(FAYETTEVILLE, NC) - The 2013-14 season serves as the 50th
for the USA South Athletic Conference. In an effort to relive 50
Years of League memories, the USA South has produced "50 Years in
50 Weeks", a weekly chronicle of some of the great moments in
Conference history.
Each week, a year of moments will be released on the USA South's
website. To view previous entries, click the appropriate year at
the bottom of the screen.
1981 -
1982
- St. Andrews claims the first of two consecutive Men’s
Basketball Regular Season and Tournament titles.
- UNC-Greensboro falls by one point, in overtime, in the NCAA
Division III Women’s Basketball National Championship
game.
- UNC-Greensboro earns its first Men’s Soccer
championship.
- N.C. Wesleyan wins the first Conference Regular Season
Volleyball Championship while UNC-Greensboro captures the first
Tournament title.
- UNC-Greensboro wins the first Conference Women’s Tennis
crown, a title it would win seven consecutive times.
- UNC-Greensboro wins the first-ever Softball Regular Season
title while N.C. Wesleyan captures the Tournament crown.
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Women’s sports are first introduced to the Conference
with the additions of Women’s Basketball,
Women’s Tennis (Greensboro pictured above),
Slow Pitch Softball and Volleyball.
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N.C. Wesleyan’s Greg Clark, a future
Conference Hall of Famer, finishes his baseball
career with a still-standing Conference and
NCAA Division III-record of 202 stolen bases.
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Led by Tournament MVP Carol Peschel,
UNC-Greensboro captures the first-ever
Women’s Basketball Regular Season
and Tournament crowns.
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Conference Champions
| Sport |
Regular Season
Champion |
Tournament/Meet
Champion |
| Baseball**** |
Methodist & N.C. Wesleyan |
|
| Golf* |
|
Methodist |
| Men's Basketball |
St. Andrews |
St. Andrews |
| Men's Cross Country* |
|
Christopher Newport |
| Men's Soccer*** |
UNC-Greensboro |
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| Men's Tennis** |
Christopher Newport |
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| Men's Track & Field* |
|
Christopher Newport |
| Softball***** |
UNC-Greensboro |
N.C. Wesleyan |
| Volleyball |
N.C. Wesleyan |
UNC-Greensboro |
| Women's Basketball |
UNC-Greensboro |
UNC-Greensboro |
| Women's Tennis** |
UNC-Greensboro |
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*-no regular season
championship awarded
**-no tournament was held until the 2005-06 season
***-no tournament was held until the 2000-01 season
****-no tournament was held until the 1993-94 season
*****-slow-pitch until the 1984-85 season |
President's Cup Award Winners
St. Andrew's (Overall)
Previous
Years
To view more ways the USA South is celebrating its 50th
year, please click HERE!