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The start of the
PAC Baseball Championship Tournament at Thomas More in
Crestview Hills, KY was postponed to Friday due to rain. |
FIRST DAY OF
2008 PAC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT WASHED OUT; THREE GAMES
FRIDAY
The opening day of the
2008 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Baseball Championship
Tournament on May 8 in Crestview Hills, Ky., saw both
scheduled games postponed due to rain. Because of the rainout, three
games will now be played Friday, with a schedule change. The
winner's bracket final (formerly Game C) has been moved to Saturday,
while the loser's bracket matchup (formerly Game D) will be played
tomorrow at 4 p.m. Here is the updated tournament schedule:
Friday, May 9 (at Crestview Hills, KY)
A - #4 Grove City vs. #1 Thomas More - 10 a.m.
B - #3 Thiel vs. #2 Westminster - 1 p.m.
C - Loser Game B vs. Loser Game B - 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 (times/site TBA)
D - Winner Game A vs. Winner Game B
E - Winner Game C vs. Loser Game D
F - Winner Game D vs. Winner Game E
Sunday, May 11 (at Crestview Hills, Ky. - time TBA)
G - if necessary
BETHANY OPENS NCAA D-III SOFTBALL REGIONAL
WITH 2-0 VICTORY OVER ROCHESTER; BISON PLAY FRIDAY AT 4 P.M.
The 2008 PAC champion Bethany Bison
opened play with a victory on
Thursday at the
NCAA
Division III Softball Tournament Regional Tournament in Ithaca,
N.Y. The sixth-seeded Bison opened the
eight-team, double-elimination tournament with
a 2-0 shutout victory over third-seeded Rochester in an opening
round contest. Senior P Heather Immesberger fired a two-hit
complete-game shutout in the victory, while freshman OF Chelsea
Butler rapped an RBI double for the Bison. Bethany will now play
#2 Ramapo tomorrow (Friday, May 9) at 4 p.m.
PAC SIX-PACK NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT SOFTBALL
Six PAC softball standouts have been named to the
2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II College
Division Softball teams, including four first team selections.
The four first teamers, who now advance to the Academic All-America
national ballot, are the W&J duo of senior OF Amanda Howard
and junior IF Valerie Schultz, Waynesburg junior P Autumn
Minor, and Bethany junior DP Kara O'Dell. Second team
honorees were senior C Abby Greiner and junior OF Rachael
Risbon, both from Grove City.
THIEL BASEBALL DUO NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
Thiel College junior outfielders
David Nypaver and Dan Morrison
were named to the
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II College Division
Baseball First Team, selected by
The College Sports Information Directors
of America (CoSIDA), on May 8. Both will now advance to the
Academic All-America national ballot.
THIEL'S SNYDER, GENEVA'S SUMNER NAMED PAC
SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETES OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL, 2008
The Presidents’ Athletic Conference has
named senior softball standout Leah Snyder of Thiel
College and junior baseball standout Derek Sumner of Geneva
College as its PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
Scholar-Athletes of the Month for April, 2008.
SEVEN PAC PLAYERS NAMED NFCA SOFTBALL
ALL-REGION
Seven players from PAC schools have been named to the
2008 NFCA Division III
All-Central Region Softball teams, released on May 6. The 2008
PAC MVP, senior OF
Amanda Howard of Washington & Jefferson,
was joined on the second team by W&J senior C
Hannah Schulz
and Grove City freshman P
Lauren Pennell.
Third team laurels
went to three players from 2008 PAC champion Bethany - senior P
Heather Immesberger, sophomore C/IF Bridgette Fauth and and freshman OF Chelsea Butler
- as
well as W&J junior P
Rebecca Nachreiner.
BETHANY HEADED
TO ITHACA FOR NCAA D-III SOFTBALL REGIONAL; BISON TO FACE ROCHESTER IN 1ST ROUND
The 2008 PAC champion Bethany Bison will compete at the
NCAA
Division III Softball Tournament Regional in Ithaca, N.Y., this
Thursday-Sunday, May 8-11, 2008. The sixth-seeded Bison will open
the
eight-team, double-elimination tournament when they face
third seed Rochester on Thursday at 2 p.m.
W&J TO HOST ECAC D-III SOUTH REGION SOFTBALL TOURNEY
Washington & Jefferson College will host the
2008 ECAC Division III South Region Softball Tournament this
weekend in Washington, Pa.. The Presidents
will host a four-team, double-elimination tournament on Saturday
and Sunday at Brooks Park. W&J (26-11) received the No. 2 seed and
will host the tournament over the weekend because top-seeded
Misericordia (32-12) is unable to host.
GENEVA'S PEARCE NAMED NCCAA ALL-AMERICAN
Geneva College junior softball standout Amy Pearce
has been named a first-team All-America and Eastern Regional Player
of the Year by the National Christian College Athletic
Association (NSCAA). Pearce and five Golden Tornado teammates were
also named to the NCCAA East Region First Team.
FINAL PAC BASEBALL RELEASE THROUGH MAY 4 ONLINE
The final PAC spring release in baseball
through games of May 4, 2008 are now online. Conference
statistics in both
baseball
and
softball through May 4 are also now online.
BETHANY CAPTURES 2008 PAC
SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP; ALL-PAC SOFTBALL TEAMS, HONOREES ANNOUNCED
The third-seeded Bethany Bison posted
a perfect 3-0 record to capture the league crown at the
2008 PAC
Softball Championship Tournament, which took place
May 2-3 at Brooks Park in Washington, Pa. The Bison of head coach
Jan Forsty, who advanced to the title with a pair of wins on
Friday, defeated fourth-seed Waynesburg
2-1 in the PAC title game. The
Yellow Jackets had reached the title game after posting a
3-2 upset of top-seeded Washington &
Jefferson earlier in the day. With the championship win, the Bison
have earned the PAC's first-ever automatic bid to the NCAA Division
III Championships, with pairings expected to be announced on Monday.
On Friday, the
2008
All-PAC Softball Teams
were announced. MVP honors went to Washington & Jefferson senior CF
Amanda Howard, while first-year W&J mentor Nicole Vitello
earned PAC Coach of the Year laurels.
W&J'S GEE, GROVE CITY'S MORAN
NAMED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETES OF THE MONTH FOR MARCH, 2008
The PAC has named senior women's track & field standout
Kelli Gee of Washington & Jefferson College and senior baseball standout
Brian Moran of Grove City College as its
PAC Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee (SAAC) Scholar-Athletes of the Month, for March,
2008.
W&J MEN, WESTMINSTER WOMEN
MAINTAIN LEADS
FOR 2007-08 PAC ALL-SPORTS TROPHIES THROUGH WINTER
The Washington & Jefferson College men and Westminster College
women remain in the lead following the completion of the winter sports
season in the race for 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.
2008 SPRING PAC COMPOSITE SCHEDULES
NOW ONLINE
Conference composite schedules in
baseball, softball,
men's & women's track & field,
men's & women's golf
and men's tennis are now online.
PAC NAMES 344 TO FALL 2007 ACADEMIC
HONOR ROLL
A record 344 student-athletes have been named to the
PAC Academic Honor Roll for the Fall 2007
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 344 honorees top last year's total of 261 athletes
named to the Fall 2006 honor roll, marking a 32 percent increase.
PAC UNVEILS SPORTSMANSHIP INITIATIVE FOR 2007-08
The Presidents' Athletic Conference is proud to join the
Division III Commissioners
Association and Division III conferences around the nation by
supporting the
PAC Sportsmanship Initiative in 2007-08. The conference
encourages all students and fans to Be Loud! Be Proud! Be
Positive! at PAC sporting events this year.
2007-08 PAC RELEASE ARCHIVE
AVAILABLE
If you miss a week of PAC releases,
you can find them in the
2007-08 PAC Release Archive. The
archive also includes each weekly PAC Football Audio Report.
Past years releases can
also be found in the archive.
PAC NEWS ARCHIVE NOW AVAILABLE
You can catch up on PAC news from throughout past academic years
by going to the PAC News Archive pages for
2005-06,
2006-07, and
2007-08.
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