Women's Volleyball | 11/5/2026 4:40:00 PM

Scenarios chart linked right courtesy of R.A. Briggs, Grove City Sports Information

PAC Tournament Format
Tuesday, November 10 - Quarterfinals: 
Game A:  No. 8 at No. 1
Game B:  No. 7 at No. 2
Game C:  No. 6 at No. 3
Game D:  No. 5 at No. 4

Thursday, November 12 - Semifinals: 
Game E:  Winner Game A vs Winner Game D
Game F:  Winner Game B vs Winner Game C

Saturday, November 14 - Championship:
Game G:  Winner Game E vs Winner Game F
All contests to be hosted by higher seed

If there is a tie, the criteria for breaking a tie for seeding purposes is:
1) Match results: head-to-head;
2) Comparison of the match wins of the tied teams vs. the remaining PAC teams, beginning with the highest seed and stepping down until tie is broken;
3) Set record: head-to-head;
4) Set record: total PAC competition;
5) Point differential of match(es) between tied teams;
6) Point differential of total PAC matches;
7) Coin flip.
When three or more teams are tied, the same procedure shall be followed until any team emerges or is eliminated by the process. If any teams are still tied, the procedure will be repeated from the beginning until all teams are seeded.

Women's Volleyball Standings

Matches remaining
Nov. 6: Waynesburg at Geneva
Nov. 7: Thiel at Bethany, Allegheny at Saint Vincent, Westminster at Franciscan, W&J at Hiram, Grove City at Chatham

2026 PAC Women’s Volleyball Tournament scenarios

*There are six teams separated by one match for the #1-#6 seeds – three at 8-2 (Chatham, Hiram & Westminster) and three at 7-3 (Franciscan, Grove City and Thiel). Here are the 16 possible outcomes based on potential Saturday results in the four applicable matches:

WES d. FRA, GRO d. CHA, HIR d. W&J, THI d. BET
1. WES (9-2)  2. HIR (9-2)  3. GRO (8-3)  4. CHA (8-3)  5. THI (8-3)  6. FRA (7-4)
WES wins HTH vs. HIR; All three 8-3 teams are 1-1 combined HTH, GRO is #3 seed due to 1-0 vs. #1 WES while CHA/THI are both 0-1; CHA is then #4 via HTH vs. THI.

WES d. FRA, GRO d. CHA, HIR d. W&J, BET d. THI
1. WES (9-2)  2. HIR (9-2)  3. GRO (8-3)  4. CHA (8-3)  5. FRA (7-4)  6. THI (7-4)
All three ties broken by HTH tiebreaker

WES d. FRA, CHA d. GRO, HIR d. W&J, THI d. BET
1. WES (9-2)  2. HIR (9-2)  3. CHA (9-2)  4. THI (8-3)  5. GRO (7-4)  6. FRA (7-4)
WES wins combined HTH vs. CHA/HIR 2-0, HIR 1-1, CHA 0-2; GRO wins HTH tiebreaker over FRA

WES d. FRA, CHA d. GRO, HIR d. W&J, BET d. THI
1. WES (9-2)  2. HIR (9-2)  3. CHA (9-2)  4. GRO (7-4)  5. FRA (7-4)  6. THI (7-4)
WES wins combined HTH vs. CHA/HIR 2-0, HIR 1-1, CHA 0-2; All three 7-4 teams are 1-1 combined HTH, GRO is #4 seed due to 1-0 vs. #1 WES while FRA/THI are both 0-1; FRA is then #5 seed via HTH vs. THI.

WES d. FRA, GRO d. CHA, W&J d. HIR, THI d. BET
1. WES (9-2)  2. THI (8-3)  3. HIR (8-3)  4. GRO (8-3)  5. CHA (8-3)  6. FRA (7-4)
Four-way tie at 8-3 for seeds #2-#5 – combined HTH has HIR/THI at  2-1 and CHA/ GRO at 1-2; THI is #2 seed over HIR and GRO is #4 seed over CHA via HTH tiebreaker.

WES d. FRA, GRO d. CHA, W&J d. HIR, BET d. THI
1. WES (9-2)  2. HIR (8-3)  3. GRO (8-3)  4. CHA (8-3)   5. FRA (7-4)  6. THI (7-4)
Three-way tie at 8-3 broken by combined HTH – HIR 2-0, GRO 1-1, CHA 0-2. FRA is #5 seed via HTH tiebreaker over THI.

WES d. FRA, CHA d. GRO, W&J d. HIR, THI d. BET
1. WES (9-2)  2. CHA (9-2)  3. THI (8-3)  4. HIR (8-3)  5. GRO (7-4)  6. FRA (7-4)
All three ties broken by HTH tiebreaker

WES d. FRA, CHA d. GRO, W&J d. HIR, BET d. THI
1. WES (9-2)  2. CHA (9-2)  3. HIR (8-3)  4. GRO (7-4)  5. FRA (7-4)  6. THI (7-4)
WES wins HTH tiebreaker over CHA; Three-way tie at 7-4 has all teams 1-1 combined HTH, GRO is #4 seed due to 1-0 vs. #1 WES while FRA/THI are both 0-1; FRA then gets #5 seed via HTH vs. THI.

FRA d. WES, GRO d. CHA, HIR d. W&J, THI d. BET
1. HIR (9-2)  2. GRO (8-3)  3. WES (8-3)  4. CHA (8-3)  5. FRA (8-3)  6. THI (8-3)
A 5-way tie at 8-3 results in GCC being #2 seed and THI #6 via combined HTH – GRO 3-1, CHA/FRA/WES 2-2, THI 1-3; CHA/FRA/WES are all 1-1 combined HTH, so WES is #3 seed due to 1-0 HTH vs #1 HIR while CHA/FRA are 0-1; CHA is then #4 via HTH tiebreaker over #5 FRA.

FRA d. WES, GRO d. CHA, HIR d. W&J, BET d. THI
1. HIR (9-2)  2. GRO (8-3)  3. WES (8-3)  4. CHA (8-3)  5. FRA (8-3)  6. THI (7-4)
A 4-way tie at 8-3 results in GRO being #2 seed via combined HTH – GRO 3-0, CHA/FRA/WES all 1-2. CHA/FRA/WES are all 1-1 combined HTH, so WES is #3 seed due to 1-0 HTH vs #1 HIR while CHA/FRA are 0-1; CHA is then #4 via HTH tiebreaker over #5 FRA.

FRA d. WES, CHA d. GRO, HIR d. W&J, THI d. BET
1. HIR (9-2)  2. CHA (9-2)  3. FRA (8-3)  4. WES (8-3)  5. THI (8-3)  6. GRO (7-4)
HIR is top seed via HTH tiebreaker over CHA; FRA wins combined HTH tiebreaker – FRA 2-0, WES 1-1, THI 0-2.

FRA d. WES, CHA d. GRO, HIR d. W&J, BET d. THI
1. HIR (9-2)  2. CHA (9-2)  3. FRA (8-3)  4. WES (8-3)  5. THI (7-4)  6. GRO (7-4)
All three ties broken by HTH tiebreaker

FRA d. WES, GRO d. CHA, W&J d. HIR, THI d. BET
1. HIR (8-3)  2. GRO (8-3)  3. WES (8-3)  4. CHA (8-3)  5. FRA (8-3)  6. THI (8-3)
This scenario results in an incredible 6-way tie at 8-3. Combined HTH results in three teams 3-2 (GCC/HIR/WES) and three teams 2-3 (CHA/FRA/THI), so we separate the two groups into seeds #1-3 and #4-6 and start over. All three 3-2 teams are a combined 1-1 HTH, but we can break seeds #4-#6 by combined HTH – CHA 2-0, FRA 1-1, THI 0-2. We then move the top three against #4 CHA – all three teams are 1-0. We then move to top three against #5 FRA – GRO /HIR are 1-0 but WES is 0-1, so WES is #3 seed. HIR is then #1 and GRO #2 via HTH tiebreaker.

FRA d. WES, GRO d. CHA, W&J d. HIR, BET d. THI
1. HIR (8-3)  2. GRO (8-3)  3. WES (8-3)  4. CHA (8-3)  5. FRA (8-3)  6. THI (7-4)
A 5-way tie at 8-3 results in combined HTH of GRO /HIR at 3-1, WES at 2-2, CHA/FRA at 1-3 so WES is #3 seed. HIR wins HTH over GRO for #1 seed while CHA wins HTH over FRA for #4 seed.

FRA d. WES, CHA d. GRO, W&J d. HIR, THI d. BET
1. CHA (9-2)  2. FRA (8-3)  3. WES (8-3)  4. THI (8-3)  5. HIR (8-3)  6. GRO (7-4)
A 4-way tie at 8-3 results in combined HTH of 2-1 for FRA/WES and 1-2 for HIR/THI; FRA is then #2 seed over WES and THI is #4 seed over HIR via HTH tiebreaker.

FRA d. WES, CHA d. GRO, W&J d. HIR, BET d. THI
1. CHA (9-2)  2. WES (8-3)  3. HIR (8-3)  4. FRA (8-3)  5. THI (7-4)  6. GRO (7-4)
A 3-way tie at 8-3 results in all three teams being 1-1 combined HTH, so we move to record vs. #1 CHA – WES and HIR are 1-0 while FRA is 0-1 so FRA is #4 seed. WES is then #2 seed over HIR via HTH tiebreaker. THI is #5 seed over GRO via HTH tiebreaker.

* Allegheny (5-5) has clinched the #7 seed regardless of the results of Saturday’s matches. Even if Allegheny loses to Saint Vincent and W&J defeats Hiram, Allegheny holds the HTH tiebreaker over W&J.

* W&J (4-6) has clinched the #8 seed regardless of the results of Saturday’s matches. Even if W&J loses to Hiram, then win potential HTH and combined HTH tiebreakers against both Bethany and Saint Vincent.

*Bethany, Saint Vincent, Geneva and Waynesburg have all been eliminated from tournament eligibility regardless of the results of Saturday’s matches.