The Grove City College women's soccer team features five Butler County products on its 2024 roster. Left to right, sophomore midfielder Hannah Plunkard (Slippery Rock), sophomore defender Emma Dailey (Karns City), senior goalkeeper Courtney Lisman (Mars), senior forward Natalie Merrick (Cranberry Township/Eden Christian) and sophomore midfielder Tori Stevenson (Butler). Submitted photo

Grove City women’s soccer won the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship for the second straight year Saturday, beating Westminster 4-3.

Butler grad and sophomore forward Tori Stevenson scored the go-ahead goal to make it 3-2 GC in the second half, and Erin Venus made it 4-2 10 minutes later.

The Wolverines (13-3-3) qualified for the NCAA Division III championship tournament for the second straight year and will visit Misericordia (17-1-2) in Saturday’s first round.

Slippery Rock beat Seton Hill 1-0 in the PSAC Tournament quarterfinals on Monday. It’s the first tournament win for The Rock in nine years.

Aashi Pander scored the lone goal. SRU will face top-seed Bloomsburg in Friday’s semifinals at noon.

Slippery Rock lost to Virginia Union 73-70 in overtime Saturday to fall to 1-1 to start the season.

Jomo Goings, a redshirt junior guard, scored 26 points and had six rebounds, six assists and three steals for The Rock.

Slippery Rock started the season 1-1, blowing out Davis & Elkins 79-42 in the season opener Saturday before losing 89-75 to Glenville State on Sunday.

Grad transfer Tahmala Thorpe led SRU with 13 points, making all three 3-point attempts, in the opener. Regan Atkins recorded her fourth career double-double with 21 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists in Sunday’s loss.