Local roundup
Jackets place 2nd in PAC women’s tennis tournament Waynesburg finished second in the team standings with 30 points in the PAC Women’s Tennis Championships, but the Yellow Jackets came away without any conference champions in the two-day tournament that ended Saturday.
Grove City won the team title with 54 points, sweeping all six singles and three doubles titles.
Although it had no individual champions, Waynesburg had four singles players and all three doubles teams advance to Saturday’s finals.
Mindy Hall dropped a 7-5, 6-3 decision to Grove City’s Kristin McNally at No. 1 singles. Jenn Knight rallied to tie her No. 3 singles match, but the Lady Wolverines’ Julie Crewson won the third set for the title.
Laura Garcia rallied to tie her No. 4 singles match against Lindsay Hosler, but the No. 1 seed from Grove City won the third set, 6-2. Sara DePiano lost in straight sets to Grove City’s Erin Bennett at No. 5 singles.
The Hall-Garcia No. 1 doubles team lost 8-2 in the championship while Connellsville’s Beth Conlon and Knight didn’t fare any better at No. 2 doubles with an 8-4 defeat. DePiano and Fabian dropped an 8-1 decision at No. 3 doubles.
Men’s soccer
Slippery Rock 1, California (Pa.) – Dave Keller scored the lone goal with less than two minutes left in the game to lead Slippery Rock over the Vulcans.
California’s six-game winning streak comes to a close with the Vulcans slipping to 8-5-0 in the conference and 11-6-0 overall.
The Vulcans outshot Slippery Rock, 24-16, even though California played the final 62 minutes shorthanded because of a red card.
California goaltender Eric Greaves made seven saves.
Women’s soccer
Slippery Rock 7, California (Pa.) 0 – The Rock’s Danielle Cooper scored a pair of goals with two assists and teammate Julie Kirwan added a goal and three assists to lead Slippery Rock to a PSAC victory in the conference finale.
The Vulcans mustered only four shots while Slippery Rock pounded 28 shots at the California goal.
California finishes the season with home games against Pitt-Johnstown Wednesday and East Stroudsburg on Saturday.
The Vulcans are 5-11-2 overall and 4-6 in the PSAC.