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OESWEIN EARNS 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.
WAYNESBURG TABS GRIFFITHS AS HEAD COACH
(12/29/11)
Waynesburg University
has hired Carl Griffiths as its new head men's and women's
soccer coach. Griffiths comes to the Yellow Jackets from Wheaton
College in Wheaton, Ill., where he spent the past two-plus seasons
as the first assistant coach to the Thunder men's soccer team, which
is the winningest program in NCAA Division III history. Griffiths is
also a graduate of Wheaton, where during his four years with the
Thunder, Griffiths played in 67 games as a defender, including 24
starts as a senior co-captain en route to All-CCIW first team
laurels. That same year, Griffiths helped lead the Thunder to the
NCAA Division III Men's Soccer National Championship, where they
lost to national power Messiah. For his efforts, he was also tabbed
for the NCAA Final Four Tournament Team.
PAC HAS 14 NAMED SCHOLAR ALL-REGION
(12/22/11)
The PAC has placed 14 conference men's soccer standouts on the
2011 College Division Men's Scholar All-East Region teams,
awarded by the National Soccer
Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). Leading the way was
Geneva senior M Jake McCracken (3.67 GPA, business finance),
who was the lone PAC first team representative. Grove City junior D
Josh Kern (3.56 GPA, entrepreneurship) was tabbed to the
second team, while Geneva junior F Jeb Nash (3.51 GPA,
business) was a third team selection. In addition, 11 PAC players
representing
Bethany, Geneva,
Grove City, Saint Vincent and Westminster earned
Honorable Mention laurels.
TMC'S OESWEIN NAMED NSCAA ALL-AMERICAN
(12/15/11)
Thomas More senior Alex Oeswein, the
2011 PAC Men's
Soccer Player of the Year, has been named to the
2011 NCAA Division III All-America Second Team by the
National Soccer Coaches Association
of America (NSCAA). He is the
first Saint men's soccer player in school history to garner
All-America recognition. Oeswein, a midfielder, led the
team and conference in scoring with 48 points on 20 goals and
eight assists. He also
recorded three hat tricks in 19 games played in 2011, as the Saints
finished 16-2-1 overall and 8-0 in the PAC.
SEVEN NAMED TO NSCAA ALL-REGION TEAMS
(12/14/11)
The PAC has placed seven men's soccer standouts on the
2011 NCAA Division III All-Great Lakes Region teams, released
today by the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America (NSCAA). 2011 PAC champion
Thomas More led the way with three honorees, including both
first team selections in 2011 PAC Player of the year senior M
Alex Oeswein and senior D Keith Kreidenweis. Second team
selections were senior M
Jake McCracken of Geneva and junior
D Josh Kern of Grove City, while third team laurels went to
Thomas More senior GK Zach Lawson, Geneva junior F
Jeb
Nash, and Bethany sophomore F
Arkangelo James.
GENEVA PLACES SECOND IN NCCAA TOURNEY (12/4/11)
The Geneva men's soccer team nearly completed a miracle run to
the championship before finishng as the national runner-up at the
2011 NCCAA Men's Soccer National Tournament, held this week in
Kissimmee, Fla. The Golden Tornadoes, led by head coach Gary
Dunda, entered the eight-team, single-elimination tournament as
the seventh seed and were the lone non-scholarship team competing.
However,
the GTs
posted upsets over second-seeded Palm Beach Atlantic
1-0
on Wednesday and against Judson
2-1
in overtime Thursday
to
advance to the national title match against top-seeded
California Baptist. The
upset
run came to an end Saturday night, as Geneva dropped a
2-1
decision and was thus denied its first NCCAA National Championship
since the 1994 season.
GCC PAIR NAMED ACADEMIC
ALL-AMERICANS (11/30/11)
A pair of
Grove City College senior men's soccer players earned
Division III Academic All-America honors from Capital One and
the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Brian Eckenhoff (3.98
cumulative
grade-point average (GPA), business management) earned
Second Team Academic All-America at midfielder and Tim
Boswell (3.98
cumulative
grade-point average (GPA), molecular biology) earned
Third Team Academic All-America at forward.
The 2011-12 academic year marks the first year that CoSIDA has
based its Academic All-America program on individual divisions
within college athletics. Currently, CoSIDA honors
student-athletes in NCAA Divisions I, II and III, along with a
"College" division that includes NAIA institutions and junior
colleges.
2011 ALL-PAC MEN'S SOCCER TEAM
RELEASED (11/16/11)
The 2011 All-PAC men's soccer team
is now online. Thomas More head coach Jeff Cummings
was named 2011 PAC Coach of the Year, while
2011 PAC Player of the Year laurels went to Thomas More senior M Alex
Oeswein.
THOMAS MORE FALLS 2-1 TO HOPE IN NCAAs (11/11/11)
The 2011 PAC champion Thomas More men's soccer team saw its
season come to an end on Nov. 11,
as the Saints (16-2-1) dropped a 2-1 decision to Hope at River
Forest, Ill., in the opening round of the
2011 NCAA
Division III Men's Soccer Championship tournament. After
trailing 1-0 on a Hope goal in the 25th minute, Thomas More tied the
match 1-1 at 37:29 when freshman F Kyle Troutman
found the back of the net on a header off a
deflection. Hope scored the eventual game-winning goal at 86:38.
Both teams posted 12 shots in the contest.
BOTH GROVE CITY SOCCER TEAMS FALL IN ECACs (11/9/11)
Both Grove City soccer teams were eliminated in first round ECAC
play. The
#7-seeded GCC men fell 1-0 at #2 Medaille in the
2011 ECAC D-III South Men's Soccer Tournament, while the
eighth-seeded Wolverine women dropped a 4-1 decision at
top-seeded Frostburg State in the
2011 ECAC D-III South Women's Soccer Tournament.
PAC TEAMS EARN ECAC FALL TOURNEY BERTHS
(11/7/11)
The PAC has had four teams earn berths into this week's ECAC
Division III South Tournaments for volleyball and soccer, including
both Grove City soccer teams. The Wolverine men (12-5-1) are seeded
seventh and will travel to face second seed Medaille (17-3-1)
Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the
2011 ECAC Division III South Men's Soccer Tournament. First
round winners will advance to the weekend "final four" in each
sport, hosted by the highest remaining seed.
TMC FACES HOPE IN NCAA D-III CHAMPIONSHIP (11/7/11)
Three PAC fall sport champion learned their tournament fate
today as the NCAA announced the 2011 Division III Championship
brackets in the sports of women's volleyball and men's & women's
soccer. PAC champion
Thomas More (16-6-1)
will open the
2011 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship with an opening
round contest against Hope (10-4-3) from the MIAA, taking place on
Friday (Nov. 11) at 2:30 p.m. EST (1:30 p.m. CST) at Dominican (Ill.).
FIVE FROM PAC NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT (11/7/11)
A total of 10 PAC soccer student-athletes (five men, five women)
have been named to the
2011 Capital One
Academic All-District Soccer first teams, released recently by
the College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA). As first team honorees, all 10
PAC student-athletes now advance to the Academic All-America soccer
ballot.
On the men's side, Bethany senior M
Alex Stubbs (3.90 GPA, business administration) was tabbed
in District II, while in District IV three Grove City standouts -
junior D
Josh Kern (3.56, entrepreneurship), senior M
Brian Eckenhoff (3.98, business management) and senior F
Tim
Boswell (3.98, molecular biology) - joined Westminster senior F
Coty Hainsey (3.67, mathematics) on the squad.
THOMAS MORE SWEEPS 2011 PAC SOCCER TITLES (11/4/11)
The Thomas More Saints swept the 2011 PAC soccer titles on November
4 with a pair of home championship victories. The Saint women had
little trouble with fourth-seeded Waynesburg in the
2011 PAC Women's
Soccer Tournament final, as Thomas More outshot the Yellow Jackets
24-0 en route to a
3-0 victory. The final of the
2011 PAC Men's
Soccer Tournament
was a different story, as second-seeded Geneva led 1-0 at the half
and 2-0 early in the second, only to see TMC rally to tie the game
2-2 with under three minutes to play in regulation, then post the
game-winning 5:43 into overtime for a
3-2 OT victory. Both Saint
squads now receive the PAC's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division
III Championship playoffs which begin next week.
THOMAS MORE, GENEVA EACH ADVANCE TO PAC
FINALS; SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS MOVED TO
FRIDAY (11/2/11)
The top two seeds each advanced out of the
semifinal round of the 2011 PAC Men's Soccer Championship Tournament
Wednesday. Top-seeded Thomas More posted a
3-1 victory against #4 Bethany, while #2 Geneva edged #3 Grove
City 1-0.
The Saints will now host the Golden Tornadoes for the 2011 PAC men's
soccer title this Friday (Nov. 4) at 3 p.m. at the Bank of Kentucky
Field, immediately after the 2011 PAC women's soccer title match
between #2 Thomas More and #4 Waynesburg, which begin at noon. Both
matches were moved from Saturday due to a facility conflict with the
Thomas More-Waynesburg football game.
PAC ANNOUNCES SOCCER TOURNEY SCHEDULES (10/29/11)
The PAC
has announced the schedules for the
2011 PAC Championship Tournaments in the sports of men's & women's
soccer and women's volleyball. The tournaments, which take place
next week on campus sites, will crown the 2011 PAC champions in all
three sports that will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division
III Championships the following week (Nov. 10-12). Admission for all
PAC Championship events is $5 for adults, $2 for students and $1 for
programs. PAC and institutional passes are not accepted at PAC
championship events.
2011
PAC FALL SPORTS PREVIEWS: M. SOCCER (8/24/11)
Today, we look at PAC men's soccer.
Last year, all three PAC Tournament games were upsets,
concluding with fourth-seed Thomas More edging third-seed
Bethany in the title match. The two-time defending PAC champion
Saints will try to advance to their third straight NCAA
Tournament this fall. However, TMC
will again face quality competition from several conference
foes, including 2010 regular season champion Washington &
Jefferson. Other challengers include Bethany, which
brings back its starting goalkeeper and top five scorers,
and Grove City, who returns seven starters. Also Geneva,
after being approved for NCAA
Division III active membership this summer, will be
looking to build off of a solid campaign of 14-3-2 in 2010.
The complete
2011 PAC Men's Soccer Preview
is now online, along with the
2011 composite men's soccer schedule.
FLOYD TABBED AS PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE (5/18/11)
Two-sport (soccer/tennis) star David Floyd
of Waynesburg University has been named
PAC Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee (SAAC) Male Scholar-Athlete of the Month for May
2011.
MADDOCK EARNS POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP (3/11/11)
Washington & Jefferson College
senior men’s soccer player Sean Maddock has
been awarded a $7,500 postgraduate scholarship by the NCAA.
Maddock, a physics major and French minor, is one of 29 male
student-athletes from the NCAA fall season sports among all
divisions (I, II, III) to earn the scholarship. He boasts a
3.93 grade-point average. He is the fourth W&J student-athlete
in the past five years to receive the prestigious scholarship,
joining men’s basketball point guard Matt Drakeley
(2010), women’s soccer standout Megan Ferderber (2009)
and baseball star Sam Mann (2007).
PAC PLAYERS NAMED ALL-REGION BY NSCAA (12/10/10)
A total of 10 PAC soccer standouts (seven women, three men)
have been selected to the
2010
All-Great Lakes Region teams by the
National Soccer Coaches
Association of America (NSCAA).
The
women's squads were highlighted by a pair of Thomas More
teammates - junior GK
Katie Burger and sophomore F
Abby Gindling - earning second team honors. Five others
were tabbed to the third team: Thomas More senior D
Alex Crouch, Washington & Jefferson sophomore D
Lauren Reynolds, Grove City senior F and 2010 PAC Player
of the Year
Hannah Yang,
Westminster senior F
Sarah Nee, and Waynesburg junior F
Courtney Ebersole.
On the
men's side, Thomas More senior M and 2010 PAC Player of the
Year
Dan Miller was joined by Bethany freshman F
Arkangelo James on the second team, while Grove City
senior M
Chuck Witt
garnered third team laurels.
PAC PAIR NAMED ACADEMIC
ALL-AMERICANS (11/18/10)
A pair of PAC men's soccer standouts have been selected to the
2010 ESPN Academic
All-America College Division Men's Soccer teams, released today
by the College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA). Grove City senior midfielder
Chuck Witt (3.95 cumulative grade-point average (GPA),
mechanical engineering) was a First Team selection, while Washington
& Jefferson senior defender
Sean Maddock (3.95 cumulative GPA, physics/French) was a
Second Team honoree. Witt is Grove City's 32nd Academic All-American
and the first Wolverine soccer player to earn the honor since
Jeff Hinebaugh in 1989. Maddock is the 27th Academic
All-American all-time at W&J and just the second soccer player to
earn the award, joining Chris Rihn (1994-95).
WEAVER NAMED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE
(11/18/10)The PAC announced today that soccer
player Matt Weaver of Geneva has been named
Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee (SAAC) Male Scholar-Athlete of the Month for November
2010.
2010 ALL-PAC SOCCER TEAMS RELEASED (11/17/10)
The 2010 All-PAC teams for both
men's soccer and women's soccer
have been released. MVP honors for 2010 went to Thomas More
senior M Dan Miller and Grove City senior F Hannah
Yang, while Bethany's Sean Regan (men) and W&J's
Pete Curtis (women) earned 2010 PAC Coach of the Year
laurels.
SIX PAC TEAMS EARN ECAC TOURNEY BERTHS (11/8/10)
Six PAC soccer and volleyball teams have been selected to
compete in the
2010 ECAC Division III South Region Tournaments.
Saint
Vincent is the top-seed in the eight-team
ECAC D-III South Volleyball Tournament and will host #8 Penn
State-Behrend at the Carey Center Wednesday (Nov. 10) at 7 p.m.
If the Bearcats win, they will host the semifinals and finals in
Latrobe this weekend.
Bethany volleyball is also at home
Wednesday night, as the third-seeded Bison host #6 Stevenson at
7 p.m. Three PAC teams are in action in the
ECAC D-III South Men's Soccer Tournament, with two facing
each other on Wednesday. #2
Washington & Jefferson will host #7
Grove City in a first-round contest at 6 p.m., while #8
Bethany
will play top-seeded Penn State-Behrend in Erie at 1:30 p.m.
Finally, in
ECAC D-III Women's Soccer Tournament action,
Grove City is
the second seed and will host a first round match against Misericordia at 2 p.m. on Wednesday.
PAC TEAMS HIT THE ROAD FOR NCAA PLAYOFFS (11/8/10)
All three PAC champions in the sports of soccer and
volleyball will be on the road for the opening round of the NCAA
Division III playoffs this week. In
men's soccer, PAC champion Thomas More (11-5-2) will face
Dominican (18-1-1) in a first round match Friday at 11 a.m., at Calvin College in
Grand Rapids, Mich. PAC
women's soccer champion Washington & Jefferson (14-5-1) will
face Illinois Wesleyan (16-1-3) in an opening round contest at
Denison University in Granville, Ohio on Saturday at 11 a.m. Finally, in
volleyball first round action, league champion Thomas More
(28-7) will travel to Atlanta and Emory University for a
first-round matchup against Southwestern (29-6) on Friday at
12:30 p.m.
FOUR TITLES AWARDED ON CHAMPIONSHIP SAT. (11/6/10)
It was "Championship Saturday" in the PAC on November 6, as
conference titles were awarded in men's & women's soccer and
volleyball, while in addition the football conference crown was
also clinched (see below). All three defending soccer/volleyball
champions from 2009 posted repeat performances and earned
automatic bids to next week's NCAA Division III Tournaments. In
men's soccer, #4 seed Thomas More
posted the tourney's third straight upset win, as the Saints
edged #3 Bethany
2-1 for their second straight league crown.
Women's soccer saw #2 Washington &
Jefferson earn its third straight PAC title, as the Presidents
broke open a scoreless halftime tie with three second half goals
to defeat #4 Westminster
3-0. Finally, top-seeded Thomas More rallied from an opening
set loss to defeat #2 Thiel
3-1 in the PAC volleyball title
match, giving the Saint spikers their third straight league
championship.
MEN'S SOCCER FAVORITES EACH FALL AS
2010 PAC CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT GETs UNDERWAY (11/2/10)
The PAC Men's Soccer Championship
Tournament got
underway on Tuesday, Nov. 2, as both men's soccer favorites suffered upset losses.
The first upset came at Grove City, where third-seeded Bethany
scored twice in the first 15 minutes of the contest, then held
off the second-ranked Wolverines for a
2-1
victory. The Bison will now host Saturday's PAC Championship
match at 1 p.m. after fourth-seed and defending PAC champion
Thomas More eliminated top-seeded Washington & Jefferson from
the tournament. The two teams played to a
1-1
tie through 120 minutes, after which the Saints advanced via a
5-3 advantage in penalty kicks.
PAC HAS SEVEN NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT (11/2/10)
A total of seven standout PAC men's soccer student-athletes
have been selected to the
2010 ESPN
Academic All-District soccer teams, released today by the
College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA). Three conference players
earned first team honors in District II and now advance to the
Academic All-America ballot: W&J senior D
Sean Maddock (3.95 GPA, physics) and the Grove City duo
of senior M
Chuck Witt (3.95, mechanical engineering) and
junior F Brian Eckenhoff (3.98, business management).
Second team honors went to W&J senior M
Stephen Bosak (3.73, history) and Waynesburg junior F
Erick Burke (3.35, criminal justice), while third team
laurels went to Waynesburg junior D
David Floyd (3.96,
communication) and Westminster junior F
Coty Hainsey
(3.72, mathematics).
PAC ANNOUNCES SOCCER TOURNEY SCHEDULES (10/30/10)
The Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC)
has announced seeds and pairings
for the 2010 PAC Championship Tournaments in the sports of men's
& women's soccer and women's volleyball. All three
tournaments will take place on campus sites next week, with all
three PAC champions earning automatic bids to the 2010 NCAA
Division III playoffs, which begin the week of November 8.
PAC WEEKLY RELEASE:
ONE WEEK LEFT (10/25/10)
The final week of the 2010 PAC men’s soccer
regular season is here. W&J extended its unblemished PAC record with
wins over Saint Vincent and Thomas More last week which has helped
them hold onto the top seed ... Grove City earned a pair of road
shutouts in PAC play last week, the wins sewed up a berth in the
conference tournament ... With a pair of shutout wins last week, the
Bison are now in control of their own destiny to clinch a spot in
the PAC Tournament, they need a tie or win over Westminster to
clinch it’s first PAC Tournament berth since 2007 ... Thiel evened
its record for the week with a 1-0 win over Westminster
... Read all about it, as well as the
PAC Players of the Week, in this week's
PAC
weekly men's soccer release through matches of October 17. Updated
conference statistics
through Oct. 24 are also online.
PAC WEEKLY RELEASE:
PAC PLAY ROLLS ON (10/18/10)
Grove City improved to 10-3-2 overall last week with a pair of 4-0
wins in PAC
play ... Thomas More’s
Marco Rosas led his team in
scoring with 10 points last week on five goals, including a school
record four goals in the Saints’ 7-0 win at Thiel ... Saint
Vincent’s Kyle Thompson scored the eventual gamewinner
against Westminster just four minutes into the first half, assisted
by
Elom Pedanou ... Westminster split a pair of PAC road matches
last week ... W&J had a five-game unbeaten streak snapped on
Saturday with a 1-0 loss to Geneva
... Read all about it, as well as the
PAC Players of the Week, in this week's
PAC
weekly men's soccer release through matches of October 17. Updated
conference statistics
through Oct. 17 are also online.
2010 PAC PREVIEW: PARITY REIGNS AT THE TOP (8/25/10)
When the Thomas More Saints captured their first-ever PAC
men's soccer championship with a 1-0 title match victory over
Washington & Jefferson last season, it continued a trend of
parity at the top of the PAC standings. With the victory, TMC
became the fourth different PAC champion in men's soccer in the
past five seasons, joining Westminster (2006, '08), Grove City
(2005) and W&J (2007). This year, the four recent champions will
be pushed by a group of steadily improving young programs
looking to move into the upper echelon of the conference. Read
all about it in the 2010 PAC Men's
Soccer Preview, while the 2010
PAC men's soccer composite schedule is also online.
GENEVA NAMES GARY DUNDA HEAD COACH (4/29/10)
Geneca College has hired Gary Dunda as the new head
coach of the Golden Tornado men's soccer program. He replaces
Todd Beall, who resigned after four seasons to take the head
coaching position at his alma mater, Cedarville University.
Dunda comes to College Hill after serving as head coach at
Division III Goucher College for the past 10 seasons, following
previous coaching stints at Missouri Valley and Ottawa. He is a
1997 graduate of national D-III soccer power Messiah, where he
was a four-year letterman, and also earned a master's degree
from Emporia State in 2001.
TWO PAC SOCCER PLAYERS HONORED BY NSCAA (3/9/10)
Two PAC soccer players were named to the National Soccer
Coaches Association of America's (NSCAA)
Scholar All-East Region teams. Thomas More junior forward
Aaron Osborne was named to the third team, while Westminster
junior midfielder Aaron Zavora was listed honorable
mention.
SVC'S FECIK HONORED BY PAC SAAC (1/20/10)
Senior PAC student-athlete Matt Fecik
of Saint Vincent College has been named
PAC Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee (SAAC) Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Month for
January 2010.
PAC TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP WINNERS RELEASED (12/10/09)
The Presidents’ Athletic
Conference (PAC) has announced the
PAC Team Sportsmanship Award
winners for Fall 2009 sports. The PAC Team Sportsmanship
Award was started in the 2008-09 sports season, and is an effort
to recognize and encourage positive sportsmanship among
conference teams. The award is sponsored by the PAC
Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) and is presented to one
team in each of the 19 PAC-sponsored varsity sports.
SVC DUO HONORED ON ECAC ALL-STAR TEAMS (12/3/09)
A pair of Saint Vincent soccer standouts -
Ben Fecik and Luis Rodriguez - have been named
to the
2009 ECAC Division III South Men's All-Star Teams. Fecik, a
senior midfielder, was a first team selection, while Rodriguez,
a senior forward, earned second team recognition. Both players
earned PAC Coaches Honors in 2009.
2009 ALL-PAC MEN'S SOCCER TEAMS RELEASED (11/18/09)
The PAC has released the 2009
all-conference teams and postseason award winners in men's
soccer. Thomas More junior F Aaron Osborne was named
MVP, while Saint mentor Jeff Cummings was tabbed as Coach
of the Year.
PAC SOCCER TEAMS FALL IN POSTSEASON PLAY (11/14/09)
PAC soccer and volleyball teams had a rough time in
postseason play this week, as all three conference NCAA
representatives dropped opening round games.
Thomas More men's soccer dropped a
4-2 decision at Carnegie Mellon on Saturday, while
W&J women's soccer was defeated at Calvin
4-0 on Friday.
Thomas More volleyball won its opening set against St.
Mary's (Minn.) on Thursday, but could not hold on as the Saints
were defeated
3-1 in the opening round match at Washington University in
St. Louis Thursday. In ECAC playoff action, Saint Vincent
volleyball
opened play with a 3-2 first round victory at Penn State-Behrend
Wednesday,
before falling at top-seeded DeSales 3-1 on Saturday.
Finally,
Grove
City women's soccer suffered a
2-1
setback to Behrend in an ECAC first round match in Erie on
Wednesday.
CALLAHAN NAMED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE (11/10/09)
The PAC announced today that men's soccer
standout David Callahan of Geneva College has been named
PAC Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee (SAAC) Male Scholar-Athlete of the Month for
November, 2009.
THOMAS MORE HEADS TO CMU IN NCAA TOURNEY (11/9/09)
All three PAC champions in soccer and volleyball have
received automatic bid to NCAA Division III playoff action this
week, as brackets and matchups were announced by the NCAA this
morning. In
NCAA D-III men's soccer tournament action, PAC champion
Thomas More (17-2-1) will travel to Pittsburgh to face Carnegie
Mellon (14-2-1) in an opening round contest this Saturday at
1:30 p.m. PAC women's soccer champion Washington & Jefferson is
also on the road this weekend, as the Presidents (12-6-2) head
to Grand Rapids, Mich., to face Calvin College (13-4-1) this
Friday in
the
NCAA D-III women's soccer tournament first round. In
volleyball, PAC champion Thomas More (28-10) heads to Saint
Louis for a first round
NCAA D-III Tournament matchup on Thursday against St. Mary's
(Minn.) (21-9) for a 6 p.m. EST (5 p.m. CST) game hosted at
Washington University.
TMC TOPS W&J 1-0 FOR FIRST PAC CROWN (11/8/09)
An Aaron Osborne goal off an assist from Joey
Tensing just 7:50 into the game proved to be all Thomas More
College needed on Sunday, as the top-seeded Saints (17-2-1)
captured their first-ever PAC Men's Soccer Championship
by virtue of a
1-0 home victory over third-seeded Washington & Jefferson
College at The Bank of Kentucky Field. TMC goalkeeper Zack
Lawson made three saves in the shutout victory over the
Presidents. With the win, the Saints secured the PAC's automatic
bid to the 2009 NCAA Division III Playoffs, with brackets
scheduled to be announced tomorrow (Monday, Nov. 9) at 10 a.m. |
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SCHEDULE/RESULTS
2011 PAC Championship
Tournament
Wednesday,
November 2, 2011
#1
Thomas More 3,
#4 Bethany 1 -
Stats
#2 Geneva 1,
#3 Grove City 0 -
Stats
Friday,
November 4, 2011
#1 Thomas More 3,
#2 Geneva 2 (ot) -
Stats
2011 ECAC D-III South Tournament
Wednesday,
November 9, 2011
First Round
#2 Medaille 1,
#7 Grove City 0 -
Stats
2011
NCAA Division III Championship
Friday,
November 11, 2011
First Round
Hope 2, Thomas More 1 -
Stats
2011 NCCAA East Regional Championship
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Semi-Finals
Geneva 2, Houghton 1 -
Stats
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Finals:
Geneva 0, Malone 0 (2ot)
(Geneva advances on penalty kicks - 4-2)
2011 NCCAA National Tournament
Wednesday, November
30, 2011
Geneva 1, Palm Beach Atlantic 0 -
Stats
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Semi-Finals:
Geneva 2, Judson 1 (ot)
-
Stats
Saturday, December
3, 2011
Finals:
California
Baptist 2, Geneva 1 -
Stats
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September 6
Offensive: Alex Oeswein, M, Thomas More
GK/Defensive: Bryan Butler, GK, Geneva
September 12
Offensive: Luke Mesing, F, Thiel
GK/Defensive: Bryan Butler, GK, Geneva
September 19
Offensive: Jake McCracken, F, Geneva
GK/Defensive: Zack Lawson, GK, Thomas More
September 26
Offensive: Jude Anuwe, F, Waynesburg
GK/Defensive: Josh Kern, D, Grove City
October 3
Offensive: Alex Oeswein, M, Thomas More
GK/Defensive: Daniel Adams, D, Grove City
October 10
Offensive: John Shipley, B, Geneva
GK/Defensive: Zack Lawson, GK, Thomas More
October 17
Offensive: Andrew Quinn, F, Grove City
GK/Defensive: Jacob Waldrop, D, Thomas More
October 24
Offensive: Alex Oeswein, M, Thomas More
GK/Defensive: Pete Tomlinson, GK, Wash. & Jeff.
October 31
Offensive: Alex Oeswein, M, Thomas More
GK/Defensive: Zack Lawson, GK, Thomas More
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