GREENVILLE, Pa. (pacathletics.org)-- Washington & Jefferson College has earned the top seed in this year's Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Women's Lacrosse Championship Tournament.

W&J (10-4) secured the top seed in the four-team championship tournament after going 8-0 in league play during the regular season. The Presidents were listed at No. 6 in Region VI in the latest NCAA Division III regional rankings. W&J won its first PAC title in school history last May. 

In Wednesday's semifinal round, No. 2 Grove City College (13-3, 7-1 PAC) will host No. 3 Franciscan University (8-5, 5-3 PAC) at 7 p.m. at Don Lyle Field in Grove City. Top-seeded W&J will host No. 4 Saint Vincent College (10-7, 5-3 PAC) at 7 p.m. at Alexandre Stadium in Washington. 

Saturday's title game will be hosted by the highest-remaining seed following Wednesday's semifinal games. Information regarding this year's championship game will be announced after the completion of the semifinal round.

The winner of the PAC Championship Tournament will receive the conference's automatic-qualifying bid to the Division III Championship. Thirty-two conferences have been granted automatic qualification (Pool A) for this year's championship. The 46-team field for this year's Division III Championship is scheduled to be announced Monday, May 9. First and second round games are scheduled for Saturday-Sunday, May 14-15. 

 

2022 PAC Women's Lacrosse Championship Tournament
Wednesday, May 4
Semifinals
7 p.m.	No. 3 Franciscan at No. 2 Grove City	Don Lyle Field-Grove City, Pa.
7 p.m.	No. 4 Saint Vincent at No. 1 W&J	Alexandre Stadium-Washington, Pa.
Saturday, May 7
Title game
TBD	Semifinal 1 winner vs. Semifinal 2 winner	Hosted by highest-remaining seed

Matchup Preview
The Lady Barons come into this game hungry for a win after falling to the Wolverines 15-14 in overtime earlier this season at their place. Each team took 31 shots and had relatively the same amount of possessions. Franciscan had 24 turnovers, which was their second most of any game this season. They will have to improve on that if they want the score to flip in their favor. Annie King had a season best six goals to lead the Lady Barons. Grace Deegan was held to one goal, as the Wolverines did a great job neutralizing Franciscan's leading scorer. Grove City is in their first year of NCAA competition, and it has been much better than anyone expected already. They had just one conference loss to Washington& Jefferson, who is regionally ranked. They are led by senior attack, Stoltzfus, who has scored 58 goals this season, five coming against Franciscan. They also have another 50+ goal scorer in Madison Nazigian who scored the game winning goal in overtime against Franciscan. 

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