Dixon Trophy standings
Following a successful winter season, Cal U's athletic
program moved up to
second place in the 2009-2010 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
(PSAC)
Dixon Trophy standings. The Vulcans began spring competition with 124 overall points after
earning
49.5 points from their five winter sports, men's and women's
basketball,
women's swimming and men's and women's indoor track and field.
Shippensburg leads the standings with 138 points. Cal U earned a winter-best 15 points from the women¹s basketball program
after the team advanced to the championship game of the PSAC Tournament
for
a league-record 10th consecutive season. The Vulcans collected 11 points after finishing fifth at the PSAC
Championships last month and in the nation's top 20 for the second
consecutive year. The women's indoor track and field team achieved its best finish in
program
history, earning 10 points after placing sixth at the PSAC
Championships.
The team set eight records during the indoor season. Men's basketball finished with 7.5 points for a second-straight year,
and
the men's indoor track and field team totaled six points. Seven different institutions have won the Dixon Trophy. Cal U brought
home
the trophy a year ago with a conference-record 161 points.
The Dixon Trophy has been awarded annually since the 1995-96 academic
year.
The winner is determined by a point system based on the results of
conference playoffs and/or regular-season records.
Each institution's point total is calculated by adding its top six
women's
finishes and top six men's finishes in 22 conference sports.
The award is named for the late F. Eugene Dixon Jr., former chairman of
the
Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
The final eight league championships will take place this spring, in
baseball, women's golf, women's lacrosse, softball, men's and women's
tennis, and men's and women's outdoor track and field. The announcement of this year's Dixon Trophy winner is scheduled for May
18
at the PSAC Award Luncheon in Harrisburg, Pa.