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===Other sports=== The main athletic center is the Robert S. Carey Student Center. It was formerly known as Sportsman's Hall, after the original name of St. Vincent Parish, and Kennedy Hall, after President [[John F. Kennedy]], who received an honorary degree of law on February 4, 1958. It contains a gymnasium, swimming pool, student union, and fitness center. In 2011, the Bearcat basketball team,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://athletics.stvincent.edu/news/2011/3/21/WBB_0321110035.aspx |title=Sedlock named All-America |access-date=27 July 2012}}</ref> led by All-American Brittany Sedlock, became the first team in school history to qualify for the NCAA Division-III postseason since the school made the move from the NAIA. Ranked among the top-20 nationally throughout the season,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://athletics.stvincent.edu/news/2011/3/4/WBB_0304111239.aspx?path=wbball |title=Bearcats' season ends with loss to Greensboro |access-date=27 July 2012}}</ref> the Bearcats were defeated in their opening-round National Tournament game by Greensboro College.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tribune-Review |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_716040.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906160442/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_716040.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 September 2012 |title=St. Vincent mourns ... together |access-date=27 July 2012 }}</ref> The women's basketball team overcame a major tragedy during the 2010β11 season with the Christmas Day 2010 death of Kristen Zawacki (1958β2010), the lone women's basketball coach in the program's 25-year history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://athletics.stvincent.edu/sports/2011/1/17/WBB_0117115432.aspx?path=wbball |title=Remembering Coach Zawacki |access-date=27 July 2012}}</ref> Zawacki, also the school's associate athletic director, won over 500 games in her career.<ref name="NCAA News">{{cite web|last=NCAA |first=News |url=https://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/ncaa/ncaa/ncaa+news/ncaa+news+online/2011/ncaa+record/the+record+4_28_2011 |title=User ID/Password required |access-date=29 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616090241/http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/ncaa/ncaa/ncaa+news/ncaa+news+online/2011/ncaa+record/the+record+4_28_2011 |archive-date=June 16, 2012 }}</ref> She was succeeded by assistant coach Jimmy Petruska, who was named interim coach immediately following her death, before being officially named the team's head coach on April 27, 2011. During his eight-year tenure, Petruska's teams have qualified for the NCAA Division III playoffs three times, highlighted by a 2018β19 season in which the Bearcats finished 23-5 overall and 15β1 in conference to earn their first PAC title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://athletics.stvincent.edu/news/2019/2/23/womens-basketball-svc-wins-pac-championship-earns-berth-in-ncaa-tournament.aspx|title=SVC wins PAC Championship, earns berth in NCAA Tournament|website=Saint Vincent College|language=en|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref> In 2016, the Saint Vincent men's basketball team earned their fourth straight Presidents' Athletic Conference Tournament Championship by defeating Thomas More College 65β62 to advance to the NCAA National Tournament and advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://athletics.stvincent.edu/news/2016/2/27/team-effort-leads-svc-to-fourth-straight-pac-championship.aspx?path=mbball|title=Team effort leads SVC to fourth straight PAC Championship|website=Saint Vincent College|access-date=2016-07-17}}</ref> On June 27, 2017, the school named Brian Niemiec the head coach of the men's tennis team. In doing so, Niemiec became what is thought to be the youngest head coach of an NCAA team at the age of 21 years, 10 months, and 9 days.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://athletics.stvincent.edu/news/2017/6/27/niemiec-named-to-mens-tennis-coaching-position.aspx?path=mten|title=Niemiec named to men's tennis coaching position|website=Saint Vincent College|language=en|access-date=2018-04-20}}</ref> The Saint Vincent women's lacrosse team, coached by Jym Walters, boasts the top scorer in NCAA Division III history. As a senior in 2018, Maggie Nelson set Division III records with 141 goals and 178 points.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://athletics.stvincent.edu/news/2018/5/4/womens-lacrosse-nelson-sets-d3-career-goals-record-as-svc-falls-to-w-j-in-orlc-tournament.aspx|title=Nelson sets D3 career goals record as SVC falls in ORLC Tournament|website=Saint Vincent College|language=en|access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref> During her senior campaign, Nelson scored 10 or more goals in 11 different games, while her 19 points (11 goals, 8 assists) in an April 11 win over Chatham University were also the most in a single game in NCAA D-III history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://athletics.stvincent.edu/news/2018/4/11/womens-lacrosse-nelson-schwaiger-set-records-in-25-10-victory-over-chatham.aspx|title=Nelson, Schwaiger set records in 25-10 victory over Chatham|website=Saint Vincent College|language=en|access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref> Nelson was featured in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" on May 18, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://athletics.stvincent.edu/news/2018/5/18/womens-lacrosse-sports-illustrated-features-maggie-nelson-in-faces-in-the-crowd.aspx?path=wlax|title=Sports Illustrated features Maggie Nelson in Faces In The Crowd|website=Saint Vincent College|language=en|access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref> After the 2019 season, Nelson's 496 career points rank second all-time in NCAA Division III history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/LAX_Records/2019/D3Women.pdf|title=NCAA Division 3 Women's Lacrosse Records}}</ref>
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