Cavs Athletics 7th Overall and 4th in Women in VA SID All-Sports College Division Survey
June 15, 2006
Newport News, VA – The University of Virginia’s College at Wise completed one of its most successful athletic campaigns this past year. The Highland Cavaliers earned a seventh place finish overall and a fourth placing by the women’s teams in the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association All-Sports College Division Survey for the 2005-06 year. The survey included all non NCAA Division I schools in the state.
UVa-Wise moved up the Virginia college ranks eight spots overall from 15th for the 2004-05 campaign to seventh this year of 27 colleges. The survey is determined by winning percentage of all of each college’s athletic events. The Cavs finished 141-96 for a solid .595 overall winning percentage for seventh place. Virginia Wesleyan won the overall rankings for the second time in three years with a .713 winning percentage (220-88-2). Christopher Newport was second (.673) and was followed by Mary Washington (.654), Washington & Lee (.650), Bridgewater (.645) and Hampden-Sydney (.619) rounding out the colleges ahead of UVa-Wise.
The Lady Cavs teams completed an outstanding year which included three Appalachian Athletic Conference titles from the basketball (24-10), tennis (15-5) and softball (35-16) squads along with a strong 17-9 mark in volleyball. UVa-Wise compiled a 91-40 record for the women’s teams for a .695 winning percentage for fourth place of 26 Virginia colleges. Washington & Lee won the women’s winning percentage at .757 (125-39-3) with Virginia Wesleyan (.715) and Christopher Newport (.713) closely just above UVa-Wise. The Lady Cavs moved up to their fourth place rating after logging a seventh place spot a year ago.
On the men’s side, UVa-Wise showed a marked improvement in the 23 college field as well. The Cavs took 22nd last year before climbing to 14th of the 23 men’s colleges. UVa-Wise recorded a 50-56 record and .472 winning percentage for the football, basketball, tennis and baseball teams combined up from only a .287 percentage (27-67) from the previous year, a 23-win improvement. Overall, the UVa-Wise teams received a 10-game improvement from basketball, seven more wins out of the baseball program and one additional victory on the gridiron. Virginia Wesleyan claimed the men’s title with a .711 percentage (94-38-1) with Mary Washington (.627) and Hampden-Sydney (.619) completing the top three.
Overall
W-L-T Pct Conf. Titles
1. Virginia Wesleyan 220-88-2 .713 3
2. Christopher Newport 196-95-1 .673 8
3. Mary Washington 204-107-4 .654 4
4. Washington & Lee 194-103-6 .650 9
5. Bridgewater 187-102-5 .645 1
6. Hampden-Sydney 77-47-2 .6197. UVA-Wise 141-96 .595 3
8. Randolph-Macon 177-124-2 .587 19. Roanoke 155-117-3 .570 4
10. Lynchburg 154-130-2 .541 4
11. Virginia Union 89-77 .536
12. Apprentice 69-67 .507
13. Ferrum 131-133-2 .496 1
14. Marymount 82-92-2 .472 1
15. Eastern Mennonite 112-128-8 .468
16. Averett 114-153 .42696
17. Southern Virginia 104-140-2 .42682
18. Virginia Intermont 101-136 .42616 1
19. Virginia State 82-116 .414
20. Emory & Henry 98-148-3 .400
21. Mary Baldwin 56-91 .381
22. Shenandoah 104-177-1 .371
23. Bluefield 49-130-1 .275
24. Randolph-Macon WC 33-100-1 .250
25. Sweet Briar 24-82-1 .229
26. Hollins 16-56 .222
27. Saint Paul’s 23-138 .143
WOMEN
1. Washington & Lee 125-39-3 .757
2. Virginia Wesleyan 126-50-1 .715
3. Christopher Newport 125-50-1 .713
4. UVA-Wise 91-40 .695
5. Mary Washington 129-63-1 .671
6. Bridgewater 113-56-3 .666
7. Randolph-Macon 110-66 .625
8. Apprentice 17-11 .607
9. Lynchburg 101-71-2 .586
10. Roanoke 92-71-3 .563
11. Marymount 54-52 .509
12. Virginia Union 53-53 .500
13. Southern Virginia 71-72-2 .497
14. Eastern Mennonite 59-63-4 .484
15. Virginia Intermont 66-79 .455
16. Emory & Henry 61-76-2 .446
17. Averett 63-90 .412
18. Ferrum 59-87-1 .405
19. Mary Baldwin 56-91 .381
20. Shenandoah 58-100-1 .368
21. Virginia State 37-72 .339
22. Randolph-Macon WC 33-100-1 .250
23. Sweet Briar 24-82-1 .22924. Hollins 16-56 .222
25. Saint Pauls 8-77 .094
26. Bluefield 8-82 .089
MEN
1. Virginia Wesleyan 94-38-1 .711
2. Mary Washington 75-44-3 .627
3. Hampden-Sydney 77-47-2 .619
4. Bridgewater 74-46-2 .615
5. Christopher Newport 71-45 .612
6. Ferrum 72-46-1 .609
7. Virginia Union 36-24 .600
8. Roanoke 63-46 .578
9. Randolph-Macon 67-58-2 .535
10. Washington & Lee 69-64-3 .518
11. Virginia State 45-44 .506
12. Apprentice 52-56 .481
13. Lynchburg 53-59 .473
14. UVA-Wise 50-56 .472
15. Bluefield 41-48-1 .461
16. Eastern Mennonite 53-65-4 .451
17. Averett 51-63 .447
18. Marymount 28-40-2 .414
19. Virginia Intermont 35-57 .380
20. Shenandoah 46-77 .374
21. Emory & Henry 37-72-1 .341
22. Southern Virginia 33-68-1 .328
23. Saint Pauls 15-61 .197
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