After a pair of first-place finishes in both the Atlantic Sun Conference men’s and women’s tennis championships last Saturday, ETSU has taken the lead in the hunt for the 2008-2009 Bill Bibb Trophy, the combined all-sports trophy for the A-Sun.
ETSU sits with a 289.5 point total after leading the league with four conference titles in men’s cross country, men’s track and field and both the men’s and women’s tennis teams. Belmont sits in second with 261 points, while Jacksonville comes in third falling six points back of the Bruins.
Campbell jumped into fourth after recently capturing the title in men’s golf and strong finishes in men’s and women’s tennis. The Camels are 17 points behind the Dolphins. Kennesaw State rides the coat tails of the Camels, sitting 12 points behind them, while UNF and FGCU take the sixth and seventh spots.
In women’s athletics, Jacksonville maintains its lead in the race for the Sherman Day Trophy. The Dolphin women own a 15-point advantage in the standings for the women’s all-sports competition. Kennesaw State moves into second with Belmont and ETSU tied for third, 16.5 points behind the Dolphins.
On the men’s side, the Bucs own a slight lead in the all-sports competition for the Jesse C. Fletcher Trophy. With the men’s tennis title in hand, ETSU stays ahead of the Camels, while Belmont falls to third and UNF jumps two spots to fourth.
ETSU has dominated the all-sports race since the A-Sun established the trophy during the 2006-07 season.
The conference awards points for the all-sports race on a descending basis in three-point increments according to a particular team’s finish in relation to the number of teams competing in that sport. In team sports, a school’s position in the final regular season standings denotes their total points for that particular sport. In individual sports, the final position in conference standings determine a school’s point total.

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