 25-18, 25-14, (27-29) and 27-25. BC3, which finished 25-2 and with its 20th consecutive winning record in 2024, was ranked No. 10 among 86 National Junior College Athletic Association Division III programs in the preseason. Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/082425_Vball_opens_season_with_2_wins https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/110912025 Two-time Pioneers all-star "had a blast" attending as kid, to assist in training sessions Thu, 09 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/110912025 https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/12-17-2024 “BC3 has such a great legacy. I’m really glad I am able to represent such a good volleyball school … “ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/12-17-2024 https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/10-23-2024 Pioneers ranked fourth among 87 programs in NJCAA Division III Wed, 23 Oct 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/10-23-2024 https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/9-18-2024_Pioneer_Pursuit Pioneer Pursuit draws 5K runners from six western PA counties Wed, 18 Sep 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/9-18-2024_Pioneer_Pursuit https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/08-22-24_Volleyball_Preview All-American, all-stars among Pioneers seeking titles, berth in nationals Thu, 22 Aug 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/08-22-24_Volleyball_Preview https://bc3pioneers.com/sports/wvball/2023-24/releases/12-5-2023_All_Americans Volleyball players Girvan, Hill earn prestigious postseason award Tue, 05 Dec 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/sports/wvball/2023-24/releases/12-5-2023_All_Americans https://bc3pioneers.com/sports/wvball/2023-24/releases/10-24-23_Region_20_Champs No. 15 Pioneers to host North Carolina squad Saturday for berth in national tournament Tue, 24 Oct 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/sports/wvball/2023-24/releases/10-24-23_Region_20_Champs https://bc3pioneers.com/sports/wvball/2023-24/releases/10-19-23_BC3_Region_Preview “We’re getting to the end of the season, and we have to kick it into high gear" Thu, 19 Oct 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/sports/wvball/2023-24/releases/10-19-23_BC3_Region_Preview https://bc3pioneers.com/sports/wvball/2023-24/releases/8-22-23_VB_Preseason_Preview “They’ve won so many championships,” incoming opposite hitter says of program Tue, 22 Aug 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://bc3pioneers.com/sports/wvball/2023-24/releases/8-22-23_VB_Preseason_Preview https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/Josie_Russo DIII Volleyball Josie Russo, Fr., MH, Butler County https://bc3pioneers.com/information/pioneerathleticsnews/releases/Josie_Russo