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Thiel senior point guard Devon Adams averages a league-best 4.87 assists per game.
 

TEAMS HEAD INTO THE FINAL FOUR WEEKS OF REG. SEASON (1/25/12)

PAC basketball heads into the final four weeks of the regular season and without any major changes in the standings. On the men’s side, PAC leader Thiel remained undefeated in league action, as the Tomcats defeated Washington & Jefferson 68-64. Bethany still remains one game back of Thiel, as the Bison improved to 9-1 in league action with a 71-54 road win over Geneva. Thomas More moved up to third place after topping Grove City 73-65. Westminster was victorious at home beating Waynesburg 72-55, while Saint Vincent had the night off. In women’s action, Jenn Cantella nailed a jumper as time expired to lift Westminster over Waynesburg 68-66. Bethany used a 20-5 run at the end of the first half and maintained control to secure a 66-43 win over Geneva. Washington & Jefferson defeated Thiel 66-51, while Thomas More was victorious over Grove City 66-52. Saint Vincent’s Emily Fenton eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for her career as the Bearcats rolled to a 74-45 win over Chatham. Complete men's basketball and women's basketball statistics are available online.

 

PAC HONORS 375 ON FALL 2011 ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL (1/25/12)
A total of 375 student-athletes have been named to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Academic Honor Roll for the Fall 2011 semester. The PAC Academic Honor Roll honors student-athletes on fall varsity sports teams who have earned a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.6 or higher on a 4.0 scale during their semester of competition. The Fall 2011 total represents a 4.5 percent increase from the Fall 2010 PAC Academic Honor Roll, which featured 359 honorees. Waynesburg University led the 10 league schools as 62 Yellow Jacket student-athletes earned PAC Academic Honor Roll laurels in the fall.

 

PAC WINTER RELEASES/STATS THROUGH JAN. 22 ONLINE (1/23/12)
PAC weekly press releases, featuring Players of the Week, for the winter sports of men's basketball, women's basketball, men's & women's swimming & diving and wrestling through contests of January 22 are now online. In addition, conference statistics for men's basketball and women's basketball are updated through the weekend.

 

BRENNAN, HAMM NAMED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETES (1/18/12)
The PAC announced today that junior soccer standout Abby Brennan of Chatham University and junior men's basketball player Ryan Hamm of Thomas More College have been named PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Scholar-Athletes of the Month for January, 2012.

 

EBERLE NAMED HEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH AT CHATHAM (1/11/12)
Chatham has hired Marc Eberle as its head women's volleyball coach. Eberle joined Chatham’s team as the assistant volleyball coach in the beginning of the 2011 school year. Eberle came to Chatham from fellow PAC member Saint Vincent College where he helped to form the Bearcat men’s club team. He then served as student assistant coach for the SVC women’s volleyball team in 2010.  The 2010 St. Vincent graduate is a native of Penn Hills, Pa., where he played volleyball for four years.

 

TMC'S OESWEIN GARNERS SECOND ALL-AMERICA HONOR (1/4/12)
Thomas More senior M Alex Oeswein earned his second All-American honor of the year last week as he was named to the D3soccer.com All-American Teams. Oeswein, who was named a second team All-American by the NSCAA in December, was named to the All-American Third Team by D3soccer.com. He led the team in scoring with 48 points on a team-high 20 goals and a team-high eight assists. Oeswein also recorded three hat tricks in 19 games played in 2011.

 

2011-12 WINTER SPORT COMPOSITE SCHEDULES RELEASED (10/26/11)

The 2011-12 winter composite schedules are now available online for men's basketball, women's basketball, men's and women's swimming & diving, and wrestling.

 

2011-12 PAC RELEASE ARCHIVE AVAILABLE
If you miss a week of PAC releases, you can find them in the 2011-12 PAC Release Archive. The archive also includes each PAC Football Podcast. Past years releases can also be found in the archive.


PAC NEWS ARCHIVE NOW AVAILABLE
You can catch up on PAC news from past years by going to the PAC News Archive pages
for 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.

 

D3Hoops.com (1/27)

Saint Vincent forging ahead
 

Post Gazette (1/27)

Another nice week
 

The Herald-Standard (1/27)

Sports Shorts

 

McKeesport Daily News (1/26)

Greater competition brings out best in Etzel
 

The Intelligencer (1/26)

Bethany Men, Women Sweep Geneva

 

Observer Reporter (1/26)

Small College Basketball

 

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (1/26)

Philbin a president

 

Observer Reporter (1/26)

Briefs: College wrestling

 

Post Gazette (1/26)

Sports Town: Alumni Update - David Dibenedetto
 

 

Newsstand Archive

PAC School Headlines

 

Friday, January 27, 2012

Women's Swimming & Diving

Chatham at California (PA) - 5 p.m.

 

 

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Men's Basketball

Saint Vincent at Grove City* - 3 p.m.

PAC Video Webcast

SVC Audio Webcast

GRO Live Stats

Westminster at Thiel* - 3 p.m.

THI Video Webcast

WES Audio Webcast

THI Live Stats

Geneva at Waynesburg* - 3:30 p.m.

WAY Video Webcast

WAY Audio Webcast

WAY Live Stats

Thomas More at Wash. & Jeff.* - 4 p.m.

W&J Preview

W&J Video Webcast

W&J Live Stats

 

Women's Basketball

Saint Vincent at Grove City* - 1 p.m.

PAC Video Webcast

SVC Audio Webcast

GRO Live Stats

Westminster at Thiel* - 1 p.m.

THI Video Webcast

WES Audio Webcast

THI Live Stats

Geneva at Waynesburg* - 1:30 p.m.

WAY Video Webcast

WAY Audio Webcast

WAY Live Stats

Chatham at Bethany* - 2 p.m.

BET Preview

BET Live Stats

Thomas More at Wash. & Jeff.* - 2 p.m.

W&J Preview

W&J Video Webcast

W&J Live Stats

 

Men's Swimming & Diving

Westminster at Saint Vincent* - 1 p.m.

Wooster at Grove City - 1 p.m.

GRO Live Results
Urbana at Bethany - 1 p.m.
Hiram at Wash. & Jeff. - 1 p.m.

Women's Swimming & Diving

Westminster at Saint Vincent* - 1 p.m.

Wooster at Grove City - 1 p.m.

GRO Live Results
Urbana at Bethany - 1 p.m.
Hiram at Wash. & Jeff. - 1 p.m.
Chatham at California (PA) - TBD

 

Wrestling

Wash. & Jeff. at Thiel Mel Berry Duals -10 a.m