Eagles finish fourth in GLVC All-Sports Trophy race

The University of Southern Indiana Department of Athletics finished fourth in the bid for the 2015-16 Great Lakes Valley Conference All-Sports Trophy.

Buoyed by the first-place finishes of its men’s and women’s cross country teams, USI finished with 146.75 points, the most by any non-football/non-swimming & divining institution.

The Screaming Eagles also benefitted from the efforts of men’s tennis, women’s golf, baseball, and softball. Men’s Tennis earned second-place points, while baseball, women’s golf, and softball each garnered third-place points.

USI finished less than 60 points away from first-place University of Indianapolis and less than 30 points shy of second-place Lewis University. UIndy, which has football and swimming & diving, captured its fifth straight All-Sports trophy as well as its second Commissioner’s Cup with point tallies of 203.00 and 86.00, respectively.

The Eagles finished eighth in the Commissioner’s Cup standings, which allocates points based on the athletic department’s finish in the GLVC’s postseason tournaments in men’s soccer, women’s soccer, volleyball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, softball, and baseball. Each of the league’s members sponsors these sports at the intercollegiate level.

USI finished with 64 points, two back of seventh-place Drury University and five behind sixth-place Lewis.

This season marks the fourth consecutive year that the Eagles have finished fourth in the All-Sports Trophy standings. USI was 13^th in the Commissioner Cup standings in 2014-15 and fifth in 2013-14.