SNAVELY NAMED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE (4/15/10)
Senior volleyball player Brandi Snavely of Geneva College has been named PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Female Scholar-Athlete of the Month for April 2010.

CHATHAM HIRES CONSUEGRA AS NEW COACH (3/5/10)
Chatham University has announced the hiring of Kristin (Hozak) Consuegra as its new head volleyball coach. She replaces Frank Stackiewicz, who resigned after two seasons. Consuegra comes to Chatham from Division II Indiana (Pa.), where she served as an assistant volleyball coach. She is a 2008 graduate of PAC member Saint Vincent College, where was a four-year starter as a member of the Bearcat women’s volleyball team where she led the Bearcats to two consecutive ECAC Division II championships in 2006 and 2007 playing for her mother (and now PAC coaching rival) Sue Hozak.

CORBELLO HONORED BY PAC SAAC (12/15/09)
The PAC announced today Grove City College football/basketball standout Andrew DiDonato and Thomas More volleyball standout Brandi Corbello have been named December's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Scholar-Athletes of the Month.

FALL SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDEES 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.

TMC'S CORBELLO NAMED HM ALL-AMERICAN (11/18/09)
Thomas More College sophomore middle hitter Brandi Corbello was named honorable mention All-America today by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). Last week she was named first team All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) and first team All-Great Lakes Region.

PAC VBALL 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.

TMC'S CORBELLO NAMED AVCA ALL-REGION (11/14/09)
Thomas More volleyball standout Brandi Corbello has been named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Great Lakes region team. Corbello, a 5-8 sophomore outside hitter who helped lead the Saints to the 2009 PAC title, was an All-PAC first team selection.

THOMAS MORE HEADS TO ST. LOUIS FOR NCAAs (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 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 6:30 p.m. EST (5:30 p.m. CST) game hosted at Washington University. 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.

THOMAS MORE SWEEPS THIEL FOR TITLE (11/7/09)
Top-seeded Thomas More College captured their second PAC volleyball title today, as the Saints swept Thiel 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-22) to capture the 2009 title at the Connor Convocation Center in Crestview Hills, Ky. Sophomore OH Brandi Corbello led the Saint offensive attack with 16 kills. With the victory, head coach John Spinney and the Saint spikers earned the PAC's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division III playoffs, beginning next week. Following the match, the 2009 All-PAC Volleyball teams and postseason award winners were announced. 2009 PAC Player of the Year honors went to TMC sophomore Emily Bohman. Bethany swept the final two major awards, as Jessica Zavatchen was named 2009 PAC Freshman of the Year and Bison mentor Courtney Kline was tabbed 2009 PAC Coach of the Year.

TMC, THIEL ADVANCE TO 2009 PAC FINALS (11/6/09)
Top-seeded Thomas More and second-seeded Thiel will battle on Saturday (Nov. 7) at 4 p.m. for the 2009 PAC Volleyball Championship after both teams posted semifinal wins in Crestview Hills, Ky., on Friday night. The Saints (27-10) split a pair of close sets with #4 Washington & Jefferson (16-16), before taking control to post a 3-1 win. In the nightcap, the Tomcats (23-10) dropped the opening set to #3 seed and two-time defending PAC champion Westminster, before rolling off three straight set wins to advance.

THIEL DUO NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT (11/5/09)
A pair of Thiel College volleyball standouts have been named to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II Volleyball teams, released today by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Junior OH Madison Chylik (3.97 GPA, elementary education) was tabbed to the first team, while classmate Danielle Dwyer (3.90, communication) was a second team honoree. Chylik will now move onto the Academic All-America volleyball ballot later this month.