Westminster third in North Division in PAC preseason coaches' poll

11/4/2026 4:20:00 PM

TRAFFORD, Pa.---The Westminster women's basketball team was picked to finish third in the North Division in this year's Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Preseason Coaches' Poll. The results of this year's poll, which was voted on by the league's 13 head coaches, were released along with the PAC Players to Watch list Wednesday afternoon.

In the North, Grove City was picked to finish first with 67 points and nine first-place votes and Allegheny was second with 56 points and three first-place vote. Westminster was third (43), Geneva was fourth (39), Hiram was fifth (32) with the final first-place vote and Thiel was sixth (30).

In the South, back-to-back defending champion Washington & Jefferson was first with 68 points and nine first-place votes. Saint Vincent was second with 58 points and a pair of first-place votes and Chatham was third with 53 points and the final two first-place votes. Bethany was fourth (39), Waynesburg was fifth (32) and Franciscan was sixth (17).

Westminster, led by first-year head coach Megan Sefcik, had five players appear on the player's to watch list: seniors Kennedy Arison (Medina, Ohio, Archbishop Hoban) and Grace Cano (Greenville, Pa., Greenville) and juniors Angelina Brush (Murrysville, Pa., Franklin Regional), Katie Maryo (Cleveland, Ohio, Magnificat) and Maddie Syka (Darlington, Pa., Lincoln Park).

Last season, Arison started in all 26 games and averaged 5.5 points, 3.3 assists and 2.4 rebounds per game. Cano played in 26 games with 23 starts, averaging 11.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. Brush played in 24 games with 10 starts, averaging 4.1 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. Maryo played in 26 games and made 14 starts, averaging 9.2 points and 2.7 three-pointers made per game. Syka played in 26 games with eight starts, averaging 7.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.

The PAC Championship Tournament will get underway on Tuesday, Feb. 23 with the top two seeds from each division hosting quarterfinal games. Semifinal games will be played Thursday, Feb. 25 and the PAC title game is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 27. All PAC Championship Tournament matchups will be played at campus sites. For a full breakdown of the new PAC Championship Tournament format, check the PAC Championships page.

This year's championship tournament winner will receive the league's automatic qualifying bid to the Division III Championship. Team selections for the Division III Championship are scheduled to be announced Monday, March 1, with first and second round matchups scheduled for Friday-Saturday, March 5-6.

Westminster begins its season Friday, November 5 at Capital. The Titans open against the Comets at 6 p.m. inside The Capital Center Performance Arena.

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