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2018 PAC Football Preview: After Sharing Top Spot, W&J Looks to State its Case

By Justin Zackal Although Washington & Jefferson has won 25 PAC football titles, the Presidents haven’t won an outright championship since 2007. W&J shared the top spot four times since 2012, including last year with co-champion Case Western Reserve. Both W&J and Case went undefeated in the regular season last year and advanced to the …

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2018 PAC Baseball Tournament Preview: W&J is No Sure Thing to Repeat as Champion

By Justin Zackal Washington & Jefferson and Thomas More have alternated winning PAC baseball championships each year since 2013 and, even though it’s the Saints’ turn to win this year, a lot of evidence seems to point to W&J repeating as champion. The host and No. 1-seed of the double elimination tournament, W&J (25-14-1, 16-2 …

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2018 PAC Softball Tournament Preview: Window of Opportunity Awaits Four Teams

By Justin Zackal There’s definitely a window closing after this weekend’s PAC Softball Championship Tournament. The host and top seed is defending champion Thomas More (27-13, 17-1 PAC), a team that is leaving the PAC after the season. However, second-seeded Westminster (25-7, 16-2 PAC) is chock-full of talented seniors looking to win the league after …

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Saint Vincent Lacrosse Putting Up Big Numbers

By Justin Zackal Saint Vincent is not the patron saint of lacrosse playing, but the PAC school that competes in the Ohio River Lacrosse Conference recently has been the cradle of superlative lacrosse statistics. The Bearcat men’s team is in first place in the ORLC with a 9-0 record and a 13-3 overall mark, while …

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Jan Forsty Retiring from Coaching Bethany Softball, But Not Teaching

By Justin Zackal Softball will continue at Bethany College without Jan Forsty coaching, despite weather disrupting the schedule after she announced earlier this month that she would retire from coaching following the 2018 season. The weather was just a coincidence — or was it? “God, she is punishing me, isn’t she?” Forsty joked on a …

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