FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – For the third consecutive season, Piedmont College has won the USA South Overall and Women’s Presidents Cup trophies, announced by the league office on Wednesday.
Overall, Piedmont athletic programs took home a total of four regular season championships and won five conference tournaments, including the inaugural USA South Track & Field Championships on April 18-19.
On the women’s side, this marks the fourth consecutive season in which the Lady Lions have finished first. Courtesy of conference tournament championships in soccer, basketball and track & field this past season, Piedmont took the Women’s Presidents Cup by a school-record 20 points, coming in with 76.5 points, 20 ahead of second-place Meredith.
Piedmont also won the Overall Presidents Cup by a record margin, coming in with 133 points, 22 ahead of runner-up Methodist.
On the men’s side, the Lions finished a school-best second, just 3.5 points behind Men’s Presidents Cup winner Methodist. The season was highlighted by a West Division Regular Season Championship in men’s tennis, track & field taking the first ever USA South title and finally, men’s lacrosse winning the USA South Tournament in only its second season in the league.
The margin of victory by Piedmont in both the overall and women’s final standings are the largest in the USA South since Christopher Newport ran away with all three cups in the 2012-13 season.
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