GROVE CITY FALLS AT NCAA BASEBALL REGIONAL; W&J DIAMONDMEN ADVANCE IN ECAC SOUTH TOURNAMENT
PAC baseball teams went 1-1 in postseason competition on Wednesday, May 14. The PAC champion Grove City Wolverines opened the 2008 NCAA Division III Baseball Regional in Ithaca, N.Y., with a 10-1 loss to top-seeded Cortland State. GCC will now face Eastern Connecticut State in a loser's bracket game on Thursday (May 15) at 10 a.m. In other postseason action, Washington & Jefferson advanced to the semifinal round of the ECAC Division III South Region Tournament following a 9-2 home win over Pitt-Bradford. The Presidents now advance to face top-seeded Alvernia College in Reading, Pa., this Friday (May 16) at 3 p.m., with the winner advancing to the ECAC South title game Saturday at 10 a.m. W&J is the two-time defending ECAC D-III Soouth baseball champion.

WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON FINISHES TIED FOR 24TH AT
2008 NCAA DIVISION III MEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2008 PAC champion Washington & Jefferson men's golf team fired a 328-320-648 to finish in a tie for 24th place at the 2008 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship, at the Chateau Elan Resort in Braselton, Ga. Senior Mike Grasso paced the Presidents with an 83-73-156, finishing in a tie for 56th place. Hole-by-hole live stat coverage of the event is available online.

WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON MEN, WESTMINSTER WOMEN CAPTURE 2007-08 PAC ALL-SPORTS TROPHIES
The Washington & Jefferson College men and Westminster College women have captured the 2007-08 PAC All-Sports Trophies. The all-sports trophies are awarded annually to the schools which perform the best across the board in league competition. It is the fourth consecutive all-sports trophy win for the W&J men, while the Westminster women earned their second straight trophy.

2008 ALL-PAC BASEBALL TEAMS NOW ONLINE
The 2008 All-PAC Baseball teams and postseason award winners were announced on Monday, May 14. Grove City College swept the top honors, as Wolverine senior OF Brian Moran was named PAC Most Valuable Player while veteran GCC mentor Rob Skaricich was named PAC Coach of the Year.

W&J BASEBALL EARNS FOURTH STRAIGHT ECAC BID
For the fourth consecutive season, Washington & Jefferson College been selected to participate in the ECAC Division III Southern Baseball Championship Tournament. The Presidents (22-16-1) are the five-team tournament’s No. 4 seed and will host an opening-round contest on Wednesday. Fifth-seeded Pitt-Bradford (23-20) comes to W&J’s Ross Memorial Park for the game which is set to begin at 3:00 pm.

GROVE CITY BASEBALL SENT TO ITHACA FOR NCAA DIVISION III TOURNAMENT; WOLVERINES OPEN VS. CORTLAND STATE
The 2008 PAC champion Grove City baseball team will be the eighth seed in the New York region of the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament, hosted this week by Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y. The Wolverines (18-16) will open the eight-team, double-elimination tournament on Wednesday (May 14) against top-seeded Cortland State at 1:15 p.m.

GROVE CITY OUTLASTS THIEL 11-10 IN PAC BASEBALL TITLE GAME; WOLVERINES EARN FIRST-EVER AUTOMATIC BID
The second and final day of the 2008 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Baseball Championship Tournament on May 10 saw three thrilling finishes, culminating in fourth-seeded Grove City Wolverines capturing the title and the conference's first-ever automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament. All games took place at Marge Schott Stadium at the University of Cincinnati, due to Thomas More's on-campus graduation ceremonies. The Wolverines opened the day by edging third seed Thiel 4-3 in the winner's bracket final. The Tomcats rallied following the loss, eliminating top-seeded host Thomas More with a 10-7 win on a three-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth, setting up a rematch with GCC for the PAC crown. In a back-and-forth affair, the Wolverines closed out the title with a thrilling 11-10 victory, giving Grove City its first PAC baseball title since winning back-to-back championships in 2001 and 2002.

BETHANY SOFTBALL FINISHES NCAA REGIONAL WITH 2-2 RECORD, 3RD PLACE FINISH AFTER 2-1 LOSS TO ROCHESTER
The 2008 PAC champion Bethany Bison posted a 2-2 record and third-place finish out of eight teams at the NCAA Division III Softball Tournament Regional Tournament in Ithaca, N.Y. After posting wins over Rochester (2-0) on Thursday and Ramapo (5-1) on Friday, the Bison fell to top-seeded Ithaca (4-0) on Saturday before being eliminated from the tournament by Rochester (2-1) Sunday. The Bison concluded the season with a 24-23 overall record.

W&J SOFTBALL POSTS 2-1 RECORD AT ECAC DIVISION III SOUTH REGION TOURNAMENT; PRESIDENTS PLACE SECOND
The Washington & Jefferson softball team posted a 2-1 record over the weekend and placed second at the ECAC Division III South Region Tournament, hosted by the Presidents at Brooks Park on Saturday and Sunday (May 10-11). W&J, the second seed, opened the tournament with a 7-0 blanking of Lake Erie, before falling to top-seeded Misericordia 3-2 on Saturday. Sunday, the President topped Swarthmore 6-0 to advance to the championship game, which was rained out, giving the title to Misericordia.