NOCERA TO STEP DOWN AS WESTMINSTER COACH AFTER 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.

PAC AWARDS TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP HONORS (5/26/11)
The PAC has announced the 2011 Spring PAC Team Sportsmanship Award winners. The sportsmanship awards are sponsored by the members of the PAC Student-Athlete-Advisory Council (SAAC), in an effort to recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among the conference teams. The SAAC is a committee comprised of student-athletes from each member institution assembled to provide insight on the student-athlete experience.

THOMAS MORE DUO NAMED ALL-AMERICANS; SEVEN FROM PAC LAUDED WITH ABCA ALL-REGION LAURELS (5/25/11)
Junior 1B Andrew Thole and sophomore SS David Kennett of PAC champion Thomas More College have each been honored with selection to the 2011 D3Baseball.com All-America teams, with Thole earning first team honors and Kennett being tabbed to the second team. In addition, both players joined four others from the PAC on the ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Region baseball teams. Thole was the lone first team selection from the conference, while the Saint duo of freshman 2B Jason Handley and senior 3B Sam Schmeltzer each garnered second team laurels. Kennett was joined on the third team by Westminster junior 1B Tim Wiand and Grove City senior P Cory Metcalf. Washington & Jefferson junior P Dave Trushel was the lone conference selection to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Region Gold Glove team.

GROVE CITY'S PATTERSON, THOMAS MORE'S SCHMELTZER NAMED BASEBALL ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS (5/24/11)
A pair of PAC baseball standouts have been honored with inclusion into the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America College Division Baseball teams, released today by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Leading the way was Grove City senior second baseman Andrew Patterson, who earned first team recognition. Patterson, who recently graduated from Grove City with a 3.96 cumulative grade-point average (GPA) majoring in molecular biology, became just the third Academic All-American baseball player in GCC history. He was joined by Thomas More senior third baseman Sam Schmeltzer, who was named to the third team. Schmeltzer, who boasts a 3.53 cumulative GPA majoring in biology, becomes the fourth Academic All-American diamond standout for the Saints in the past three years.

GROVE CITY CAPTURES ECAC D-III SOUTH TITLE (5/22/11)
The fourth-seeded Grove City College baseball team went 3-0 this weekend to capture the championship of the 2011 ECAC Division III South Region Baseball Tournament at Neumann University. After opening with a 14-7 victory over fifth-seeded Medaille on Saturday, the Wolverines secured the title with a 5-0 blanking of the top-seeded host school followed by a 3-1 decision over second-seeded Penn State-Behrend in the title tilt on Sunday. The GCC diamondmen finished the 2011 season at 25-16 overall.

TMC POSTS 1-2 MARK AT NCAA D-III REGIONAL (5/21/11)
The 2011 PAC champion Thomas More baseball team posted a 1-2 record to finish as a regional semifinalist at the NCAA Division III Baseball Central Regional in Bloomington, Ill. After opening with a narrow 3-2 loss to the host school and defending NCAA D-III national champion Illinois Wesleyan, the TMC diamondmen stayed alive following a 5-3 decision against Ripon before being eliminated following a 10-4 defeat to Carthage. Thomas More finished the 2011 campaign at 29-9 overall.

2011 ALL-PAC BASEBALL TEAMS ANNOUNCED (5/17/11)
The 2011 All-PAC Baseball Teams have been released. PAC champion Thomas More took two of the three major awards, as TMC junior 1B Andrew Thole was named Player of the Year while veteran Saint mentor Jeff Hetzer was tabbed Coach of the Year. PAC Pitcher of the Year laurels went to Grove City senior Cory Metcalf.

TMC ASSIGNED TO NCAA D-III CENTRAL REGIONAL (5/16/11)
The 2011 PAC champion Thomas More baseball team will be the third seed in the six-team Central Regional of the 2011 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship. The Saint diamondmen (28-7) will open postseason play on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.  facing host and defending NCAA Division III national champion Illinois Wesleyan (26-16) in the opening round of the double-elimination tournament. The Central Region champion will advance to the D-III Baseball National Championship at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wisconsin, May 27-31.

GROVE CITY EARNS ECAC SOUTH PLAYOFF BID (5/16/11)
The Grove City College baseball team has received an invitation to compete in the 2011 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Championship Tournament. The Wolverines (22-16) are the fourth seed in the six-team tournament and will face fifth-seeded Medaille (22-15) Saturday at 1 p.m. in the quarterfinals at top-seeded Neumann University. Grove City is making its second straight appearance in the ECAC South Championship Tournament, as the Wolverines fell at La Roche in the 2010 quarterfinals. It is Grove City's third postseason berth in the last four years.

THOMAS MORE WINS 2011 PAC CHAMPIONSHIP (5/14/11)
#3 seed Thomas More captured its second straight conference baseball title at the 2011 PAC Baseball Championship Saturday at Cene Park in Struthers, Ohio. The Saints topped #4 Westminster 9-1 in the title game, after the Titans eliminated #1 Grove City 8-4 in the play-in game. With the victory, the Saints have earned the PAC's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division III Baseball Championships beginning next week.

DEFENDING CHAMPION THOMAS MORE CAPTURES PAIR, ADVANCES TO TITLE GAME OF PAC TOURNAMENT (5/14/11)
The 2011 PAC Baseball Tournament got underway one day late due to rain on Friday (May 13) with four contests at Bob Cene Park in Struthers, Ohio. Lower seeds posted wins in the two opening round games, as #4 Westminster upset #1 Grove City 12-3 in Game A, while #3 Thomas More outlasted #2 Washington & Jefferson 10-5 in Game B. The defending PAC champion Saints then advanced to the title game via an 11-4 Game C victory against Westminster, while Grove City eliminated W&J from the tournament with an 8-5 decision in Game D. Play begins Saturday at 10 a.m. with Game E, as Grove City and Westminster face off again with the winner advancing to take on Thomas More for the PAC title in Game F at 1 p.m.

GROVE CITY EARNS TOP SEED FOR PAC TOURNAMENT; GCC TO HOST 2011 TOURNEY AT CENE PARK  (5/10/11)
Grove City College has earned the top seed and will serve as the host institution for the 2011 PAC Baseball Championship Tournament, scheduled for this Thursday-Saturday (May 12-14). Due to Grove City's on-campus Commencement exercises, the Wolverines will host the three-day, double-elimination tournament at Bob Cene Park in Struthers, Ohio. GCC (21-14, 16-5 PAC), led by veteran head coach Rob Skaricich, finished in a three-way tie for the PAC regular season title with second seed Washington & Jefferson (19-18, 15- 6 PAC) and third seed Thomas More (25-7, 15-6 PAC). The Wolverines earned the top seed based on combined head-to-head record tiebreaker between the three schools (GRO 4-2, W&J 3-3, TMC 2-4). Fourth seed Westminster (23-14, 10-11 PAC) rounds out the participants. The complete tournament schedule is now online.

TEN FROM PAC NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT (5/5/11)
A total of 10 PAC baseballl student-athletes have been honored with selection to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-District College Division Baseball teams. Leading the way for the conference were three first team selections who now advance to the Academic All-America national ballot in W&J senior P Pat Kennedy (3.93 cumulative grade-point average, chemistry) and Grove City senior IF Andrew Patterson (3.96 GPA, molecular biology) in District II, as well as Thomas More senior IF Sam Schmeltzer (3.53, biology) in District IV. The PAC dominated the District II second team, with seven of the team's 13 players hailing from the conference. PAC honorees included Grove City senior C Marcus Magister (3.49, molecular biology), the Bethany duo of senior IF Eric Fudala (3.71, business administration) and sophomore IF Brad Kubis (3.54, biology), Waynesburg sophomore P Anthony Longo (3.52, wellness/physiology), Westminster senior OF Rick DeBlasio (3.37, political science), W&J senior OF Andy Trettel (3.79, business administration) and Thiel junior OF Phil Double (3.80, secondary education/history).

SVC'S HENRY NAMED D-III PITCHER OF THE WEEK (5/5/11)
Saint Vincent freshman LHP Max Henry has been named the NCAA Division III National Pitcher of the Week for the week ending May 1, 2011 by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). Henry, who was also named PAC Pitcher of the Week on Monday, was 2-0 on the week for the Bearcats, allowing just one run on four hits in 11 2/3 innings for an 0.77 ERA while recording 18 strikeouts.  He fired a two-hitter in a 4-1 conference win over Bethany last Monday, taking a no-hitter into the sixth and setting a new SVC seven-inning record with 13 strikeouts.  On Friday, he earned a relief victory with 4 2/3 scoreless innings and five strikeouts in a 7-5 win over Franciscan. 

TRETTEL NAMED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE  (4/19/11)
Baseball player Andy Trettel of Washington & Jefferson has been named one of two Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Scholar-Athletes of the Month for April 2011.

TMC's DARNER IS NATIONAL HITTER OF THE WEEK (4/14/11)