WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Grove City College baseball team rallied for a 6-4 victory Friday afternoon over top-seeded Washington & Jefferson in the winner's bracket final of the Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship Tournament at Ross Memorial Park.

The third-seeded Wolverines (19-17) will play in the conference championship game at 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

Grove City, the designated home team for the game, trailed 4-2 in the sixth inning but charged back to take the lead. Senior first baseman Matt Waugaman (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) led off with a double while sophomore left fielder Travis Auth (Medina, Ohio/Medina) followed with a walk.

Senior catcher Andy Fritz (Saxonburg, Pa./Knoch) then gave Grove City the lead for good when he blasted a go-ahead three-run homer to left field. 

Grove City added an insurance run in the seventh inning when Auth singled in sophomore third baseman Bobby Dulay (Youngstown, Ohio/Ursuline). 

Grove City forged a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the first when Waugaman cracked a solo home run to right field. W&J (31-10) took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth but Grove City tied the game in the home half of the inning as senior shortstop David Laylock (Pittsburgh, Pa./Pine-Richland) singled in Fritz. Laylock finished 2 for 3 while Waugaman went 2 for 4. 

Sophomore pitcher Micah Burke (Gilbert, Ariz./E.V.A.C.) earned the win after pitching 6 1/3 innings. He allowed four earned runs, improving to 4-2 on the season. Freshman Austin Wacker (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) picked up his fourth save of the season after throwing 2 2/3 innings of relief. 

Wacker entered the game in the seventh with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh before fanning W&J's Frank Fortunato and getting Nick Gatins to groundout. W&J stranded two runners in scoring position in the eighth. Wacker then retired the Presidents in order in the ninth, striking out Fortunato to end the game.

Grove City will play either W&J, Thiel or Thomas More in the championship game. The Wolverines are in pursuit of their first league title since 2008.