Standings After Fall Season
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Click here to read the North Coast Athletic Conference fall All-Sports Trophy news release.
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The standings are updated at the end of the fall, winter and spring seasons each school year, with the All-Sports award given annually to the school that performs the best across the NCAC's 22 sports. Ten points are awarded for a first-place finish, nine for a second, eight for a third, and so on. Men's and women's performances are combined, exemplifying the North Coast's commitment to equity and balance among programs.
Wittenberg won the NCAC All-Sports award in 1996 and has three other runner-up finishes (1995, 2002 and 2003) since joining the conference in 1989. Denison has the most titles with 10, followed by Ohio Wesleyan with eight, including the last two, and Wooster with five. Wittenberg is the only one of the four schools to win the All-Sports trophy that was not a charter member of the NCAC, which started competition in 1984.
Leading the way for Wittenberg was the Tiger volleyball program, which finished with records of 33-3 overall and 16-0 in the NCAC to capture a 13th league title in the last 14 years (and third straight with an unbeaten record). The Tigers added their 13th NCAC Tournament title in the last 14 years before seeing their run of four straight Great Lakes Region titles snapped in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.
That was hardly the lone fall sports highlight, however, as the Tiger men's soccer team put together a record-breaking season that included records of 16-4-1 overall and 6-3 in the NCAC, good for a second-place tie. The Tigers, who broke school records for wins in a season and consecutive victories (13), reached their first-ever NCAC Tournament title game, falling in a penalty kick shootout to Ohio Wesleyan, and earned a berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
The women's soccer team put together another stellar season, finishing 11-4-6 overall and 5-1-2 in the NCAC and capturing a third straight tournament conference crown. The Tigers advanced to their third straight NCAA Division III Tournament.
Rounding things out, the field hockey team finished with records of 11-8 overall and 7-5 in the NCAC, good for fourth place in the regular season standings, the football team posted records of 6-4 overall and 4-3 in the NCAC in 2008, good for a three-way tie for third place in the conference, and the men's and women's cross country teams finished seventh and fourth, respectively, in the NCAC Championships. The finishes represented improvements of one spot for the men and three spots for the women, who had five freshmen score in the meet. The fourth-place finish for the women was the best in program history.
Written By: Ryan Maurer
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