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Washington & Lee Wins 2008 Wooldridge Champions Cup
Generals Top Charts in
Both Men and Women’s Divisions
May 29, 2008
SALEM,
Va. ---
Washington and Lee University has won 24 league titles
over the past three years including seven during the
2007-08 academic year to retain its sixth straight Dan
Wooldridge Overall Sports Champion Cup. The
Generals also won both the ODAC Men's Commissioner's Cup
and the ODAC Women's Commissioner's Cup, marking the
fourth and fifth successive competition victories,
respectively.
Points for the Commissioner’s Cups are based on regular
season standings in team sports and championship team
finishes in individual sports. Farm Bureau Insurance ®
is the proud sponsor for the Dan Wooldridge Overall
Champions Cup and the Men and Women’s Commissioner’s
Cups.
Washington & Lee has won 12 of the 14 overall sport
trophies since the award's inception in 1994-95. This
year, the Generals racked up an ODAC-record 150.5 championship
points, claiming seven league championships through its
21-sport sponsorship. Washington & Lee earned
regular season crowns in men and women’s cross country,
golf, women’s lacrosse, swimming, and men and women’s
tennis.
Roanoke College finished second overall with 116.5
points including two conference championships in women's
indoor and outdoor track.
Virginia Wesleyan College rounded out the top three with 112.0
overall points, thanks in part to a trio of league
championships in men and women's soccer and women's
basketball.
In
the women’s division, Washington & Lee won its eighth overall
cup with 81.5
points and four championships. Roanoke finished 11.0
points back in second place with 70.5 points that
includes titles in indoor and outdoor track and field.
Virginia Wesleyan holds the third position with 65.5 points
and two championships in soccer and basketball.
In
men’s competition, the Generals won three regular season
crowns on the way to 69.0 points. Washington & Lee has
won 13 of
the past 14 men's cups. Lynchburg's titles in
baseball and lacrosse helped the Hornets finish second
with 49.5
points, and Hampden-Sydney placed third with 48.0 points that
includes the regular season title in football.
For
a look at the entire breakdown of the 2008 Dan
Wooldridge Overall Champions Cup, as well as the 2008
Men and Women’s Commissioner’s Cups, please see the
information below or visit the ODAC on the Internet at
www.odaconline.com .
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