ST. LOUIS — UNI claimed fifth place within the race for the Missouri Valley Conference’s (MVC) All-Sport Trophy in the course of the 2022-23 college yr, as introduced by the league workplace on Thursday.

The All-Sports Trophy is predicated on a college’s common end in every of the sponsored championships by the Missouri Valley Conference. Teams are awarded 10 factors for first, 9 for second, eight for third, and so forth., and the whole collected factors are divided by the variety of sports activities during which a selected college competes. For sports activities not sponsored by each MVC college, the factors lower by variety of competing colleges (i.e., in a sport the place eight groups compete, 10/8 = 1.25, so level totals lower by 1.25; 1st = 10, 2nd = 8.75, third = 7.5, and so forth.)

Finishes in baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball are primarily based on regular-season competitors. However, establishments obtain three bonus factors for every league post-season championship earned in these aforementioned sports activities.  All different sports activities are decided by end on the championship event or championship meet.  

During the 2022-23 season, the Panthers claimed MVC common season championships in volleyball and softball, in addition to the league’s volleyball postseason event title. UNI additionally reached the semifinal rounds of each the MVC girls’s soccer and softball tournaments.

Illinois State clinched its fourth consecutive MVC All-Sports Trophy in 2022-23, with Missouri State ending in second for a 3rd straight yr. Drake completed in third place, whereas Southern Illinois took fourth place.

In the final decade, UNI has completed within the top-half of the MVC All-Sports standings eight occasions. The Panthers’ 2022-23 rating of seven.812 can be the very best for the reason that convention transitioned to a factors common system to award the trophy in 1993-94.

 

2022-23 MVC All-Sports Trophy Standings