Seattle Pacific Women Are Tops in the GNAC
May 20, 2004

SEATTLE (May 20) – Seattle Pacific University earned the women’s all-sports team title from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference following a year in which the Falcons claimed GNAC championships in four sports.

Seattle Pacific finished first in women’s cross country, soccer, indoor track & field and basketball, and totaled 92 points. Western Washington, which won the men’s all-sports crown, was next with 84.

Combining men’s and women’s programs, Western Washington won for the third year in a row, while SPU was tied for third with Central Washington. The Falcon men were fifth.

Points are awarded (on a two-point increment) based on the final conference finishes in each of the conference’s 14 sports: football, volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s indoor track & field, men’s and women’s outdoor track & field, baseball and softball. Seattle Pacific fields teams in 11 of those sports.

Western Oregon matched the falcons’ four team titles. Western Washington won three.

Final 2003-04 GNAC All-Sports Standings:

• Men – 1. Western Washington 76, 2. Western Oregon 72, 3. Central Washington 50, 4. Humboldt State 42, 5. Seattle Pacific 38, 6. Alaska Anchorage 36, 7. Saint Martin’s 34, 8. Northwest Nazarene 31, 9. Seattle University 27, 10. Alaska Fairbanks 20.
• Women – 1. Seattle Pacific 92, 2. Western Washington 84, 3. Central Washington 80, 4. Western Oregon 70, 5. Seattle University 68, 6. Northwest Nazarene 51, 7. Alaska Anchorage 47, 8. Humboldt State 37, 9. Alaska Fairbanks 31, 10. Saint Martin’s 28.
• Combined – 1. Western Washington 160, 2. Western Oregon 142, 3. Central Washington and Seattle Pacific 130, 5. Seattle University 95, 6. Alaska Anchorage 83, 7. Northwest Nazarene 82, 8. Humboldt State 79, 9. Saint Martin’s 62, 10. Alaska Fairbanks 51