Puget Sound Wins Second Straight McIlroy-Lewis Trophy
SPOKANE, Wash. - Defending champion University of
Puget Sound scored enough points in the spring to not only
withstand the hard charge of Linfield College, but post the highest
winning score in eight years, winning its second consecutive
McIlroy-Lewis All Sports Trophy.
UPS won a conference title in women's golf and
finished second in women's tennis to score 96 points this spring
for a year-long total of 253 points. The Loggers posted the highest
winning score since PLU scored 300 during the 1998-99 season by
winning five NWC titles and claiming three runner-up finishes this
year.
Trailing UPS by 44 points after winter, Linfield
made a tremendous charge in the spring, finishing no lower than
third in any of the eight sports and winning NWC titles in
softball, women's tennis and men's track & field. The Wildcats
scored 128 points in the spring season for a total of 241 to
overtake Whitworth and move into second place in the final
standings.
Whitworth won the men's golf title and finished
third with 238 points.
Pacific Lutheran University and Willamette
University ended up tied for fourth place. The Lutes won baseball
and men's tennis, while the Bearcats won the women's track &
field championship. Both scored 187 points.
George Fox University (134 points) jumped over
Whitman College (126) and Lewis & Clark College (120) into
sixth place.
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.
| School
| mxc
| wxc
| wsoc
| msoc
| vb
| fb
| wsw
| msw
| wbb
| mbb
| bb
| sb
| wtn
| mtn
| wg
| mg
| wtf
| mtf
| total
|
| Puget Sound
| 16
| 16
| 18
| 18
| 14
| 12
| 18
| 14
| 17
| 14
| 12
| 10
| 16
| 8
| 18
| 10
| 10
| 12
| 253
|
| Linfield
| 14
| 6
| 7
| 12
| 17
| 16
| 10
| 16
| 13
| 2
| 14
| 18
| 18
| 14
| 16
| 16
| 14
| 18
| 241
|
| Whitworth
| 10
| 10
| 14
| 16
| 8
| 18
| 16
| 18
| 9
| 17
| 8
| 16
| 10
| 10
| 14
| 18
| 12
| 14
| 238
|
| Pacific Lutheran
| 2
| 4
| 10
| 14
| 17
| 14
| 8
| 10
| 9
| 7
| 18
| 8
| 12
| 18
| 8
| 14
| 8
| 6
| 187
|
| Willamette
| 18
| 18
| 16
| 4
| 2
| 10
| 6
| 8
| 4
| 7
| 8
| 12
| 8
| 12
| 12
| 8
| 18
| 16
| 187
|
| George Fox
| 12
| 12
| 7
| 6
| 8
| --
| --
| --
| 17
| 10
| 16
| 6
| 4
| 6
| 6
| --
| 16
| 10
| 136
|
| Whitman
| 8
| 8
| 12
| 8
| 12
| --
| 14
| 12
| 6
| 4
| 2
| --
| 14
| 16
| 4
| 6
| --
| --
| 126
|
| Lewis & Clark
| 6
| 14
| 4
| --
| 4
| 6
| 12
| 6
| 13
| 17
| 8
| 4
| 6
| 4
| --
| 4
| 4
| 8
| 120
|
| Pacific
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 10
| 8
| --
| 4
| 4
| 2
| 12
| 4
| 14
| 2
| 2
| 10
| 12
| 6
| 4
| 102
|
| Menlo
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| 8
| --
| --
| --
| --
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 8
|
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.
2006-07 NWC Sport Winners:
Puget Sound, 5(Women's Soccer, Men's Soccer, Women's Swimming,
Women's Basketball-tie, Women's Golf)
Linfield, 1 (Volleyball-tie, Softball, Women's Tennis, Men's
Track)
Whitworth, 4 (Football, Men's Swimming, Men's Basketball-tie, Men's
Golf)
Willamette, 3 (Men's Cross-Country, Women's Cross-Country, Men's
Track)
Pacific Lutheran, 1 (Volleyball-tie, Baseball, Men's Tennis)
George Fox (Women's Basketball-tie)
Lewis & Clark (Men's Basketball-tie)