Feb 14, 2008 Wheaton Women's Soccer Awarded NSCAA Team Ethics Accolade NORTON, MA- The Wheaton College women's soccer team was one of
59 college teams from around the country to earn the 2007 National
Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas Team Ethics
Award, which recognizes teams that exhibit fair play, sporting
behavior and adherence to the laws of the game, as reflected by the
number of yellow caution or red ejection cards they are shown by
referees throughout the season.
Earning the award for the third straight year, the Lyons were one
of 40 teams to claim silver honors for receiving zero red cards and
a maximum of five yellow cards. Eligible squads are men's and
women's teams from all divisions of the NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA and
NCCAA, and the honorees are selected by the NSCAA's Ethics
Committee.
Wheaton went 22-1-1 overall and advanced to their eighth
straight NCAA Tournament under 11th-year head coach Luis
Reis. Ranked 12th in the final NSCAA national poll,
the Lyons captured their ninth consecutive NEWMAC regular season
championship and ninth conference tournament title in program
history, including their seventh NEWMAC crown in eight years.
Wheaton carries the longest active league unbeaten streak in NCAA
soccer, an 88-game stretch spanning back to the 2000 season.
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