On the strength of conference championships from the volleyball, soccer, indoor and outdoor track and field, and tennis teams, Sac State’s women easily won the Big Sky Conference’s All-Sports Trophy, which goes to the Big Sky program that accumulates the most points over the course of the athletic year. The all-sports championship is the University’s first since Sac State joined the Big Sky Conference in 1996-97. In the men’s all-sports race, Sac State finished fourth among the league’s nine teams. Overall, counting men’s and women’s athletic points, Sac State finished second, narrowly trailing first-place Northern Arizona.
Of the eight women’s sports offered in the Big Sky, Sac State won titles in five of them. No other Big Sky team won more than one conference championship.
All three finishes— first on the women’s side, fourth on the men’s side, second overall—are program bests or matched program highs since joining the Big Sky. The men also finished fourth last season.
The Hornet women accumulated 91 points, or 11.4 points per sport, easily finishing ahead of second-place Northern Arizona (71 points, 8.88 per sport). On the men’s side, Northern Arizona finished first with an average of 13.3 points per sports, followed by Weber State, Montana and Sac State.
Overall, counting both men’s and women’s sports, Northern Arizona was first with 10.79 points, followed by Sac State, Weber State, Montana and Portland State to round out the top five.
Points for the All-Sports Trophy are awarded based on finish in regular-season standings for soccer, volleyball, basketball, tennis, and football. For cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, and golf, points are awarded based on finish in the Big Sky Championship, with standings determined by average points per sport. The Big Sky has awarded a men’s all-sports trophy since 1963-64, and a women’s allsports trophy since 1988-89.
For the second straight year, Sac State athletics teams have won eight conference championships, with wins in volleyball, women’s soccer, men’s indoor track, women’s indoor track, softball, women’s tennis, men’s tennis and women’s outdoor track.