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)

Past McIlroy-Lewis Trophy Winners
2005 - Whitworth 2004 - Linfield
2003 - Linfield 2002 - Pacific Lutheran 2001 - Linfield
2000 - Pacific Lutheran 1999 - Pacific Lutheran 1998 - Pacific Lutheran
1997 - Pacific Lutheran 1996 - Pacific Lutheran 1995 - Pacific Lutheran
1994 - Willamette 1993 - Pacific Lutheran 1992 - Pacific Lutheran
1991 - Pacific Lutheran 1990 - Pacific Lutheran 1989 - Pacific Lutheran
1988 - Pacific Lutheran 1987 - Pacific Lutheran 1986 - Pacific Lutheran