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Final 2007 Standings
PAC PLACES SIX ON D3KICKS.COM TEAMS
A total of six PAC players, including three first team honorees,
have been named to the
2007 All-Great Lakes Region Women's Soccer teams by the
D3Kicks.com website. The three
first teamers are senior D
Brittany McKee of Westminster, freshman M
Emily Ostlund
of Grove City, and sophomore F
Brittany
Yeggy of Thomas More. Junior M
Christina Adams of Westminster was tabbed to the second
team, while freshman D
Angie
Kersting of Thomas More and junior D
Kristin Colley
of Grove City each captured third team laurels.
PAC PLACES RECORD EIGHT PLAYERS ON 2007 NSCAA/adidas ALL-GREAT LAKES REGION TEAMS
The PAC has placed a record eight conference women's soccer
players on the
2007
NSCAA/adidas All-Great Lakes Region Teams. Leading the way were
three first team selections who now move on to All-America
consideration: 2007 PAC Player of the Year and sophomore F
Brittany Yeggy of Thomas More, senior D
Brittany McKee of Westminster and freshman M
Emily Ostlund of Grove City. Second team recognition went to
the Grove City duo of junior GK
Kristin Colley and junior F
Stephanie Wild, along with Westminster senior F
Mallory Bugel. Earning third team honors was freshman D
Angie Kersting of Thomas More and junior M
Christina Adams of Westminster.
FLOWERS NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN
Grove City College senior women's soccer player Alix Flowers
earned Third Team Academic All-America honors from ESPN The
Magazine and the College Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA) on November 20 through voting by a panel of sports
information directors nationwide.
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.
PAC PLACES TWO TEAMS IN
POSTSEASON
Two PAC women's soccer teams have been selected to compete in
the 2007 postseason. The
Westminster women's soccer team (14-4-3) is home against
Manhattanville (7-11-3) Wednesday at 1 p.m., with
the winner advancing to a weekend matchup at Messiah (19-0). In
addition,
Grove City (15-3-1) is the top seed in an eight-team field in
the ECAC Division III South Tournament and
will have home field advantage throughout. The Wolverines host #8
Juniata in a first round game Wednesday at 2 p.m.
WESTMINSTER CAPTURES 2007 PAC
TITLE
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.
PAC PLACES SEVEN ON ACADEMIC
ALL-DISTRICT COLLEGE DIVISION WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAMS
A total of seven PAC women's soccer players have been named to
the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II College
Division Women's Soccer teams, released on Nov. 1 by the College
Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Three players -
Waynesburg senior GK Amy Mills (3.70 GPA, forensic science),
Grove City senior D Alix Flowers (3.95 GPA, Christian
thought) and Westminster senior F Mallory Bugel (3.71 GPA,
biochemistry) - were first team selections and now advance to the
Academic All-America national ballot. Westminster senior M Kait
Etzel-Hardman (3.86 GPA, elementary education) was a second team
selection, while third team honors went to junior GK Bethany
Preston (3.43, music/secondary education) and sophomore F
Lauren Woodring (3.93 GPA, mathematics/education) of Grove City
and junior D Megan Ferderber (3.83 GPA, economics) of W&J.
W&J WOMEN'S SOCCER SHOCKS TOP SEED
THOMAS MORE; WESTMINSTER ALSO WINS
The 2007 PAC Women's Soccer Championship Tournament got
underway on campus sites on Tuesday, October 30. The shocker of the
day took place in Kentucky, as #4 seed Washington & Jefferson scored
off a corner kick with nine minutes to play to stun top seeded
Thomas More 1-0. W&J will now advance to face #2 seed Westminster on
Saturday for the PAC title, as the Titans defeated #3 Grove City 2-1
in the other semifinal. The time for the
women's soccer championship contest at
Westminster on Saturday will be announced and posted here on
Wednesday night.
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.
WAYNESBURG'S BROWN, SAINT VINCENT'S
GROTH RECEIVE NATIONAL
HONORS
Waynesburg freshman Brittany Brown was named ECAC Division III
Women's Soccer Co-Offensive Player of the Week. Brown scored a goal
in a 6-0 Yellow Jacket victory over Thiel and also scored the game
winning goal against Geneva in a 2-1 win.
Saint Vincent women's soccer player Adrianne Groth was named
to the D3kicks.com Team of the Week. The junior had three goals
and an assist in the Lady Bearcats' 2-0 week.
For the season, Groth has scored a team leading five goals to go
along with her 13 points.
WESTMINSTER'S MCKEE NAMED PAC SAAC
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE MONTH FOR 9/07
The PAC has selected Westminster senior soccer defender
Brittany McKee as
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Female Scholar-Athlete of
the Month for September, 2007.
GROVE CITY'S PRESTON EARNS ECAC
LAURELS
Grove
City junior goalkeeper Bethany Preston was named the
Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III South Defensive
Player of the Week. Preston
posted a pair of shutouts over Baldwin-Wallace (1-0) and Bethany
(3-0). Against Baldwin-Wallace, she made 11 saves.
She was also named this week's PAC Women's Goalkeeper/Defensive
Player of the Week.
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.
GENEVA HIRES SUMNER AS HEAD COACH
Geneva College
has
hired Linda Sumner as head women's soccer coach,
replacing Leta Gramlich. Sumner, a 1991 Geneva graduate, was
a four-year starter for the Golden Tornadoes who earned NAIA
All-American honors and finished her career as the program's
all-time leading scorer. She is the wife of Geneva baseball coach
Alan Sumner.
PAC EARNS 2007 NCAA WOMEN'S SOCCER
BID
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.
W&J TABS CURTIS AS NEW HEAD COACH
Washington & Jefferson announced on July 3 that Pete Curtis
has been hired as the school’s new head women’s soccer coach.
Curtis replaces Melissa Joseph, who resigned in June to
become the new head coach at Mount Union College. Curtis has been
coaching collegiate soccer for 16 years, including head coaching
stints at all three NCAA divisions. Most recently, he served as the
head men’s soccer coach at Division I Cleveland State for six
seasons.
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.
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Westminster edged W&J
3-2 on penalty kicks to break a 1-1 double OT tie and capture the
2007 PAC women's soccer title on November 3.
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2007 Players of the Week |
September 2
Offensive: Brittany Yeggy, F, Thomas More
GK/Defensive: Jill Harry, GK, Thiel
September 9
Offensive: Danielle Danhires, MF, Waynesburg
GK/Defensive: Courtney Sicher, B, Grove City
September 16
Offensive: Brittany Yeggy, F, Thomas More
GK/Defensive: Lindsey Mellott, GK, Westminster
September 23
Offensive: Emily Ostlund, F, Grove City
GK/Defensive: Jess Alloggia, GK, Bethany
September 30
Offensive: Brittany Yeggy, F, Thomas More
GK/Defensive: Bethany Preston, GK, Grove City
October 7
Offensive: Christina Adams, M, Westminster
GK/Defensive: Brittany McKee, D, Westminster
October 14
Offensive: Brittney Brown, F, Waynesburg
GK/Defensive:
Amy Mills,
GK, Waynesburg
October 21
Offensive: Brittany Yeggy, F, Thomas More
GK/Defensive: Jill Harry, GK, Thiel
October 28
Offensive: Marie Majkut, F, Washington &
Jefferson
GK/Defensive: Theresa Heberling, GK, Thomas More |
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