WNE Women Climb to 3rd Place in CCC All-Sports Trophy Standings Through Winter Season; Men in 7th
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (March 7, 2019) – The Western New England University women's and men's teams are in third and seventh place, respectively, in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) All-Sport Trophy standings through the conclusion of the winter season, the league office announced on Thursday.
On the women's side, Western New England won the lone CCC winter championship (basketball) to earn nine points for the Golden Bears. The WNE women moved up from their fifth place position at the end of the fall season.
The Western New England men received five points from the basketball team and three from the hockey squad, dropping one spot from sixth to seventh.
ABOUT THE ALL-SPORTS TROPHY
The All-Sports Trophies have been awarded annually since 2013-14 to the schools that perform the best across the board in league competition.
In each sport, points are awarded based on CCC championship and CCC runner-up finishes in the conference tournament followed by the regular-season finish of the remaining teams. The CCC Tournament Champion receives nine points and the CCC Tournament runner-up receives eight points.
The regular-season finish of the remaining teams is used to determine the number of points awarded to each of those programs. The team with the highest regular-season finish, excluding the Tournament Champion and runner-up, receives seven points with the next team down receiving six points. The process continues until all teams have been awarded points. In the event of a tie, each tied team receives the average of the sum of the spots for which they are competing.
After the total points are calculated, points are then divided by the number of CCC sports that each school sponsors to arrive at an average score.
For sports that do not conduct a conference tournament, each teams' place in the final regular-season standings or finish at the championship event are used to determine the allocation of points. Associate members are not eligible to earn points in the All-Sports trophy standings, but their finish is considered when determining the allocation of points for full members.
Starting in the 2017-18 academic year, the awarding procedure was amended so that any sport in which at least five core CCC members compete against each other in the same conference (even if that conference is not the CCC) would receive points in the All-Sports Trophy standings.
The All-Sports Trophy standings will be updated following the conclusion of the CCC spring season.
