Final 2007 Standings

CHATHAM HIRES STACKIEWICZ AS HEAD COACH
Chatham University has hired Frank Stackiewicz as the new head coach of the Cougar volleyball program. Stackiewicz, who replaces Greg Lockley, is a local high school and club coach who also previously served as head coach at CCAC-Boyce.

TMC'S FETTE INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME
Thomas More volleyball coach Jenny Fette was inducted into the Mercy High School Athletic Hall of Fame January 5th.

SAINT VINCENT REPEATS AS ECAC CHAMPIONS
The Saint Vincent Lady Bearcat volleyball team defeated the University of Bridgeport 3-1 in Bridgeport, Conn., on November 16 to capture its second straight Eastern College Athletic Conference Division II championship.

W&J'S MIHALIK NAMED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER 2007
The PAC has named Washington & Jefferson volleyball standout Beth Mihalik as PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Female Scholar-Athlete of the Month for October, 2007.

PAC PLACES FOUR VOLLEYBALL STANDOUTS ON COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS
Four PAC student-athletes have been honored as members of the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II College Division volleyball teams, released on Nov. 8 by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Senior Kim Walsh (3.94 GPA, communication studies) of Grove City was a first team honoree and now moves on to the Academic All-America ballot. Other spikers receiving laurels included second team selections junior Amanda Jo Morgan (3.99 GPA, business management) of Waynesburg and senior Beth Mihalik (3.99 GPA, business) of Washington & Jefferson, as well as third team honoree senior Lauren Spegal (3.47 GPA, elementary education) of Bethany.

FOUR PAC TEAMS POST 11/7 POSTSEASON WINS
The PAC had a very successful opening night in several fall postseason tournaments on November 7, with four conference teams earning playoff victories. In women's soccer, PAC champion Westminster advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs with a 2-0 home shutout of Manhattanville. Grove City was also victorious in the opening round of the ECAC South Region Tournament, as the top-seeded Wolverine kickers edged #8 Juniata at home 3-2. In men's soccer action, PAC champion Washington & Jefferson suffered a 1-0 home setback to Penn State-Behrend in the opening round of the NCAA Division III playoffs. In a battle of PAC opponents, Westminster advanced to the semifinals of  the ECAC South Region Tournament with a 3-0 first round home shutout over Bethany. Finally, the W&J volleyball team also advanced to the ECAC South Region semifinals, as the fifth-seeded Presidents posted a 3-2 road win at #4 Lebanon Valley. W&J will now face Johns Hopkins in a semifinal matchup at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh on Saturday at 1 p.m.

PAC PLACES TWO TEAMS IN POSTSEASON
Two PAC volleyball teams have been selected to compete in the 2007 postseason. In NCAA action, the Westminster volleyball team (23-11) battles Hiram (27-5) in an NCAA first round contest at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, on Friday. The W&J volleyball team is the fifth seed in an eight team field in the ECAC Division III South Region Tournament and will play at #4 Lebanon Valley Wednesday at 7 p.m.

WESTMINSTER CAPTURES 2007 PAC VOLLEYBALL, TITLE; 2007 ALL-PAC TEAMS ALSO RELEASED
Fall Championship Saturday in the PAC took place on November 3. At the end of the day, Westminster College had captured PAC titles in both volleyball and women's soccer, while Washington & Jefferson College came away with the men's soccer crown. In volleyball, the top-seeded Titans swept #2 Thomas More 3-0 for the program's first conference title since 2002. Following the match, the 2007 All-PAC Volleyball Teams were announced. In women's soccer, #4 seed W&J jumped out to a 1-0 lead midway through the second half, but #2 Westminster rallied to tie the score 1-1. After two overtimes, the Titans captured the conference crown via a 3-2 advantage in penalty kicks. Finally in men's soccer, #2 Washington & Jefferson jumped out to a 2-0 lead, then held tight after #4 Thomas More halved the lead to come away with a 2-1 victory. All three PAC champions now receive automatic bids to next week's NCAA Division III playoffs.

TOP SEEDS WESTMINSTER, THOMAS MORE ADVANCE TO TITLE MATCH AT 2007 PAC VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
The 2007 PAC volleyball title will be on the line, along with the PAC's first-ever automatic bid to the NCAA Division III volleyball playoffs, when top-seeded Westminster hosts second-seed Thomas More in the league title match Saturday (Nov. 3) in Buzz Ridl Gymnasium at 4 p.m. The top-seeded Titans overcame a one-game deficit to post a 3-1 victory over #4 Washington & Jefferson in the first semifinal, while the defending PAC champion Saints held off #3 seed Grove City 3-1 in the second semifinal. The 2007 All-PAC volleyball teams and postseason award winners will be announced following the title match on Saturday.

GROVE CITY, W&J POST FIRST ROUND PAC VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT WINS ON 10/30
The 2007 PAC Volleyball Championship Tournament got underway on campus sites on Tuesday, October 30. The top seeds held serve in the opening round, with #3 Grove City topping #6 Thiel 3-1 and #4 Washington & Jefferson sweeping #5 Waynesburg 3-0.

PAC ANNOUNCES TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS
The PAC has released the pairings for next week's championship tournaments in the sports of men's & women's soccer and volleyball. Westminster is the top seed in both volleyball and men's soccer, while Thomas More earned the top seed in women's soccer.

GCC HOLDS 'VOLLEY FOR THE CURE' ON 10/20
The Grove City College volleyball team held "Volley for the Cure"  on October 20 in conjunction with the Wolverines' home match against Westminster. All proceeds benefitted the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

ROBERTS EARNS 500TH CAREER VICTORY AT GCC
Grove City head volleyball coach Susan Roberts earned her 500th coaching victory at Grove City on September 18 as the Wolverines rallied past Penn State Behrend in five games. Roberts now has 551 total volleyball coaching victories. She is the first Grove City coach to accumulate 500 victories in one sport.

PAC SPIKERS READY TO ROLL IN 2007
The 2006 PAC volleyball season saw the fourth-seeded Thomas More Saints post a pair of tournament upsets to capture their first-ever league title, despite head coach Jenny Fette missing the tournament following the birth of her first child. In addition, NCAA Division III provisional member Saint Vincent ran the table with a perfect record against PAC competition en route to capturing the 2006 ECAC Division II volleyball title. With the 2007 season ready to get underway on August 31, will the Saints have what it takes to repeat as PAC champions (earning the league's first-ever NCAA D-III automatic playoff bid in the process), and can anyone in the league topple the high-flying Bearcats? The 2007 PAC Volleyball Preview featuring all 10 conference teams, including newcomers Chatham and Geneva, is now online.

PAC EARNS 2007 NCAA VOLLEYBALL BID
The PAC has been notified by the NCAA that the conference has been awarded an automatic playoff bid for NCAA Division III Championship playoffs in the fall sports of football, men's & women's soccer and volleyball in 2007. It marks the first automatic bid for the PAC in any sport since men's & women's basketball in 1996-97.

FOUR TEAMS EARN AVCA ACADEMIC HONORS
Four PAC volleyball teams have earned the GamePlan/ American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the 2006-2007 season. The volleyball teams at Bethany, Grove City, Saint Vincent and Washington & Jefferson were all lauded by the AVCA for maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale.

BETHANY TABS KLINE AS HEAD COACH
Bethany College has named Courtney Kline as its new head women’s volleyball coach. Kline will be taking over for Jan Forsty, who remains with the school as the associate athletic director and head softball coach. Kline comes to Bethany after a highly successful two-year stint as the head coach at Penn State-Fayette in Uniontown, Pa. In those two seasons, the Lions captured back-to-back PSUAC championships, the first in the school’s history, and Kline was named the Coach of the Year following both seasons.ege to repeat as PSUAC champions.

SVC'S HOZAK LAUDED BY LOCAL YWCA
Saint Vincent head volleyball coach Sue Hozak was recently named the Westmoreland County YWCA Coach of the Year. The only coach in the 22-year history of the women's vollyeball team at Saint Vincent, she enjoyed perhaps her finest season at the helm in 2006, as the Lady Bearcats finished with a 29-4 record, winning the ECAC Division II title.  The team ended the season on a 21-match winning streak, dropping just one game over the span.  She also joined an elite group of coaches in mid October when she won the 400th match of her career, a 3-0 decision at Waynesburg.

Top-seeded Westminster swept #2 Thomas More in three games to claim the 2007 PAC volleyball championship title.