Athletics Press Releases


15th W&J Athletic Hall of Fame Class Announced	*Fri, May 3 - 11:33 AM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College Director of Athletics Bill Dukett announced Friday the six new members who will be inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. The 2013 class features Tom Benic...
15th W&J Athletic Hall of Fame Class Announced	*Fri, May 3 - 11:33 AM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College Director of Athletics Bill Dukett announced Friday the six new members who will be inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. The 2013 class features Tom Benic...
15th W&J Athletic Hall of Fame Class Announced	*Fri, May 3 - 11:33 AM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College Director of Athletics Bill Dukett announced Friday the six new members who will be inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. The 2013 class features Tom Benic...
15th W&J Athletic Hall of Fame Class Announced	*Fri, May 3 - 11:33 AM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College Director of Athletics Bill Dukett announced Friday the six new members who will be inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. The 2013 class features Tom Benic...
Presidents Stay Alive In PAC Softball Tournament With Late Rally	*Thu, May 2 - 10:05 PM*	NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- Third-seeded Washington & Jefferson scored three times in the sixth inning and held off top-seeded Westminster 5-4 Thursday to advance to the second day of 2013 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Softball Tournament....
Eck Breaks Career Point Record; Presidents Advance To PAC Final	*Thu, May 2 - 9:49 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Senior attacker Joseph Eck (Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly) totaled seven points (3 goals, 4 assists) to become the Washington & Jefferson men’s lacrosse career point leader and helped the Presidents advance to the Presidents...
W&J Capitalizes On Frostburg State Errors; Edges Bobcats 7-5	*Thu, May 2 - 7:49 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College took advantage of four Frostburg State errors and topped the Bobcats 7-5 in non-conference baseball action from Ross Memorial Park on Thursday. The Presidents upped their record to 23-11...
Geneva Defeats W&J 6-3 In PAC Softball Tournament; Cunningham Sets Single-Season Hit Record	*Thu, May 2 - 3:08 PM*	NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- Defending conference champion Geneva scored four times in the first inning and never looked back during a 6-3 win over Washington & Jefferson Thursday in the opening round of the 2013 Presidents’ Athletic Conference...
Nogay And Staniscia Earn Academic All-District Honor	*Thu, May 2 - 1:44 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College junior baseball players Eddie Nogay (Weirton, W. Va./Madonna) and Josh Staniscia (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional) were selected to the Capital One/CoSIDA NCAA Division III Academic All-...
Men’s Lacrosse Seniors Enter PAC Tournament Among NCAA Active Leaders	*Thu, May 2 - 12:08 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson College opens play in the inaugural Presidents’ Athletic Conference Men’s Lacrosse Tournament semifinals tonight and two seniors enter the tournament ranked among the NCAA active statistical...
Muskingum Sweeps W&J In Final Regular-Season Twinbill	*Tue, April 30 - 9:59 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Muskingum wrapped up its 2013 softball season with a non-conference sweep of Washington & Jefferson on Tuesday at Brooks Park. The Muskies (28-12) won game one 2-0 and then earned the sweep with a 5-3 triumph in the...
Presidents Post Road Shutout At Muskingum	*Tue, April 30 - 7:31 PM*	NEW CONCORD, Ohio -- Three Washington & Jefferson pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout as the Presidents' baseball team blanked Muskingum 2-0 at Mose Morehead Field on Tuesday. Junior right hander Mike Vizzini (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway)...
Krista McCartney Named PAC Pitcher Of The Week	*Tue, April 30 - 10:21 AM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Freshman Krista McCartney (Salem, Ohio/United Local) earned the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week Award after earning victories during all four of the Washington & Jefferson College softball...
Staniscia Earns PAC Hitter Of The Week Award	*Tue, April 30 - 9:50 AM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College junior right fielder Josh Staniscia (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional) was selected as the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week after batting .563 for the Presidents’...
Presidents Outslug La Roche 10-8	*Sun, April 28 - 5:32 PM*	PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Juniors D.J. Michalski (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) and Josh Staniscia (Export, Pa./Franklin Regional) combined to drive in seven runs Sunday as the Washington & Jefferson College baseball team earned a 10-8 victory...
W&J Softball Clinches PAC Tournament Spot With Sweep Of Waynesburg	*Sat, April 27 - 10:34 PM*	WAYNESBURG, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson clinched its first Presidents' Athletic Conference Softball Tournament appearance since 2009 on Saturday after sweeping a road doubleheader from Waynesburg. The Presidents (23-12, 13-5) earned...
Presidents Rally For Doubleheader Split At Case Western Reserve	*Sat, April 27 - 7:06 PM*	CLEVELAND, Ohio – Washington & Jefferson scored four times in the ninth inning to rally from a three-run deficit and defeat Case Western Reserve 8-7 in game two of a non-conference baseball doubleheader Saturday at Nobby’s Ballpark....
W&J Takes Third At PAC Championships; Mangold Honored With Two Awards	*Sat, April 27 - 6:11 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Westminster claimed the men's team championship, while Waynesburg earned the women's title on Saturday at the 2013 Presidents' Athletic Conference Track & Field Championships hosted by Washington & Jefferson...
W&J Takes Third At PAC Championships; Mangold Honored With Two Awards	*Sat, April 27 - 6:11 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Westminster claimed the men's team championship, while Waynesburg earned the women's title on Saturday at the 2013 Presidents' Athletic Conference Track & Field Championships hosted by Washington & Jefferson...
Joseph Eck Becomes Men's Lacrosse All-Time Goal Leader	*Sat, April 27 - 4:10 PM*	MADISON, N.J. -- Washington & Jefferson College senior attacker Joseph Eck (Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly) became the Presidents' men's lacrosse all-time leading goal scorer after scoring three times during a 15-8 Landmark Conference loss to...
Saint Vincent Advances To PAC Final After Edging W&J 10-9	*Fri, April 26 - 8:53 PM*	GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Saint Vincent scored five times during an 11-minute span in the second half to earn a 10-9 Presidents' Athletic Conference Women's Lacrosse Tournament semifinal victory over Washington & Jefferson Friday night at Thiel...
W&J Eases Past Thomas More Behind 19-Hit Attack	*Thu, April 25 - 7:09 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College stormed out to an 11-0 lead after four innings and cruised to a 12-2 Presidents’ Athletic Conference baseball victory over Thomas More at Ross Memorial Park Thursday afternoon. With...
Watson And Cunningham Homers Power W&J Softball Sweep	*Thu, April 25 - 6:53 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Freshman Emily Watson (Harmony, Pa./Seneca Valley) blasted a walkoff solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift Washington & Jefferson to a key 5-4 Presidents' Athletic Conference softball victory over...
Saint Vincent Clips Presidents 11-8 In Latrobe	*Wed, April 24 - 9:53 PM*	LATROBE, Pa. -- Saint Vincent scored seven times in the second quarter and held off a late Washington & Jefferson charge to defeat the Presidents 11-8 on Wednesday afternoon. The Bearcats (3-8) outshot W&J (4-9) 42-25 overall,...
Fradkin Fires Home Eight Goals To Lead Senior Day Win	*Wed, April 24 - 9:40 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Senior midfielder Brittany Fradkin (Owings Mills, Md./St. Paul’s School for Girls) totaled 10 points with eight goals and two assists to help Washington & Jefferson earn a 15-11 women’s lacrosse victory on...