CHATHAM TABS SLEZAK AS HEAD TENNIS COACH (9/1/12)
After one season as assistant coach, Brett Slezak has been promoted to head tennis coach at Chatham University following the resignation of former coach Allan Quackenbush. Slezak takes over the program effective immediately.
WESTMINSTER CLAIMS SIX FIRST-PLACE VOTES TO TOP 2012 PAC WOMEN'S TENNIS PRESEASON COACHES' POLL (8/25/12)
Westminster College earned six first-place votes and finished with 77 total points to secure the top position on the 2012 PAC Women's Tennis Preseason Coaches' Poll. For more great PAC women's tennis information check out our online season preview section.
ITA RECOGNIZES FIVE PROGRAMS, 25 STUDENT-ATHLETES WITH ACADEMIC
HONORS (7/23/12)
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has recently announced
its 2012 All-Academic Teams and Scholar-Athletes, and
five PAC programs were tabbed
with ITA All-Academic team honors while 25 student-athletes
earned ITA Scholar-Athlete distinction. The women's programs at
Grove City College, Waynesburg University and Westminster College
were honored while the men's programs at Grove City and Waynesburg
were also recognized for their academic achievements.
BUXTON TABBED AS NEW GCC HEAD COACH (7/6/12)
Grove City College
has hired
Jeff Buxton as assistant professor of physical education and
head men's and women's tennis coach. He
replaces Joe Walters, who retired
from Grove City College at the end of the 2011-12 academic year
after 40 years of service.
Buxton comes to Grove City after spending nine years as the general
manager of One on One Fitness Consultants in State College, Pa. The
native of Wyoming, Pa., earned a bachelor's degree in
kinesiology/movement science from Penn State in 2003 and completed
his master of science at California (Pa.) in 2010.
BENNETT NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN (6/7/12)
Grove City College senior women's tennis
player Megan
Bennett has earned
Capital One/College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)
Division III Academic All-America Second Team honors. Bennett
earned her third career CoSIDA Academic All-America honor. A 2011
Capital One/CoSIDA Third Team College Division Academic
All-American, Bennett helped the Wolverines earn their fourth
straight trip to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament while
primarily playing second singles and first doubles. In the
classroom, Bennett graduated with a 3.98 cumulative grade-point
average as a finance major.
FIVE FROM PAC NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT (5/18/12)
Five PAC student-athletes (three men, two women) have been selected
to the 2011-12
Capital One Academic All-District IV Division III At-Large teams,
released today by the College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
On the men's side, Grove City junior tennis standout
Caleb Fuller
(3.93 GPA, economics) and junior swimmer
Eric Fairchild
(3.73 GPA, mathematics) were both honored along with W&J sophomore
wrestler Josh Etzel (3.62 GPA, chemistry). GCC posted both
PAC reps
on the women's squad: senior tennis player
Megan Bennett
(3.98 GPA, finance) and junior swimmer
Angela Palumbo
(3.71 GPA, mathematics). All five All-District awardees now move to
the Academic All-America ballot.
WALTERS RETIRES FROM GROVE CITY ATHLETICS (5/15/12)
Joe Walters,
associate athletic director and head tennis coach at Grove City,
will retire
at the end of the 2011-12 academic year after 40 years of service to
the College and its athletic department.
Walters is finishing up his 40th
season as GCC’s head men’s tennis coach and his sixth overall season
as head women’s tennis coach. He has served as associate athletic
director and compliance coordinator since 1996 and currently holds
the rank of professor of physical education. Walters also
worked as an assistant football coach from 1972 to 1995 and directed
intramurals at Grove City for over 30 years. Walters took over as
head men’s tennis coach during the 1972-73 academic year and guided
the Wolverines to a 358-137 record in 40 seasons. Grove City has won
22 consecutive PAC titles in men’s tennis. The conference has
honored Walters as its Coach of the Year in each of the last seven
seasons.
GROVE CITY SPLITS NCAA 1ST ROUND MATCHES (5/11/12)
The Grove City College men's & women's tennis teams each opened play
in the 2012 NCAA Division III Tennis Championships on May 11. The
GCC men had little problem advancing to the second round following a
5-0
blanking of Penn State-Harrisburg at Johns Hopkins University in
Baltimore. With the win,
Grove City advances to a second round matchup against Middlebury
Saturday (May 12) at 2 p.m. Meanwhile, in Fredericksburg, Va., the
Wolverine women saw their season come to an end following a
5-0
opening round defeat to host Mary Washington.
GROVE CITY TO BEGIN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (5/8/12)
The Grove
City College men's and women's tennis teams will begin postseason
play by competing in their respective NCAA Division III
Championship Tournaments this week. The NCAA released the pairings
for the 43-team men's tournament and the 49-team women's tournament
Monday night.
The men's team will compete in a five-team regional at Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore this weekend. The Wolverines will play
Penn State-Harrisburg in the regional quarterfinals Friday.
Meanwhile,
the Grove City women will compete in a six-team bracket at the
University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va. Grove City
opens the tournament against Mary Washington Thursday in a regional
quarterfinal.
W&J TABS FAULK TO LEAD PRESIDENT TEAMS (1/31/12)
Washington & Jefferson
has named
Chris Faulk as the Presidents' head men's and women's tennis
coach. Faulk, who served as an assistant coach for both teams
last year, is a 2010 W&J graduate and a four-year letterwinner for
the men's tennis team. As a senior, Faulk became just the third W&J
student-athlete since 1989 to win PAC Player of the Year honors by
winning the No. 1 singles flight title. A Washington, Pa., native,
he is also a United States Professional Tennis Registry certified
instructor in the Peters Township Tennis Association.
BENDEL RETIRES AS SAINT VINCENT COACH
(11/21/11)
Saint Vincent women's
tennis coach Jim Bendel, who
re-started the Bearcat women's tennis program in 2004 following a
13-year hiatus,
is retiring as head coach effective Nov. 30. Chris
McMahon, who has served as an
assistant coach for the program, will take over as Interim Head
Coach on December 1.
GROVE CITY CAPTURES 25TH CONSECUTIVE
LEAGUE TITLE AT THE 2011 PAC CHAMPIONSHIP
IN ERIE (10/22/11)
The Grove City Wolverine women's
tennis program captured its 25th consecutive conference
title at the 2011 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Women's
Tennis Championship on Oct. 21-22 at
the Pennbriar Athletic Club in Erie, Pa. The
Wolverine netters of head coach Joe Walters
, who earned 2011 PAC Coach of the Year laurels following the match,
captured six of the nine flight titles to finish with 48 points,
ahead of
Westminster (37) and Saint Vincent (30). GCC senior Stacy Moon
earned 2011 PAC Player of the year laurels after capturing the first
singles flight title. Complete singles and doubles brackets for all nine flights this
weekend are now online.
Click the link to view the
championship
awards ceremony.
GROVE CITY ON VERGE OF 25TH CONSECUTIVE
LEAGUE TITLE AFTER DAY 1 OF 2011 PAC CHAMPIONSHIP (10/19/11)
The Grove City Wolverine women's
tennis program posted a maximum-possible point total and is poised to
capture its 25th consecutive conference
title after the first day of competition at the
2011 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Women's
Tennis Championship, taking place this Friday-Saturday, Oct. 21-22 at
the Pennbriar Athletic Club in Erie, Pa. The
Wolverine netters of head coach Joe Walters
advanced to the championship finals in all nine flights to finish
the first day of competition with a maximum 36 points, ahead of
Westminster (30) and Saint Vincent (22). Consolation and
championship finals begin Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
A conference championship preview is now online, as
well as the singles and doubles brackets for all nine flights this
weekend. Results will be updated online continuously throughout the
weekend.
PAC TO HOST 2011 CHAMPIONSHIP
IN ERIE (10/19/11)
The Grove City Wolverine women's
tennis program is in pursuit of its 25th consecutive conference
title when the 2011 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Women's
Tennis Championship takes place this Friday-Saturday, Oct. 21-22 at
the Pennbriar Athletic Club in Erie, Pa. Play begins each day at
8:30 a.m., and admission is free to the general public. The
perennial power Wolverine netters of head coach Joe Walters
will face stiffer competition this year than most others, including
from Westminster, which went a perfect 15-0 this fall while handing
Grove City its first PAC loss since 1986; and Saint Vincent, which
was 15-3 this fall and is led by 2010 PAC Player of the year
Alexis Cup. A conference championship preview is now online, as
well as the singles and doubles brackets for all nine flights this
weekend. Results will be updated online continuously throughout the
weekend.
2011 PAC FALL SPORTS
PREVIEWS: W. TENNIS (8/26/11)
Today, we look at PAC women's tennis. Perennial league power Grove
City will rely upon a deep and talented senior class this season as
the Wolverines pursue their 25th straight PAC title. However, GCC
will face quality competition from several conference foes including
Westminster, who is coming off the three best seasons in team
history and finished second in 2010 for a fifth consecutive season.
Other challengers include Saint Vincent, who has seven players
slated to return, including 2010 PAC MVP Alexis Cup; Chatham,
who finished fourth last year and will be under the guidance of a
new coaching staff; and Thomas More, who returns five players from
last year's squad that finished fifth. Also Geneva, after being
approved for NCAA Division III active
membership this summer, will be looking to build off three
consecutive winning seasons. The
complete
2011 PAC Women's Tennis Preview
is now online, along with the
2011 composite women's tennis schedule.
FOSTER HIRED AS W&J HEAD TENNIS COACH (8/7/11)
Chris Foster
has been hired as the new head men’s and women’s tennis coach at
Washington & Jefferson. Since 2004, he has been a tennis
professional and instructor with the Upper St. Clair (Pa.)
Tennis Development Program.
Foster earned varsity letters at three different NCAA men’s
tennis programs, including his final two years at Marist College
where he was a national tournament participant. A 2007 graduate
of Upper St. Clair High School, he was the PIAA Doubles Champion
during his senior year.
GCC'S BENNETT NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN (6/14/11)
Grove City College junior women's tennis standout
Megan Bennett recently earned Capital One
Academic All-America College Division At-Large
Third Team
recognition from the College
Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Bennett
helped Grove City advance to the NCAA Championship Tournament
for the third straight season in 2010 by leading Grove City
(13-4 overall) with 13 singles wins. She won PAC titles at third
singles and first doubles last fall, as the Wolverines won the
conference title. In the classroom, Bennett owns a 3.98
cumulative grade-point average as a finance major.
GROVE CITY TEAMS SET TO OPEN NCAA ACTION (5/10/11)
The
PAC
champion Grove City men's & women's tennis teams open play
in the NCAA Division III
Men's
&
Women's Tennis Championships this week. The Wolverine men
face Elizabethtown in a first round match at Washington & Lee
University in Lexington, Va., this Friday, while the GCC women
face Albion at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., on
Thursday.
GROVE CITY WOLVERINES CAPTURE 24TH CONSECUTIVE LEAGUE TITLE
AT 2010 PAC CHAMPIONSHIPS (10/23/10)
The Grove City Wolverine netters captured individual titles
in seven of nine flights Saturday to earn their 24th consecutive
team title at the 2010 PAC Women's
Tennis Championshps, held at the Pennbriar Athletic Club in
Erie, Pa. GCC, led by 2010 PAC Coach of the Year Joe Walters,
earned 50 of a possible 54 points to easily edge Westminster
(34) and Saint Vincent (31) in team competition. With the
victory, the Wolverines earned the PAC's automatic bid to the
NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championships in the spring of
2011. 2010 PAC Player of the Year honors went to Saint Vincent
junior Alexis Cup after she captured the first singles
flight championship. Final
tournament brackets are online.
GCC IN LEAD AT
2010 PAC CHAMPIONSHIP (10/22/10)
Grove City College advanced to the finals in all nine
flights Friday, as the Wolverines closed in on their 24th consecutive
conference title at the
2010 PAC Women's Tennis Championship, held at the Pennbriar
Athletic Club in Erie, Pa. The Wolverines of head coach
Joe Walters finished the first day of competition with a
maximum-possible team score of 36 points, comfortably ahead of
Westminster (28 points) and Saint Vincent (26). Consolation and
championship finals are set to begin Saturday morning at 8:30
a.m.. The complete
championship flight brackets are now online and will be
updated continuously throughout the tournament.
2010 PAC CHAMPIONSHIP OPENS FRIDAY (10/21/10)
Grove City College opens pursuit of its 24th consecutive
conference title this Friday-Saturday, October 22-23 at the
2010 PAC Women's Tennis Championship, held at the Pennbriar
Athletic Club in Erie, Pa. Play will begin each day at 8:30 a.m.
and there is no admission charge. The Wolverines of head coach
Joe Walters continued their domination of PAC women's
tennis in the regular season, rolling to a 13-2 overall record
and perfect 8-0 mark in PAC dual match competition. As a result,
GCC players have earned the top seed in eight of the nine
singles and doubles flights. Tough competition should come from
Westminster, the PAC runner-up each of the past four seasons, as
well as Saint Vincent (competing in its first PAC championship)
and Chatham. The complete
championship flight brackets are now online and will be
updated continuously throughout the tournament.
PETTY NAMED PAC SAAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE (10/20/10)
The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) has announced that
women's tennis standout
Barb Petty of Chatham has been named one of two
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Female
Scholar-Athletes of the Month for October 2010.
OCTOBER 17 WOMEN'S TENNIS RELEASE ONLINE (10/18/10)
The PAC weekly press release covering matches through
October 10, including the conference Player of the Week,
is now online. Updated
PAC tennis results/statistics
are also now available.
2010 PAC PREVIEW: GROVE CITY ROLLS ON (8/30/10)
For 23 years, the Grove City Wolverines have been the
standard of excellence in PAC women's tennis, as GCC has
captured every conference championship since the 1987 season.
The Wolverines show no sign of slowing down, as the 2009 squad
became the first team in PAC history to capture an NCAA playoff
victory. Westminster, the league runner-up the past four years,
is coming off a school-record 15-2 season and will lead the
challengers for the PAC crown, which also will include Saint
Vincent (first year of active D-III membership) and Thiel
(restarting the program after a three-year hiatus). The
2010 PAC Women's Tennis preview
is now online, while the conference
composite schedule is also available.
PAC TEAMS HONORED BY ITA FOR ACADEMICS (8/24/10)
Three PAC tennis programs -
Grove
City,
Waynesburg and
Westminster - have been named All-Academic Teams for both
men and
women by the
Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) for posting team
grade-point averages of 3.2 or higher during the 2009-10
academic year. In addition, 29 PAC men's & women's tennis
players (15
women,
14 men) were tabbed as ITA Scholar-Athletes for recording a
GPA of 3.5 or better during the past academic year.
HAYS NAMED WOMEN'S TENNIS COACH AT W&J (7/7/10)
Washington & Jefferson has hired 2009 W&J graduate and
former President athletic standout Emily Hays
as its new head women's tennis coach and assistant women's
basketball coach. Hays was the 2009 PAC Player of the Year
in women's basketball and ranks
10th in W&J history with 1,147 career points.
MEYER NAMED HEAD COACH AT THOMAS MORE (6/23/10)
Ryan Meyer
has been named the new head women's tennis coach at Thomas
More. Meyer comes to Thomas More from the University of
Cincinnati where he was a volunteer assistant coach for the
Bearcats' women's tennis team for the past year. Before
Cincinnati he was an assistant men's and women's tennis coach at
his alma mater, Franklin College, from 2007-2009. Meyer is in
his fourth year as a staff professional and director of
stringing at Five Seasons Sports Club.
GROVE CITY GOES 1-1 AT NCAA REGIONAL (5/14/10)
The PAC champion Grove City women's tennis team finished 1-1
at the
2010 NCAA Division III Regional Tournament hosted by the
University of Chicago in Chicago, Ill. The Wolverine netters
made history on Thursday,
as
they became the first women's tennis team in PAC history to earn
an NCAA Tournament win with a 5-1 victory over Webster
University. GCC was then eliminated on Friday following a 5-0
defeat to the host school.
DUNFORD REPLACES GANNON AS THIEL COACH (4/13/10)
Thiel
has announced the hiring of Tim Dunford as the new head
coach of the recently revived Tomcat men's & women's tennis
teams. He replaced Andrew Gannon, who was hired to
lead the programs two months ago
but was recently forced to resign due to health concerns.
Dunford comes to Thiel after serving as
head tennis professional at
Dominion Valley Country Club in Haymarket, Va. since February of
2009. Concurrently, he also worked as an assistant tennis pro
at Burke Racquet & Swim Club in Burke, Va. Prior to his most
recent stint as a pro, Dunford spent two years as an assistant
men's and women's tennis coach at Mount Olive College, where the
men's team rose as high as 30th in the 2007-08 national
rankings.
GANNON HIRED TO LEAD NEW THIEL PROGRAMS (2/18/10)
Thiel College
has hired Andrew Gannon to lead the recently revived
Tomcat varsity men's and women's tennis programs. Gannon
comes to Thiel from his alma mater, Austin (Tex.) College, where
he served as head tennis coach for six years. Thiel recently
re-instated both sports, which had been dropped by the school
back in 2006.
THIEL TO SPONSOR WOMEN'S TENNIS PROGRAM (12/18/09)
Thiel College
will add four new athletics programs to its offerings for
the 2010-11 school term. Thiel’s new sports will include men’s
and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s lacrosse. All four
programs will compete at the NCAA Division III level and bring
the Tomcats’ total number of athletic teams to 24.
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.
GROVE CITY ROLLS TO 23RD CONSECUTIVE TEAM TITLE
AT 2009 PAC TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP IN ERIE (10/24/09)
Grove City College captured individual titles in eight of
nine flights and captured its 23rd consecutive league title at the
2009 PAC Women's Tennis Championships,
which took place on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 23-24 at the Pennbriar
Athletic Club in Erie, Pa.
The Wolverines of head coach Joe Walters finished with 52
points to easily outdistance second-place Westminster (38),
followed by Chatham (20), Waynesburg (13), Thomas More (12) and a sixth-place tie between Bethany
and W&J with no score. PAC Player of the Year laurels went
to GCC junior Natalie Walten, while Coach of the Year
honors went to Chatham mentor Aaron Wilf. The Wolverines receive an automatic bid to the
2010 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championships for the
first time in PAC history. The final
complete tournament bracket is now online. |
