LATROBE, Pa. -- Alie Seto (Allison, Pa./Brownsville) scored a career-high 32 points and pulled down 13 rebounds as fourth-seeded Washington & Jefferson put together a flawless performance to stun top-seeded Saint Vincent by a 74-53 score in the Presidents' Athletic Conference Semifinals at the Carey Center in Latrobe. 
 
Needing 18 points to reach 1,000 points for her collegiate career, Seto became the 19th player in program history to eclipse the century mark. W&J has had a player surpass the 1,000 point mark in six straight seasons. Seto made 12-of-18 field goal attempts, 3-of-4 from three-point range and drained all seven free throw attempts. 

The win improves the Presidents to 18-9 overall and advances the Red and Black to the PAC Championship game tomorrow evening. The loss ends Saint Vincent's season at 19-7. W&J will face second-seeded Grove City in the league final for the first time since 2003. Saturday will be W&J's third-straight appearance in the title game and sixth since 2013.
 
The Presidents, who lost by an average of 26 points in the two regular season games to the Bearcats, dominated from the opening tip. 
 
W&J opened the game with an 8-0 surge, sparked by a pair of field goals by Seto, the second of which came at the 6:47 mark. The defending champion Bearcats answered quickly with eight consecutive points to tie the score on a layup by Jenna Lafko with 4:07 to play in the first quarter. 
 
Both teams exchanged scores over the next four-plus minutes before four straight points from Seto and Johnston helped the Presidents take a 17-14 edge after 10 minutes of play. 
 
The Presidents used another strong start in the second as they recorded the first six points of the frame to take a 24-14 edge at the 6:14 mark. Victoria Koeck (Sidman, Pa./Forest Hills) converted two baskets during the spurt to push the lead into double figures. W&J maintained at least an eight-point edge for the remainder of the quarter before using a basket by Johnston to take a 34-20 lead into halftime. 
 
Back-to-back baskets by Seto extended the lead to 18 (38-20) in the early stages of the third quarter. Saint Vincent quickly answered with six straight points to close the deficit to 12. However, Seto had the answer again, draining three-pointers on back-to-back possessions to swell the lead to 44-27 with 5:47 to play in the quarter.  
 
Four straight points by Koeck and a pair of free throws by Maria Lawhorne (Pittsburgh, Pa./Plum) gave the Presidents a 54-34 lead entering the fourth. 
 
A jumper from Saint Vincent's Madison Kollar cut the W&J lead to 14 (59-45) with 6:51 remaining in regulation, but the Presidents outscored the Bearcats 13-4 over the ensuing 5:28 to stretch their lead to 23 (72-49) with 1:23 to play. Johnston punctuated the victory by draining a triple to finish off the run. 

Aside from Seto's brilliance, the Presidents received major contributions from the entire roster. Johnston finished with 15 points on 7-of-8 shooting from the field. 
 
Koeck finished with 11 points, four rebounds and three assists in 27 minutes off the bench. Lawhorne filled the stat sheet with eight points, eight rebounds, three steals and two blocks. 
 
W&J converted a season-best 53.8 percent from the field, as the Red and Black drained 28-of-52 attempts. Saint Vincent connected on 41.2 percent from the field but made just 1-of-12 attempts from behind the three-point line. The Presidents out-rebounded the Bearcats by a 37-22 margin on the glass to limit second chance opportunities. 
 
Saturday's title game is slated to get underway at 5 p.m. It will be the league's first championship tournament title game played on a neutral floor. The PAC went to its championship tournament format in 1999-00.  

Saturday will be the fifth meeting between Grove City and W&J in the PAC Championship Tournament and the second in the league's title game. No. 1 W&J claimed its fourth PAC title with a 72-63 win over No. 2 Grove City on March 1, 2003 in Washington.