GREENVILLE, Pa. (pacathletics.org)--Third-seeded Washington & Jefferson College earned a 2-1 victory over No. 4 Westminster College Friday night in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Men's Soccer Championship Tournament title match at Alexandre Stadium in Washington. 

The PAC championship is the second-straight for W&J and is the program's fifth overall. The Presidents also won back-to-back conference titles in 2003-04. 

Friday night's match was the first time since 2010 that the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds will play for the PAC championship. 
 

Saturday, April 29

PAC Championship Tournament [Title game] No. 4 Westminster at No. 3 W&J Alexandre Stadium--Washington, Pa.

Result: W&J 2, Westminster 1 Box score

Westminster (5-5-1) took the lead in the 15th minute when junior Tyler Caterino (Monessen, Pa. | Monessen) received a pass from sophomore Payton Goodwin (Pittsburgh, Pa. | Plum) in the box off a deflection from a free kick... W&J (8-2-1) evened the match at 1-1 in the 43rd minute when junior Thomas Einolf (Carlisle, Pa. | Middletown) tallied an unassisted goal in the 43rd minute... In the 81st minute freshman Jayden Da (Rockville, Md. | Richard Mongomery) drew a foul to gain a free kick opportunity for W&J... Junior Joey Feola (Carnegie, Pa. | Central Catholic) chipped a ball into the box that sophomore Zach Bowser (Beaver, Pa. | Beaver) delivered with a header for the game-winner... W&J junior Samuel Miller (Lewisburg, Pa. | Lewisburg) made six saves in the victory... Westminster sophomore Jad Jadallah (Canfield, Ohio | Canfield) had two saves in the loss... Westminster finished with a 23-11 advantage in shots (7-4 on-goal)... Westminster also had an 8-1 edge in corner kicks.

 

Tuesday, April 27

PAC Championship Tournament [Semifinal 1] No. 4 Westminster at No. 1 Geneva Reeves Field--Beaver Falls, Pa.

Result: Westminster 1, Geneva 1 (2OT); Westminster wins in penalty kicks 7-6 (8 rds.) Box score

Westminster and Geneva went to penalty kicks in the semifinal round for the second-straight year... Tuesday was the first championship tournament match to go beyond five rounds of penalty kicks since 2012... Westminster most recently appeared in the league's title match in 2018, claiming its fifth PAC championship with a 1-0 win over top-seeded Grove City... Junior Sam Accordino (Canfield, Ohio | Canfield) staked Westminster to 1-0 lead with a goal in the 16th minute... Geneva senior Zach O'Connor (Darlington, Pa. | Blackhawk) scored off of an assist from freshman Carnel Kerr (Flankers, Jamaica | Carlynton) in the 34th minute to even the match at 1-1... Tied 4-4 after four rounds of penalty kicks, both teams missed in the fifth round... Junior Nate Taylor's (Pittsburgh, Pa. | Keystone Oaks) eighth-round conversion secured the win for Westminster... Westminster sophomore Jad Jadallah (Canfield, Ohio | Canfield) had one save in 110 minutes... Sophomore Gabe Kemp (Normalville, Pa. | Connellsville) made seven saves in 110 minutes for Geneva... Westminster owned a 23-8 advantage in shots (9-2 on-goal) and held a 10-5 edge in corner kicks.

 

Tuesday, April 27

PAC Championship Tournament [Semifinal 2] No. 3 W&J at No. 2 Grove City Don Lyle Field--Grove City, Pa.

Result: W&J 2, Grove City 1 Box score

W&J earned its second-straight trip to the championship tournament's title match with Tuesday's semifinal win... Tuesday was W&J's second-straight year defeating Grove City in the semifinal round... The Presidents won last year's title, their first PAC championship since 2007... W&J senior Jake Fetterman (Pottstown, Pa. | The Hill School) scored off of an assist from freshman Jayden Da (Rockville, Md. | Richard Montgomery) in the 52nd minute... Da netted the game-winner in the 74th minute... Grove City junior Bryce Deaven (Newport, Pa. | Greenwood) scored off of an assist from junior Drew Yun (Roseburg, Ore. | Roseburg) in the 90th minute... Junior Samuel Miller (Lewisburg, Pa. | Lewisburg) had a pair of saves for W&J... Junior Luke Greenway (Penn Hills, Pa. | Penn Hills) made for saves for Grove City... W&J finished with an 11-7 edge in shots (6-3 on-goal)... Both teams finished with three corner kicks each.