PAC HOOPS TRIO NAMED ACADEMIC
ALL-DISTRICT FIRST TEAM (2/2/12)
Three PAC basketball standouts (two female, one male) have been
selected to the
2012 Capital One Division III Academic All-District teams,
released today by the College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). On the
women's side, senior
Brittany Sedlock (4.0 GPA,
mathematics education) of Saint Vincent, the 2011 PAC Player of the
Year, was a first team selection in District IV. She was joined by
Thomas More junior standout
Allison Long
(3.92 GPA, secondary
education), who was tabbed to the first team in District II. The
lone men's representative was Thomas More senior
Daniel
Whelan (3.79 GPA, accounting), who also earned District II first
team laurels. All three players now move to the Division III
Academic All-America national ballot, with teams to be released
later this month.
PAC MEN'S RACE TIGHTENS AFTER TOP TWO TEAMS UPSET; WOMEN'S RACE
REMAINS KNOTTED FOLLOWING HOME WINS BY TMC, SVC (2/1/12)
It was Upset Wednesday in PAC men's basketball on February 1, as the
top two teams each suffered road losses to tighten the regular
season race at the top of the conference-standings. Saint Vincent
handed Thiel its first PAC loss of the season, as the Bearcats raced
to a 16-point halftime lead en route to a
78-64
home win over the Tomcats. However, second place Bethany could not
take advantage of the Thiel loss, as the Bison also fell on the road
at Thomas More,
68-57.
The men's game of the night saw Grove City break a 71-71 tie with 27
seconds to play on a three-pointer by freshman Mitch Marmelstein,
then hold on to win
76-74
at Geneva. Finally, Westminster snapped a 10-game losing streak to
Washington & Jefferson by virtue of a
73-60
home decision over the Presidents. Waynesburg had the night off. On
the women's side, 2011 NCAA tournament participants Thomas More and
Saint Vincent appear headed for a first-place showdown in Kentucky
on February 15, as both teams won handily in home contests. The
five-time defending PAC champion Saints rolled past visiting Bethany
85-52,
while the Bearcats had little trouble in an
80-49
decision over Thiel. Waynesburg solidified its hold on third place
via a
71-52 road decision at Chatham. Westminster posted its third
straight win with a
62-55
home victory over W&J, while Grove City bested Geneva in a
46-36
defensive struggle. Conference statistics for
men's basketball and
women's
basketball
through games of February 1 are now online.
NOCERA TO STEP DOWN AS WESTMINSTER BASEBALL
HEAD COACH FOLLOWING 2012 SEASON; MULLIGAN TABBED TO REPLACE
(2/1/12)
Westminster College
head baseball coach Carmen Nocera will step down
following the completion of the 2012 season after 13 years on the
coaching staff and will be replaced as head coach by current Titan
assistant coach Tim Mulligan. The Titan baseball team has
compiled a 228-221-1 record since Nocera has been in the dugout, as
Westminster has made the playoffs 10 of the last 13 years. In 2005,
Nocera coached the Titans to the PAC championship and was voted PAC
Coach of the Year. The 2012 season will make Mulligan's second year
on the staff as the team's pitching coach. He has also worked with
the Ohio Glaciers, Paramount Scouting Bureau, and the Brothers Class
"B" 18 & Under team in Youngstown, Ohio. Before coaching at
Westminster, Mulligan was the pitching coach at Canfield High School
in Ohio.
W&J TABS FAULK TO LEAD PRESIDENT TENNIS
PROGRAMS (1/31/12)
Washington &
Jefferson
has named Chris Faulk as the Presidents' head men's and
women's tennis coach. Faulk, who served as an assistant coach
for both teams last year, is a 2010 W&J graduate and a four-year
letterwinner for the men's tennis team. As a senior, Faulk became
just the third W&J student-athlete since 1989 to win PAC Player of
the Year honors by winning the No. 1 singles flight title. A
Washington, Pa., native, he is also a United States Professional
Tennis Registry certified instructor in the Peters Township Tennis
Association.
PAC
WINTER RELEASES/STATS THROUGH JAN. 29 ONLINE (1/30/12)
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 29 are now online. In addition,
conference statistics for men's
basketball and women's basketball
are updated through the weekend.
ORSTEIN EARNS 400TH SWIM/DIVE COACHING WIN AT W&J (1/28/12)
With a pair of non-conference victories over Hiram on Jan. 28,
Washington & Jefferson head swimming & diving coach
Mike Orstein earned his 400th victory as head coach of the
President program. Orstein, currently in his 24th season with
the Presidents, now boasts a 400-160-1 dual-meet record as the W&J
head coach. Overall, he owns a 460-185-2 record as a college head
coach (28 years).
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. |
