Field set for PAC Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament

Field set for PAC Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament

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2019 PAC Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament
Tuesday, Nov. 5
First Round
7 p.m. [M1] No. 6 Grove City at No. 3 Bethany Hummel Field House, Bethany, W.Va.
7 p.m. [M2] No. 5 Thiel at No. 4 Saint Vincent Robert S. Carey Student Center, Latrobe, Pa.
Thursday, Nov. 7
Semifinals
7 p.m. [M3] Winner No. 6 Grove City-No. 3 Bethany at No. 2 Geneva Metheny Fieldhouse, Beaver Falls, Pa.
7 p.m. [M4] Winner No. 5 Thiel-No. 4 Saint Vincent at No. 1 Westminster Memorial Field House, New Wilmington, Pa.
Saturday, Nov. 9
Title match
4 p.m. [M5] Winner of semifinal 1 vs. winner of semifinal 2 Hosted by highest-remaining seed

GREENVILLE, Pa. (pacathletics.org)--The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) announced the field for next week’s PAC Women’s Volleyball Championship Tournament following the completion of regular season play on Saturday evening.

Six teams will compete for the PAC title, with the winner of this year’s championship tournament receiving the league's automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Division III Championship the following week.

The tournament begins with a pair of first round matches Tuesday, followed by Thursday's semifinal round and Saturday's title match. 

Westminster College (24-6, 13-3 PAC), led by 27th-year head coach Tammy Swearingen, earned the top seed in the championship tournament for the second-straight season. The Titans have won three PAC titles (2002, 2007-08) since becoming eligible for the conference championship in 2002. Westminster played in the tournament’s title match in 2017 and 2018.

Geneva College (21-8, 12-4 PAC) and 20th-year head coach Wendy Smith enter the championship tournament as the number two seed. The Golden Tornadoes, making their ninth-straight appearance in the championship tournament since becoming a full Division III member in 2011, have advanced to the semifinal round in each of the last seven seasons. Geneva claimed the PAC title in 2011.

Bethany College (17-14, 12-4 PAC), led by 13th-year head coach Courtney Kline, claimed the program’s second PAC title in 2018. The Bison, the number three seed for the third-straight year, will be looking to make their ninth-straight appearance in the semifinal round. Last year, they were the first No. 3 seed to claim win the PAC title since 2013. Bethany has made four title match appearances in the last eight years. 

Saint Vincent College (15-17, 10-6 PAC) and 35th-year head coach Sue Hozak enters the championship tournament as the number four seed. The Bearcats are making their first tournament appearance since 2013. Saint Vincent has qualified for the championship tournament four times, advancing to the semifinal round in 2010.  

Thiel College (10-19, 9-7 PAC) and third-year head coach Tyler North are the number five seed in this year's championship tournament. Thiel, the No. 6 seed last fall, made its first appearance in the tournament since 2014. The Tomcats had made six-straight appearances in the tournament between 2007-12, playing in the title match three times (2009-10, 2012).

Grove City College (18-9, 8-8 PAC), led by first-year head coach Leo Sayles, captured the championship tournament’s sixth and final seed. The Wolverines have now earned a spot in the championship tournament for the sixth time in the last eight years. The Wolverines own a league-best nine PAC championships, last winning the title in 2001.  

Team selections for the Division III Championship are scheduled to be announced Monday, Nov. 11 at 12:30 p.m. with an online selection show available at ncaa.com. Regional action is slated to get underway Thursday-Sunday, Nov. 14-17.