W&J women claim first-ever tennis title

W&J women claim first-ever tennis title

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All-Tournament team
GREENSBURG, Pa. (pacathletics.org)--Second-seeded Washington & Jefferson College earned a 5-3 victory over top-seeded Grove City College Saturday afternoon in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Women’s Tennis Championship Tournament title match.

Saturday's championship match was played at Greensburg Racquet Club (Greensburg, Pa.).

W&J senior Caitlin Shellhamer (Birdsboro, Pa. | Daniel Boone) secured the match-deciding win, defeating Grove City freshman Logan Fuss (Grove City, Pa. | Grove City) 6-3, 6-2 at No. 5 singles. 

The league title was W&J's first. Grove City has a PAC-best 30 conference titles. 

This was the second year the PAC Championship Tournament used a team format. The league had previously sponsored a flighted championship, with individual players and doubles pairings exclusively seeded and not based on a team's regular-season finish, since supporting a full complement of women’s sports (1985-2017).

With Saturday's win, W&J secured the PAC’s automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Division III Championships. Team selections for the NCAA Division III Championships will be announced on Monday, May 4 with first, second and third rounds scheduled for Friday-Sunday, May 8-10.
 
2019 PAC Women's Tennis Championship Tournament
Monday, October 21
Quarterfinal start times tentative
4 pm. Quarterfinal (3) Westminster 9, (6) Thiel 0 New Wilmington, Pa.
Tuesday, October 22
Quarterfinal start times tentative
4 p.m. Quarterfinal (1) Grove City 9, (8) Waynesburg 0 Grove City, Pa.
5:30 p.m. Quarterfinal (2) W&J 9, (7) Bethany 0 Washington, Pa.
Wednesday, October 23
Quarterfinal start times tentative
5:30 p.m. Quarterfinal (4) Geneva 6, (5) Saint Vincent 0 Beaver Falls, Pa.
Friday, October 25
1 p.m. Semifinal (1) (1) Grove City 5, (4) Geneva 0 Washington, Pa.
4 p.m. Semifinal (2) (2) W&J 5, (3) Westminster 3 Washington, Pa.
Saturday, October 26
3 p.m. Championship (2) W&J 5, (1) Grove City 3 Greensburg, Pa.