OWU finishes third in NCAC All-Sports activities race
Ohio Wesleyan College completed in third place within the North Coast Athletic Convention All-Sports activities title chase, it was lately introduced by the NCAC.
Ohio Wesleyan compiled 60½ factors in the course of the spring 2023 season, posting finishes of third or higher in 4 of the ten spring sports activities, together with a tri-championship in males’s lacrosse, a second-place end in ladies’s monitor & area, a second-place tie in softball, and a third-place end in ladies’s lacrosse.
Denison gained the all-sports title with 190 factors. The Massive Pink gained convention titles in baseball, ladies’s golf, males’s tennis, and males’s monitor & area and shared the convention championship in males’s lacrosse in the course of the spring 2023 season. DePauw completed in second place with 167½ factors, adopted by Ohio Wesleyan (151½), Wittenberg (150½), Kenyon (145), Wooster (136½), Oberlin (115½), Wabash (75), and Hiram (48½).
The NCAC all-sports champion receives the Dennis M. Collins All-Sports activities Trophy, given yearly to the varsity that performs the very best throughout the NCAC’s 23 sports activities. Ten factors are awarded for a first-place end, 9 for a second, 8 for a 3rd, and so forth.
Males’s and ladies’s performances are mixed, exemplifying the NCAC’s dedication to fairness and stability amongst packages. Wooster gained 3 of the primary 4 all-sports championships, interrupted as soon as by Denison. Ohio Wesleyan adopted with a 6-year run resulting in titles by Wooster (twice), Wittenberg (as soon as), and Denison (9). The Battling Bishops gained the subsequent 2 titles and tied Denison for the crown in 2008-09. Denison is the defending all-sports champion.
Denison leads the way in which with 171 workforce championships in the course of the NCAC’s 39 enjoying seasons. Ohio Wesleyan is subsequent with 158 titles, adopted by Kenyon (136), Wittenberg (116), Wooster (85), DePauw (41), Wabash (32), Oberlin (26), and Hiram (2).
OWU Sports activities Info contributed to this report.