Bobcats Reign in Big Sky All-Sports Race
5/27/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Spurred by a strong finish to the 2004-05 sports season and powered by top three finishes in all six sports, Montana State won the 2004-05 Big Sky Conference Men's All-Sports Trophy, Big Sky Conference Commissioner Doug Fullerton announced Thursday.
Montana State dominated the men's sports scene in the Big Sky this year, although its first two championships came only in the last month. The Bobcat men's tennis team won their second straight Big Sky Championship in April, advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season, while the men's track team won its first-ever Big Sky crown two weeks ago in Flagstaff.
Peter Fields, in his fourth year as Montana State's Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, said the men's all-sports crown -- MSU's second in the past three years -- is an indication of the program's broad-based success. "Our men's teams each finished in the top three in the Big Sky Conference," Fields said. "That shows that we are extremely competitive, across the board. Our coaches and student-athletes worked extremely hard to get to this level, and they are working extremely hard to stay there. The University, the Bozeman community, and Bobcat fans everywhere have reason to be extremely proud of this achievement."
MSU finished fifth in the women's Big Sky All-Sports Trophy standings. The MSU cross country, volleyball and outdoor track teams led the way, each finishing third. "We can improve in this area, and I'm confident with the coaches in place that the 2005-06 academic year will be exciting," Fields said.
Montana State's men dominated the final standings, compiling 87 total points, far outdistancing Montana's 62 points. MSU's average of 14.5 points per sport topped UM's 10.3 and the 9.4 produced by Portland State. NAU finished with 8.3 points per sport, edging Eastern Washington (8.2), Weber State (8.0), Idaho State (7.7), and Sacramento State (6.8).
The Bobcats previously won Men's All-Sports Trophy races in 2003, 1967, and '65.
The Big Sky Conference also announced that MSU remains in a tight battle for the third Sterling Bank President's Cup, awarded to the Big Sky Conference's top program in terms of athletic achievement and academic success. MSU, Montana, Eastern Washington, Northern Arizona and Weber State remain in competition, decided after all schools submit spring semester academic information in June.
Montana State dominated the men's sports scene in the Big Sky this year, although its first two championships came only in the last month. The Bobcat men's tennis team won their second straight Big Sky Championship in April, advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season, while the men's track team won its first-ever Big Sky crown two weeks ago in Flagstaff.
Peter Fields, in his fourth year as Montana State's Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, said the men's all-sports crown -- MSU's second in the past three years -- is an indication of the program's broad-based success. "Our men's teams each finished in the top three in the Big Sky Conference," Fields said. "That shows that we are extremely competitive, across the board. Our coaches and student-athletes worked extremely hard to get to this level, and they are working extremely hard to stay there. The University, the Bozeman community, and Bobcat fans everywhere have reason to be extremely proud of this achievement."
MSU finished fifth in the women's Big Sky All-Sports Trophy standings. The MSU cross country, volleyball and outdoor track teams led the way, each finishing third. "We can improve in this area, and I'm confident with the coaches in place that the 2005-06 academic year will be exciting," Fields said.
Montana State's men dominated the final standings, compiling 87 total points, far outdistancing Montana's 62 points. MSU's average of 14.5 points per sport topped UM's 10.3 and the 9.4 produced by Portland State. NAU finished with 8.3 points per sport, edging Eastern Washington (8.2), Weber State (8.0), Idaho State (7.7), and Sacramento State (6.8).
The Bobcats previously won Men's All-Sports Trophy races in 2003, 1967, and '65.
The Big Sky Conference also announced that MSU remains in a tight battle for the third Sterling Bank President's Cup, awarded to the Big Sky Conference's top program in terms of athletic achievement and academic success. MSU, Montana, Eastern Washington, Northern Arizona and Weber State remain in competition, decided after all schools submit spring semester academic information in June.
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