SPOKANE, Wash. - Whitworth University rolled to victory in
the chase for the 2009-2010 McIlroy-Lewis All-Sports trophy by
claiming nine championships out of 18 Northwest Conference sports
over the course of the academic year. The all-sports
championship is the Pirates' third in a row.
Whitworth won or shared four more NWC championships during the
spring season to increase its total for the year to nine. The
Pirates won a second straight title in women's tennis, won men's
track and field, won men's golf, and shared the title in women's
golf with George Fox. Whitworth finished with 267 points, the
highest total for any winning school since the scoring system was
changed after the 1998-99 year.
Linfield College moved into second place by scoring 124 points
in the spring for a final tally of 238. The Wildcats
claimed titles in baseball and softball (7th straight), while
finishing second in men's tennis, women's tennis and men's
golf.
Willamette University won its ninth consecutive title in women's
track and field and earned runner-up finishes in softball and men's
track and field to take third in the final all-sports standings
with 192 points.
The University of Puget Sound finished in fourth place with 189
points, while Pacific Lutheran University was fifth with 175
points.
Whitman College won its third straight men's tennis
championship and finished sixth with 146 points.
Lewis & Clark finished in seventh place with 131 points,
just ahead of George Fox University (129) and Pacific
University (121). GFU's co-championship in women's golf is
the school's first.
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
| 16
| 18
| 16
| 18
| 8
| 12
| 18
| 18
| 13
| 18
| 7
| 10
| 18
| 10
| 17
| 18
| 14
| 18
| 267
|
| Linfield
| 14
| 14
| 11
| 8
| 6
| 18
| 10
| 12
| 5
| 16
| 18
| 18
| 16
| 16
| 14
| 16
| 12
| 14
| 238
|
| Willamette
| 18
| 10
| 14
| 10
| 10
| 16
| 6
| 4
| 2
| 7
| 11
| 16
| 12
| 14
| 4
| 4
| 18
| 16
| 192
|
| Puget Sound
| 8
| 6
| 18
| 12
| 16
| 6
| 16
| 16
| 16
| 4
| 11
| 8
| 5
| 7
| 12
| 14
| 6
| 8
| 189
|
| Pacific Lutheran
| 6
| 8
| 6
| 16
| 18
| 12
| 4
| 6
| 8
| 10
| 16
| 12
| 5
| 12
| 6
| 8
| 10
| 12
| 175
|
| Whitman
| 12
| 16
| 11
| 6
| 4
| --
| 12
| 14
| 10
| 7
| 2
| --
| 14
| 18
| 10
| 10
| --
| --
| 146
|
| Lewis & Clark
| 10
| 12
| 2
| --
| 13
| 8
| 14
| 10
| 13
| 13
| 4
| 4
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 8
| 4
| 131
|
| George Fox
| 2
| --
| 4
| 4
| 13
| --
| --
| --
| 18
| 13
| 14
| 6
| 2
| 4
| 17
| 6
| 16
| 10
| 129
|
| Pacific (Ore.)
| 4
| 4
| 8
| 14
| 2
| --
| 8
| 8
| 5
| 2
| 7
| 14
| 8
| 7
| 8
| 12
| 4
| 6
| 121
|
| Menlo
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| 12
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
| 12
|
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.
2009-10 NWC Sport Winners:
Whitworth, 9 (Men's Soccer, Women's Cross Country, Men's
Swimming, Women's Swimming, Men's Basketball, Women's Tennis,
Women's Golf-tie, Men's Golf, Men's Track & Field)
Linfield, 3 (Football, Baseball, Softball)
George Fox, 2 (Women's Basketball, Women's Golf-tie)
Willamette, 2 (Men's Cross Country, Women's Track &
Field)
Puget Sound, 1 (Women's Soccer)
Pacific Lutheran, 1 (Volleyball)
Whitman, 1 (Men's Tennis)