MORELAND, KUBIS NAMED MAY PAC SAAC SCHOLAR ATHLETES (5/17/12)
The PAC has announced that senior softball standout Kristen Moreland of Thiel College and junior baseball standout Brad Kubis  of Bethany College have been named PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Scholar-Athletes of the Month for May 2012.

W&J MEN'S GOLF PLACES 34TH AT NCAA D-III CHAMPIONSHIPS (5/16/12)
Washington & Jefferson finished in 34th place at the 2012 NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championship Tournament on May 16 at the Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. The Presidents missed the team cut for the final two rounds as the top 15 teams will advance to compete for the national title.  W&J shot a two-day score of 644 (316-328) in the 41-team, 210-golfer field.  The Presidents were led by sophomore PING All-Region honoree Colin Izzo, who tied for 82nd place in the individual standings after shooting 80-74-154. 

PAC BASEBALL TEAMS OPEN NCAA/ECAC POSTSEASON PLAY (5/16/12)
PAC baseball teams has a rough postseason start on May 16, as conference squads dropped three opening round tournament contests. At the NCAA Division III Tournament regional opening round in Marietta, Ohio, #5 Westminster dropped a 13-7 decision to #4 St. John Fisher, while #2 Washington & Jefferson was topped by #7 Manchester 13-3. Both teams are back in action on Thursday (May 17), with the Titans facing #8 seed La Roche in a 9:30 a.m. elimination game, while the Presidents will battle #6 seed Wooster in another elimination contest at 1 p.m. Finally, Waynesburg saw a furious ninth inning comeback fall just short as the Yellow Jackets dropped an 8-7 decision at Penn State-Behrend in the opening round of the 2012 ECAC Division III South Tournament in Erie. After trailing 8-2, WU plated five runners in the ninth and had the potential game-tying run on base before Behrend closed the win, ending the Yellow Jacket season at 22-19 overall.

W&J MEN, WESTMINSTER WOMEN WIN ALL-SPORTS TROPHIES (5/16/12)
The Washington & Jefferson College men and Westminster College women have each captured the 2011-12 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) All-Sports Trophies. The all-sports trophies are awarded annually to the schools which perform the best across the board in league competition. First-place finishes are worth 10 points (nine for men), second place is worth nine points (eight for men) ... last place is worth one point.

2012 ALL-PAC BASEBALL TEAMS RELEASED (5/15/12)
The 2012 All-PAC baseball teams and postseason award winners have been released. PAC tournament champion Westminster captured a pair of honors, as Titan senior 1B Tim Wiand was named 2012 PAC Most Valuable Player while veteran Westminster mentor Carmen Nocera was tabbed 2012 PAC Coach of the Year. 2012 PAC Pitcher of the Year laurels went to W&J senior David Trushel.

PAC PLACES FIVE ON 2012 NFCA ALL-REGION SOFTBALL TEAMS (5/15/12)
Five PAC standouts have been honored with selection to the 2012 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Central Region teams. Thomas More senior 1B Brittany Wegman and Bethany junior OF Maria Vallone were each tabbed to the first team, while the Geneva duo of senior P Julie DiLonardo and junior 2B Christina Fuqua were tabbed to the second team and Thiel freshman C Danielle Massengill was a third team honoree.

W&J MEN'S GOLF TO OPEN PLAY AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (5/15/12)
The Washington & Jefferson men's golf team will tee off at 10:20 a.m. Tuesday (May 15) to open play at the 2012 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships, taking place at the Mission Inn Resort at Howie-in-the-Hills, Fla. The PAC champion Presidents of head coach Sean Dove are paired with players from Illinois Wesleyan and LaGrange in the first two rounds, with Wednesday (May 16) tee times beginning at 8:40 a.m. After Wednesday's round, the 41-team field will be cut to the top 15 teams for play on Thursday-Friday.

WAYNESBURG BASEBALL SELECTED TO ECAC SOUTH TOURNEY (5/15/12)
The Waynesburg University baseball team has been selected to compete in the 2012 ECAC Division III South Tournament. The Yellow Jackets (22-18) of head coach Mike Humiston are seeded sixth in the seven-team, single elimination tournament and will open play on Wednesday (May 16) with a first round matchup at third-seeded Penn State-Behrend in Erie beginning at 2 p.m.

WALTERS RETIRES FROM GROVE CITY ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT (5/15/12)
Joe Walters, associate athletic director and head tennis coach at Grove City, will retire at the end of the 2011-12 academic year after 40 years of service to the College and its athletic department. Walters is finishing up his 40^th season as GCC’s head men’s tennis coach and his sixth overall season as head women’s tennis coach. He has served as associate athletic director and compliance coordinator since 1996 and currently holds the rank of professor of physical education. Walters also worked as an assistant football coach from 1972 to 1995 and directed intramurals at Grove City for over 30 years. Walters took over as head men’s tennis coach during the 1972-73 academic year and guided the Wolverines to a 358-137 record in 40 seasons. Grove City has won 22 consecutive PAC titles in men’s tennis. The conference has honored Walters as its Coach of the Year in each of the last seven seasons.

W&J, WESTMINSTER HEAD TO MARIETTA BASEBALL REGIONAL (5/14/12)
For just the second time in the history of the PAC, the conference has had a pair of teams qualify for the NCAA Division III Baseball playoffs in the same season. PAC regular season champion Washington & Jefferson (35-8) and PAC tournament champion Westminster (28-15) will compete in the eight-team, double-elimination 2012 NCAA Division III Great Lakes regional hosted by Marietta College at Don Schaly Stadium in Marietta, Ohio, beginning on Wednesday, May 16. The Titans are seeded fifth and will battle fourth-seed St. John Fisher (29-10) in an opening round contest at 9:30 a.m., while the Presidents are seeded second and will face seventh-seeded Manchester (25-19) in a first round game at 8 p.m. The complete tournament schedule is now online.

WESTMINSTER CAPTURES 2012 PAC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP (5/11/12)
The 2012 PAC Baseball Championship Tournament concluded on May 12 at Ross Memorial Park in Washington, Pa., with the second-seeded Westminster Titans posting a 6-0 shutout victory over top-seeded Washington & Jefferson in the title game. Westminster completed a perfect 3-0 run through the tournament to earn the school’s second PAC baseball title and first since the 2005 season under head coach Carmen Nocera. The championship win belonged to senior SP Vince Iosue, who fired a complete game shutout for the victory on the hill, scattering five hits while walking two and striking out three. With the victory, the Titans (28-15) set a new school record for wins in a season and earned the PAC's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division III Tournament, while W&J (35-8), which also set a new school mark for wins in 2012, is likely in line for one of 16 Pool C at-large berths for the tournament. The tournament field will be announced on Monday (May 14).

GROVE CITY TENNIS TEAMS SPLIT NCAA FIRST ROUND MATCHES (5/11/12)
The Grove City College men's & women's tennis teams each opened play in the 2012 NCAA Division III Tennis Championships on May 11. The GCC men had little problem advancing to the second round following a 5-0 blanking of Penn State-Harrisburg at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. With the win, Grove City advances to a second round matchup against Middlebury Saturday (May 12) at 2 p.m. Meanwhile, in Fredericksburg, Va., the Wolverine women saw their season come to an end following a 5-0 opening round defeat to host Mary Washington.

GENEVA ELIMINATED FROM NCAA D-III SOFTBALL REGIONAL (5/11/12)
Geneva softball suffered a pair of heartbreaking one-run losses at the 2012 NCAA D-III Softball Regional hosted by Alma College in Alma, Mich. The 2012 PAC Tournament champion GTs, seeded eighth, dropped a 6-5 decision to top seed Trine Thursday. Geneva was then eliminated Friday morning following a 3-2 setback to John Carroll to end the 2012 season at 30-19 overall.