SEATTLE (May 17) -- Seattle Pacific University, which won a conference-record six team titles, has claimed its first Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Sports Team Championship. The Falcons edged defending champion Western Washington 157-154, ending the Vikings' four-year reign.

SPU also won its third consecutive women's all-sports title, finishing 20 points ahead of runner-up Central Washington (103-83). Western Washington won the men's all-sports title for the fifth consecutive year; SPU took third.

The Falcons have won the GNAC Academic All-Sports Award for the past two seasons. The 2005-06 winner will be announced this summer.

Seattle Pacific won five of the seven women's titles, finishing first in cross country, soccer, indoor track-and-field and outdoor track-and-field and sharing the volleyball title with Central. The Falcons also won the men's basketball championship.

Central Washington and Western Washington were the only other schools to win more than one championship.

Going into the spring, SPU stood at No. 8 in the NACDA Directors' Cup standings for NCAA Division II. The Directors' Cup honors institutions maintaining a broad-based program, achieving success in many sports. Each Div. II institution is awarded points in a combined 14 sports for men and women.

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.

Final 2005-06 GNAC All-Sports Standings:

• Combined ­ Seattle Pacific 157, Western Washington 154, Central Washington 141, Western Oregon 106, Humboldt State 105, Northwest Nazarene 100, Seattle 97, Alaska Anchorage 84, Saint Martin's 41, Alaska Fairbanks 29.
• Women ­ Seattle Pacific 103, Central Washington 83, Western Washington 80, Seattle 69, Northwest Nazarene 60, Humboldt State 59, Western Oregon 56, Alaska Anchorage 40, Saint Martin's 23, Alaska Fairbanks 15.
• Men ­ Western Washington 74, Central Washington 58, Seattle Pacific 54, Western Oregon 50, Humboldt State 46, Alaska Anchorage 44, Northwest Nazarene 40, Seattle 28, Saint Martin's 18, Alaska Fairbanks 14.