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Grove City head men's basketball coach Steve Lamie is the NABC's Great Lakes Co-Coach of the Year. (Photo by Kevin Hanse)
 

GCC RELAY HIGHLIGHTS DAY TWO OF NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (3/18/10)
The Grove City women's swimming and diving team produced several outstanding efforts Thursday night in the second day of action at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of Minnesota. Grove City's 200 free relay squad earned All-America honors by placing seventh overall. The team of freshman Jenny Ryan, junior Lauren Baur, junior Sarah Page and freshman Angela Palumbo posted a school-record time of 1:35.35. Ryan's leadoff time of 24.04 is also the fastest 50-yard free time in program history. All three Westminster swimmers were off Thursday and return to action on Friday. The Grove City Day 2 recap is now online.

NABC HONORS GCC'S O'KEEFE, LAMIE FOR REGIONAL HONORS (3/18/10)
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) honored Grove City College head men's basketball coach Steve Lamie and senior center Andy O'Keefe in recognition of their respective efforts during the 2009-10 season. Lamie earned Great Lakes Co-Coach of the Year while O'Keefe is a First Team All-Great Lakes honoree.

W&J BASEBALL, TMC SOFTBALL LEAD PAC PRESEASON POLLS (3/18/10)
The Washington & Jefferson College baseball team and the Thomas More College softball squad have each been picked to repeat as champions of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), according to a preseason poll of the conference's head coaches.

WC'S LEHBERGER, GCC RELAY TEAM EARN ALL-AMERICA HONORS ON DAY 1 OF 2010 NCAA D-III SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS (3/17/10)
The first day of the 2010 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving National Championships in Minneapolis is in the books, with Westminster sophomore Caitlin Lehberger and the Grove City women's 200 medley relay team each earning All-America recognition. Lehberger placed fourth in the 200 individual medley with a school-record time of 2:04.15 to become the first-ever NCAA All-American for the Titans, and the first All-American women's swimmer overall at the school since 1993. The GCC women's 200 medley relay team, consisting of freshmen Jenny Ryan, Angela Palumbo, and Kaitlin Riesmeyer and junior Sarah Page placed 16th in that event with a time of 1:48.51 to earn CSCAA All-America recognition. Several other PAC swimmers competed on day one, with complete Grove City and Westminster recaps now online.

PECK, MCKEEHAN TABBED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETES (3/17/10)
Grove City's Michelle Peck and Thomas More's Daniel McKeehan were named PAC Scholar-Athletes of the Month for March by the conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Peck, a molecular biology major with a 3.74 GPA, is a senior member of the Wolverine soccer and golf teams. McKeehan, a business administration/economics major with a 4.0 GPA, is a senior member of the Saint basketball team.

FOUR FROM PAC NAMED ECAC BASKETBALL ALL-STARS (3/17/10)
The PAC has placed four conference basketball standouts on the 2009-10 ECAC Division III South All-Star teams for men's basketball and women's basketball. On the men's side, 2010 PAC MVP Andy O'Keefe was a first team honoree, while Westminster senior F Ryne Murray was a second team selection. Washington & Jefferson placed a pair of players on the women's squads, with 2010 PAC MVP Kennan Killeen earning first team recognition and teammate Maggie Gibson being tabbed to the third team.

SEVEN FROM PAC NAMED TO D3HOOPS.COM ALL-REGION TEAMS (3/16/10)
Seven PAC basketball standouts (four men, three women) have been named to the 2010 NCAA Division III All-Great Lakes Region Teams by the D3Hoops.com website. On the men's side, 2010 PAC MVP Andy O'Keefe of Grove City joins fellow seniors Daniel McKeehan of Thomas More and Joe Testa of Bethany on the second team, while Thiel freshman Blair Rozenblad was a third team honoree and was also tabbed as the Region Freshman of the Year. The women's slate saw 2010 PAC MVP Kennan Killeen of Washington & Jefferson earn second team recognition, while W&J senior teammate Maggie Gibson and Thomas More junior C Nicole Dickman were each named to the third team.

PAC ANNOUNCES 2009-10 TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDEES (3/16/10)
The PAC has announced the 2009-10 Winter PAC Team Sportsmanship Award winners. This award is sponsored by the members of the PAC Student-Athlete-Advisory Council (SAAC), in an effort to recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among the conference teams.

PAC SPRING RELEASES THROUGH MARCH 14 NOW ONLINE (3/15/10)
The PAC spring releases for the week ending March 14 in the sports of baseball, softball and men's tennis are now online. Conference statistics for baseball and softball will be available beginning next Monday, as will the first PAC track & field release.

2009-10 PAC RELEASE ARCHIVE AVAILABLE
If you miss a week of PAC releases, you can find them in the 2009-10 PAC Release Archive. The archive also includes each PAC Football Podcast. Past years releases can also be found in the archive.


PAC NEWS ARCHIVE NOW AVAILABLE
You can catch up on PAC news from past academic years by going to the PAC News Archive pages
for 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10.

 


Herald-Standard (3/19)
Waynesburg senior nominated for V Foundation award

Tribune Democrat (3/19)
Hawkins, Davitch, Iuzzolino head Hall of Fame class

My Valley Sports.com (3/19)
PAC Releases its Preseason Coaches' Polls

Lamie, O'Keefe honored by NABC

Four Grove City Swimmers Earn All-America
 

Newsstand Archive

PAC School Headlines
 

Thursday, March 18, 2010
Men's/Women's Swimming & Diving
NCAA D-III National Championships
Minneapolis, Minn.
Live Results - Live Video Webcast
 

Men's Basketball
NCCAA National Championship
(at Oakland City, Ind.) - First Round
#2 Mid-Continent 79, #7 Geneva 57

 

Baseball

Mt. St. Vincent 12, Bethany 2
Saint Vincent 6, Mount Aloysius 5 (9)
Mount Aloysius 6, Saint Vincent 5 (9)

Grove City 15, La Roche 8
Penn St.-Beaver 10, Geneva 2
Geneva 13, Penn State-Beaver 4

 

Softball

Bethany 5, New England 3

Ripon 4, Bethany 2
Point Park 5, Geneva 1
Geneva 10, Point Park 8 (8)
Penn State-Beaver 6, Grove City 3

Grove City 8, Penn State-Beaver 4

Wilmington 1, Thomas More 0 - Stats
Thomas More 2, Wilmington 1 - Stats

 

Men's Tennis

Grove City 9, Saint Vincent 0*

Wash. & Jeff. 5, Pitt-Greensburg 4

 

Friday, March 19, 2010
Men's/Women's Swimming & Diving
NCAA D-III National Championships
Minneapolis, Minn.
Live Results - Live Video Webcast
 

Men's Basketball
NCCAA National Championship
(at Oakland City, Ind.) - Second Round
Geneva vs. Mid-American Nazarene
- 1 p.m.

 

Baseball

Bethany vs. Delaware Valley (2) - 8:30 a.m.

PS-Behrend at Thomas More (2) - 1 p.m.
Penn State-Beaver at Geneva - 3:30 p.m.

 

Softball

Bethany vs. Messiah! – 9:30 a.m.

Bethany vs. Westfield State! – 1:30 p.m.

Saint Vincent at Penn State-Fayette – 2 p.m.

Penn State-New Kensington at Chatham