Denison University posted top-five finishes in 19 of 23 sports to earn the North Coast Athletic Conference All-Sports Championship for the 12th time in school history. The Big Red opened the year with top-five finishes in five of the seven fall sports, and kept the momentum rolling into the winter season with five more top-five finishes, including league titles in men's swimming & diving and women's swimming & diving. DU capped off the year with a strong showing in the spring season, finishing in the top-five in nine of the 10 sports, including the outright NCAC title in men's lacrosse. The Big Red secured the 2013 All-Sports title by compiling 165.0 total points, edging out 2012 All-Sports champion DePauw (159.5) by five-and-a-half points.
DePauw University won one outright league championship to go along with two third-place finishes and two fourth-place finishes to maintain its lead in the race for the 2012-13 North Coast Athletic Conference All-Sports Championship.
69 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) field hockey student-athletes were recognized on the 2012 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Div. III National Academic Squad. The National Academic Squad acknowledges those student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or higher through the first semester of the 2012-13 academic year.
Currently in 30th place, DePauw University leads seven NCAC institutions ranked in the prestigious 2012-2013 Division III Learfield Sports Directors' Cup fall standings.
DePauw University field hockey head coach, Gina Preston-Wills, was named the 2012 Dita/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year. Preston-Wills led the Tigers to a 21-2 overall record and a trip to the 2012 NCAA semifinals for the first time in school history.
DePauw University won one outright championship and finished second in two others to take the lead in the race for the 2012-13 North Coast Athletic Conference All-Sports championship.
DePauw’s magical run through the Division III NCAA Field Hockey Tournament ended with a 2-0 loss to Tufts in the national semifinals, on Saturday Nov. 17. The Tigers, the first NCAC team to advance past the third round of the tournament, finish with a 21-2 overall record, their first outright NCAC championship, their first NCAC Tournament title and their first wins in the NCAA Tournament.
DePauw's magical run through the Division III NCAA Field Hockey Tournament ended with a 2-0 loss to Tufts in the national semifinals, on Saturday Nov. 17. The Tigers, the first NCAC team to advance past the third round of the tournament, finish with a 21-2 overall record, their first outright NCAC championship, their first NCAC Tournament title and their first wins in the NCAA Tournament.