(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.
1990 -
1991
- Greensboro women’s basketball wins its first-ever
Conference Tournament Championship.
- Methodist women’s soccer sets Conference records with 18
victories and 16 shutouts.
- Methodist baseball’s Brandon Bridgers and Kevin Jones
each set the Conference record for runs scored in a game with
six.
- Christopher Newport’s Mary Carpenter sets single-season
Conference softball record with four no-hitters.
- Ferrum softball’s Becky Piloto sets single-season
Conference record with a .537 batting average.
- Methodist men’s tennis captures its first-ever Conference
Tournament title.
- Methodist baseball scores 43 runs versus Maryville to set
Conference record for most runs scored in a game.
- Future Conference Hall of Famer, Christopher Newport’s
Lamont Strothers, finishes his men’s basketball career with a
Conference-record 2,709 points scored, 1,016 field goals made and
286 steals.
- Christopher Newport women’s basketball sets Conference
record for steals in a season with 547.
- Christopher Newport baseball’s Tab Pabst sets Conference
single-game record with four doubles versus Franklin Pearce.
Future Conference Hall of Famer, Methodist’s Anne Thorpe,
sets career women’s soccer Conference records for assists
(42) and points (204). |
Methodist men’s golf captures the program’s second
NCAA Division III National Championship. |
Future Conference Hall of Famer, Christopher Newport’s Karen
Barefoot, sets Conference single–game women’s
basketball records for steals (14) and assists (18). |
Ferrum men’s basketball’s Mark Cottom sets Conference
record for assists in a game with 21 versus Concord. |
Greensboro volleyball’s Shannon Virtue sets Conference
Tournament single-match record with ten service aces. |
Ferrum baseball’s Scott Clawson sets single-season Conference
record for saves with 11. |
Conference Champions
| Sport |
Regular Season
Champion |
Tournament/Meet
Champion |
| Baseball**** |
N.C. Wesleyan |
|
| Golf* |
|
Methodist |
| Men's Basketball |
Christopher Newport |
Christopher Newport |
| Men's Cross Country* |
|
no champion |
| Men's Soccer*** |
Methodist |
|
| Men's Tennis** |
Methodist |
|
| Softball |
Christopher Newport & Methodist |
Methodist |
| Volleyball |
Greensboro |
Greensboro |
| Women's Basketball |
Christopher Newport |
Greensboro |
| Women's Soccer*** |
Methodist |
|
| Women's Tennis** |
Methodist |
|
*-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 |
President's Cup Award Winners
Methodist (Overall)
Previous
Years
To view more ways the USA South is celebrating its 50th
year, please click HERE!