Pacific Lutheran Wins All-Sports Trophy
SPOKANE, WA - Defending champion Pacific Lutheran
University again used a strong spring season to overtake Willamette
University and continue its dominance of the annual McIlroy-Lewis
Northwest Conference All-Sports Trophy.
The Lutes won four conference titles and added a
pair of runner-up finishes in the eight spring sports to move to
the lead. The Lutes had been in fourth place after the winter
sports season. PLU won NWC titles in Softball, Men's Track &
Field, Women's Tennis, and Men's Golf to finish with 250 points to
the Bearcats' 227.
Willamette, which had led the standings through the
fall and winter sports, tied for second place in softball for the
Bearcats' highest spring finish.
Linfield College also had a strong spring to move
from fifth place to third in the standings. The Wildcats won the
Women's Golf title.
Other spring championships went to George Fox
University (Baseball and Women's Track & Field) and Whitman
College (Men's Tennis).
The Northwest Conference All-Sports Trophy
recognizes athletic excellence among Northwest Conference
institutions across all fields of competition. It is named in honor
of John Lewis, the baseball coach (1947-72), basketball coach
(1947-67) and athletics director (1952-72) at Willamette
University; and Jane McIlroy, Linfield College's women's athletics
director and physical education professor from 1950-82 who also
coached field hockey (1952-81), basketball, volleyball, softball
and tennis.
Pacific Lutheran has won the trophy every year but once since
its inception in 1986. Willamette won the award in 1994.
| School
| wxc
| mxc
| wsoc
| msoc
| vb
| fb
| wsw
| msw
| wbb
| mbb
| bb
| sb
| wtn
| mtn
| wg
| mg
| wtf
| mtf
| total
|
| Pac. Lutheran
| 12
| 14
| 10
| 6
| 18
| 16
| 10
| 10
| 17
| 9
| 12
| 18
| 18
| 16
| 16
| 18
| 12
| 18
| 250
|
| Willamette
| 15
| 12
| 18
| 10
| 15
| 18
| 8
| 12
| 10
| 12
| 14
| 15
| 6
| 14
| 14
| 14
| 10
| 10
| 227
|
| Linfield
| --
| 6
| 4
| 16
| 6
| 14
| 14
| 14
| 13
| 14
| 16
| 12
| 16
| 10
| 18
| 16
| 16
| 14
| 219
|
| Puget Sound
| 8
| 18
| 16
| 18
| 8
| 10
| 18
| 18
| 3
| 6
| 10
| 15
| 10
| 12
| 12
| 8
| 6
| 8
| 204
|
| Whitworth
| 15
| 8
| 14
| 14
| 10
| 12
| 16
| 16
| 13
| 9
| 3
| 6
| 8
| 6
| --
| --
| 14
| 16
| 180
|
| George Fox
| 10
| 16
| 12
| 10
| 15
| --
| --
| --
| 17
| 4
| 18
| 4
| 2
| 8
| --
| --
| 18
| 12
| 146
|
| Whitman
| 18
| 6
| 6
| 4
| 12
| --
| 12
| 8
| 7
| 2
| 3
| --
| 14
| 18
| 8
| 10
| 4
| 3
| 135
|
| Lewis & Clark
| 6
| 10
| --
| --
| 2
| 8
| 6
| 6
| 3
| 18
| 7
| 10
| 12
| 4
| 10
| 6
| 8
| 6
| 122
|
| Pacific
| 4
| 4
| 8
| 12
| 4
| --
| --
| --
| 7
| 16
| 7
| 8
| 4
| 2
| --
| 12
| 2
| 3
| 93
|
key: wxc = women's cross country; mxc = men's cross-country;
wsoc = women's soccer; msoc = men's soccer; vb = volleyball; fb =
football; wsw = women's swimming; msw = men's swimming; wbb =
women's basketball; mbb = men's basketball; bb = baseball; sb =
softball; wtn = women's tennis; mtn = men's tennis; wg = women's
golf; mg = men's golf; wtf = women's track & field; mtf = men's
track & field.