Whitworth Surges to All-Sports Trophy Title
SPOKANE, Wash. - Whitworth University surged past
two-time defending champion University of Puget Sound during the
spring sports season to win the Northwest Conference's 2008
McIlroy-Lewis All-Sports trophy. It is the second time the Pirates
have won the trophy, after winning initially in 2005.
Whitworth won the NWC title in men's track and
field, and added runner up finishes in men's golf, women's golf and
women's tennis, to score 105 points in the spring for a final total
of 253. The Pirates won a total of six conference titles, and were
runners-up in four other sports, in 2007-08.
Linfield College had the strongest spring and made
the biggest move up the standings. The Wildcats claimed four NWC
spring titles to score 128 points this season and finish with 234
points overall. Linfield won conference titles in baseball,
softball, women's tennis and men's golf. It is the second year in a
row that Linfield finished second in the standings.
UPS, winners of the last two trophies, fell to
third place in the final standings with 221 points.
Willamette University, winners of the NWC women's
track and field title, edged ahead of Pacific Lutheran University
for fourth place in the final standings (185 - 184).
George Fox University, with runner up finishes in
baseball and women's track, moved up from eighth to sixth with 135
points, while Pacific University used a championship in women's
golf and a second place finish in softball to move from ninth place
to seventh with 131 points. Whitman College took the men's tennis
title and finished eighth with 129 points. Lewis & Clark
College (115 points) was ninth.
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
|
| Whitworth
| 14
| 9
| 16
| 18
| 8
| 18
| 18
| 18
| 11
| 18
| 5
| 10
| 16
| 10
| 16
| 16
| 14
| 18
| 253
|
| Linfield
| 16
| 6
| 8
| 8
| 14
| 15
| 8
| 14
| 6
| 11
| 18
| 18
| 18
| 14
| 14
| 18
| 12
| 16
| 234
|
| Puget Sound
| 12
| 16
| 18
| 14
| 16
| 9
| 16
| 16
| 17
| 16
| 8
| 8
| 4
| 8
| 12
| 11
| 10
| 10
| 221
|
| Willamette
| 18
| 18
| 10
| 4
| 2
| 12
| 10
| 6
| 3
| 11
| 10
| 14
| 8
| 12
| 7
| 8
| 18
| 14
| 185
|
| Pacific Lutheran
| 4
| 9
| 6
| 16
| 18
| 15
| 6
| 10
| 8
| 6
| 14
| 12
| 12
| 16
| 7
| 11
| 8
| 6
| 184
|
| George Fox
| 10
| 4
| 13
| 6
| 5
| --
| --
| --
| 17
| 4
| 16
| 6
| 6
| 4
| 10
| 6
| 16
| 12
| 135
|
| Pacific
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 12
| 11
| --
| 4
| 4
| 3
| 11
| 12
| 16
| 2
| 2
| 18
| 14
| 6
| 8
| 131
|
| Whitman
| 8
| 12
| 13
| 10
| 11
| --
| 14
| 12
| 11
| 2
| 2
| --
| 14
| 18
| --
| 2
| --
| --
| 129
|
| Lewis & Clark
| 6
| 14
| 2
| --
| 5
| 6
| 12
| 8
| 14
| 11
| 5
| 4
| 10
| 6
| --
| 4
| 4
| 4
| 115
|
| Menlo
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| 9
| --
| --
| --
| --
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 9
|
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.
2007-08 NWC Sport Winners:
Whitworth, 6 (Football, Men's Soccer, Women's Swimming, Men's
Swimming, Men's Basketball, Men's T&F)
Linfield, 4 (Baseball, Softball, Men's Golf, Women's Tennis)
Willamette, 3 (Men's Cross-Country, Women's Cross-Country, Women's
T&F)
Puget Sound, 2 (Women's Soccer, Women's Basketball - tie)
Pacific Lutheran, 1 (Volleyball)
George Fox, 1 (Women's Basketball - tie)
Pacific, 1 (Women's Golf)
Whitman 1 (Men's Tennis)