Whitworth Takes All-Sports Lead After Fall Season

SPOKANE, Wash. - Two-time defending champion Whitworth University has opened up a ten point lead over Willamette University and the rest of the Northwest Conference after the fall season in the race for the 2009-10 McIlroy-Lewis All-Sports Trophy.

Whitworth won two conference titles and added a pair of runner-up finishes to pick up 88 points during the fall season.  The Pirates claimed NWC championships in women's cross country and men's soccer, while finishing second in men's cross country and women's soccer.

Willamette University won the men's cross country championship and finished second in football.  The Bearcats are in second place with 78 points.

Linfield College claimed the 2009 NWC football championship and sits in third place with 71 points.

Pacific Lutheran University and University of Puget Sound are tied for fourth place with 66 points.  PLU won the 2009 NWC volleyball title, while Puget Sound claimed yet another women's soccer crown.

Whitman College is sixth (49), followed by Lewis & Clark College (45), Pacific University (32) and George Fox University (23). 

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													88
Willamette	18	10	14	10	10	16													78
Linfield	14	14	11	8	6	18													71
Puget Sound	8	6	18	12	16	6													66
Pacific Lutheran	6	8	6	16	18	12													66
Whitman	12	16	11	6	4	--													49
Lewis & Clark	10	12	2	--	13	8													45
Pacific (Ore.)	4	4	8	14	2	--													32
George Fox	2	--	4	4	13	--													23
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, 2 (Men's Soccer, Women's Cross Country)

Puget Sound, 1 (Women's Soccer)

Willamette, 1 (Men's Cross Country)

Pacific Lutheran, 1 (Volleyball)

Linfield, 1 (Football)

Past McIlroy-Lewis Trophy Winners
2009 - Whitworth	2008 - Whitworth	2007 - Puget Sound
2006 - Puget Sound	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