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Final 2007 Standings
THREE PAC STANDOUTS NAMED TO
DIVISION III MID-ATLANTIC REGION TEAMS BY D3KICKS.COM
A trio of PAC men's soccer standouts were honored as members of
the
2007 NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Region Teams, selected by
D3Kicks.com. Junior F
Garry
Sheahan of Thomas More, the 2007 PAC Player of the Year, was
joined by Washington & Jefferson junior D
Ryan McDonald on
the All-Region second team, while Westminster senior M
Garrett
Horvath was a third team honoree.
TMC'S SHEAHAN NAMED TO NSCAA/adidas
2007 ALL-GREAT LAKES REGION SECOND TEAM
Thomas More junior F
Garry Sheahan,
the 2007 PAC Men's Soccer Player of the Year, has been tabbed to the
2007
NSCAA/adidas All-Great Lakes Region Second Team.
WAYNESBURG'S DAVIS
NAMED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE MONTH FOR 10/07
The PAC has named Waynesburg
men's soccer goalkeeper Brad Davis as
PAC Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee (SAAC) Male Scholar-Athlete of the Month for October,
2007.
2007 ALL-PAC SOCCER TEAMS ANNOUNCED
The 2007 All-PAC teams for men's
soccer and women's soccer were
announced on November 8. Thomas More swept the Player of the Year
awards, with junior Garry Sheahan capturing the men's honor
and sophomore Brittany Yeggy earning the women's honor. W&J
swept Coach of the Year recogntiion, with Ian McDonald
receiving the men's nod and Pete Curtis capturing the women's
laurel.
FOUR PAC TEAMS POST 11/7 POSTSEASON
WINS
The PAC had a very successful opening night in several fall
postseason tournaments on November 7, with four conference teams
earning playoff victories. In women's soccer, PAC champion
Westminster
advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs
with a 2-0 home shutout of Manhattanville.
Grove
City was also victorious in the opening round of the ECAC South
Region Tournament, as the top-seeded Wolverine kickers edged #8
Juniata at home 3-2. In men's soccer action, PAC champion Washington
& Jefferson
suffered a 1-0 home setback to Penn State-Behrend in the opening
round of the NCAA Division III playoffs. In a battle of PAC
opponents, Westminster
advanced to the semifinals of the ECAC South Region
Tournament with a 3-0 first round home shutout over Bethany.
Finally, the W&J volleyball team also advanced to the ECAC South
Region semifinals, as the fifth-seeded Presidents posted a 3-2 road
win at #4 Lebanon Valley. Westminster women's soccer now travels to
face unbeaten and #2 ranked Messiah (19-0) in a second round game
Saturday at 1 p.m. All ECAC semifinal matchups will be announced on
Thursday (11/8).
PAC PLACES THREE TEAMS IN
POSTSEASON
Three PAC men's soccer teams have been selected to compete in
the 2007 postseason. The
Washington & Jefferson men's soccer team is also at home Wednesday,
as
the Presidents (12-5-3) host Penn State-Behrend in an
NCAA first round contest at Alexandre Stadium beginning at 6
p.m. Two PAC teams also will
meet in ECAC men's soccer action, as Westminster hosts Bethany at
7:30 p.m. at Wilmington H.S. Stadium.
W&J CAPTURES PAC MEN'S SOCCER CROWN
Fall Championship Saturday in the PAC took place on November 3.
At the end of the day, Westminster College had captured PAC titles
in both volleyball and women's soccer, while Washington & Jefferson
College came away with the men's soccer crown. In volleyball,
the top-seeded Titans swept #2 Thomas More 3-0
for the program's first conference title since 2002. Following the
match, the 2007 All-PAC Volleyball Teams
were announced. In women's soccer, #4 seed W&J jumped out to a 1-0
lead midway through the second half, but #2 Westminster rallied to
tie the score 1-1. After two overtimes, the
Titans captured the conference crown via a 3-2 advantage in penalty
kicks. Finally in men's soccer, #2 Washington & Jefferson jumped
out to a 2-0 lead, then held tight after #4 Thomas More halved the
lead to come away with a 2-1 victory. All
three PAC champions now receive automatic bids to next week's NCAA
Division III playoffs.
ELLWANGER NAMED
ACADEMIC-ALL-DISTRICT
Westminster junior D Chris Ellwanger (3.68 GPA, physics)
has been named to the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic
All-District II College Division Men's Soccer second team, released
on Nov. 1 by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
GCC'S KERN AND W&J'S HODGINS HONORED
BY ECAC AS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Grove City forward Jake Kern was named Division III South
Offensive Player of the Week for Oct. 30. The freshman totaled nine
points in two wins for the Wolverines.
Washington & Jefferson's
Tyler Hodgins earned Division III South Defensive Player of the
Week honors for Oct. 30. The junior goalkeeper recorded eight saves
in two shutouts, including a shutout in upsetting Division II
Wheeling Jesuit.
PAC ANNOUNCES TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS
The PAC has released the
pairings for next week's championship tournaments in the sports
of men's & women's soccer and volleyball. Westminster is the top
seed in both volleyball and men's soccer, while Thomas More earned
the top seed in women's soccer.
GCC'S MANAHAN NAMED PAC SAAC
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER 2007
The PAC has selected Grove City senior soccer goalkeeper
Michael Manahan as
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Male Scholar-Athlete of
the Month for September, 2007.
W&J'S WILLIAMS NETS ECAC RECOGNITION
Washington & Jefferson senior backer Zach Williams was
named the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III South
Co-Defensive Player of the Week.
Williams led a
defense that held Geneva to only three shots on goal in a 2-1 win.
He headed in the lone goal off a corner kick in a 1-0 win over
Franciscan, while anchoring the defensive end that allowed no shots
on goal.
2007 PAC SOCCER SEASON KICKS OFF
THIS WEEK
November 4, 2006 was a day Westminster head men's & women's
soccer coach Girish Thakar will not soon forget. Playing on
the road as the lower seed in both the PAC men's & women's soccer
title matchups, Thakar led the Titan kickers to a pair of upsets and
two PAC championships, as the WC men won
4-3 at top-seeded Bethany before the
women captured a shootout victory after a scoreless regulation
at top-seeded Thomas More. As the 2007
men's & women's seasons
approach, several squads will be in the hunt for
the conference's first-ever automatic bid
to the NCAA playoffs in both sports. Read all about all 19 PAC
soccer programs in the 2007 PAC Men's
Soccer and Women's Soccer
previews.
HOGGARTH NAMED THIEL MEN'S SOCCER
COACH
Thiel College announced on July 30 that Andy Hoggarth
has been hired as the new Tomcat head men's soccer coach.
Hoggarth, a native of England who previously was an assistant coach
at Shenandoah University, replaces Kevin Wilhelm, who
resigned in June after four years in the position.
PAC EARNS NCAA MEN'S SOCCER BID FOR
2007
The PAC has been notified by the NCAA that the conference
has been awarded an automatic playoff bid
for NCAA Division III Championship playoffs in the fall sports
of football, men's & women's soccer and volleyball in 2007. It marks
the first automatic bid for the PAC in any sport since men's &
women's basketball in 1996-97.
THIEL MEN'S SOCCER COACH WILHELM
RESIGNS
Kevin Wilhelm
has resigned from his duties as the head men's soccer coach at
Thiel College. Wilhelm coached both the men's and women's soccer
programs for four seasons (2003-2006). A search for a replacement is
underway.
GROVE CITY RECEIVES DONATION
TOWARDS
NEW VARSITY SOCCER COMPLEX
Grove City College has
received donated funds from many alumni and friends to begin the
second phase of a new varsity sports complex. The improvements
to the the complex include a three-level press box and covered team
benches. The $180,000 project is estimated to last eight weeks
finishing around the end of May or early June, in time for the 2007
soccer season.
BETHANY NAMES ZAMBITO MEN'S
ASSISTANT
Bethany College athletic
director and head men’s soccer coach Kosmas Mouratidis named
Patrick Zambito associate head coach for the Bison men’s
soccer program. Zambito, a 1991 Bethany graduate, fills the open
position vacated when Barry Christmas assumed the
responsibilities of BC’s head women’s soccer coach earlier this
month.
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Washington & Jefferson won the PAC men's soccer championship on its home
turf, beating Thomas More in the title game, 2-1.
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2007 Players of the Week |
September 2
Offensive: Cory Borland, M, Thiel
GK/Defensive: Ryan McDonald, D, W&J
September 9
Offensive: Garry Sheahan, F, Thomas More
GK/Defensive: Coulter Lewis, D, Bethany
September 16
Offensive: Andrew Saporito, F, Westminster
GK/Defensive: Mike Codita, GK, Westminster
September 23
Offensive: Chris DeZarn, F, Thomas More
GK/Defensive: Chris Ellwanger, D, Westminster
September 30
Offensive: Aaron Osborne, F, Thomas More
GK/Defensive: Zach Williams, D, W&J
October 7
Offensive: Jason Straw, M, Bethany
GK/Defensive: Michael Manahan, GK, Grove City
October 14
Offensive: Chad Swisher, F, Thiel
GK/Defensive: Ryan McDonald, D, W&J
October 21
Offensive: Garrett Horvath, M, Westminster
GK/Defensive: Matt Koopman, GK, Thomas More
October 28
Offensive: Jake Kern, F, Grove City
GK/Defensive: Tyler Hodgins, GK, Wash. & Jeff. |
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Thiel
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