Liberty Claims 2014-15 Big South Women's All-Sports Award
5/28/2015 12:00:00 AM | General
Final 2014-15 Big South Sasser Cup standings
For the sixth time in the last eight years, Liberty has been awarded the Big South Women's All-Sports Award, honoring another standout year for the Lady Flames' athletics teams on the competition field.
The 2014-15 award was presented as part of the Big South Conference's Spring Meetings Awards and Hall of Fame Dinner, which was held earlier this evening at The Marriott Resort on Hilton Head Island, S.C.
With this year's honor, Liberty has tied Coastal Carolina for the most Big South Women's All-Sports Awards (six each). Liberty and Coastal Carolina are the only two programs to win the honor since it was established 12 years ago.
The Lady Flames won with its average of 9.67 (87 points earned in nine sports), ahead of Coastal Carolina's 9.23 average (92.25 points earned in 10 sports).
High Point was third in the Women's All-Sports race with its 8.69 average (69.5 points earned in eight sports).
During the 2014-15 athletics season, Liberty captured Big South titles in women's basketball and women's outdoor track & field. The Lady Flames' basketball and soccer programs also claimed Big South regular season titles.
Additionally, women's cross country, women's indoor track & field and women's lacrosse finished as runners up in each of their sports standings.
Women's lacrosse set a program record in overall wins (9) and Big South wins (5), advancing to the conference title game for the first time in program history.
Softball posted an 18-win improvement over the previous season, finishing the year with a 29-30 overall record and winning six of eigth conference series.
Coastal Carolina was awarded the 2014-15 Big South Sasser Cup and the Men's All-Sports Award. The Flames finished in second place to the Chanticleers in both listings.
Liberty or Coastal Carolina has won the Big South Sasser Cup trophy each of the last 18 years. Liberty has won the title 11 times during the span, while Coastal Carolina captures its second in a row and seventh during the last 18 years.
Liberty and Coastal Carolina are now tied for the Big South's all-time lead with each athletics program winning the Big South Sasser Cup trophy 11 times.
In 2014-15, Coastal Carolina averaged 9.42 Sasser Cup points in 18 championship sports and accumulated a total of 169.50 points based on its finish in Conference championships in addition to two at-large NCAA berths.
Liberty finished second to Coastal Carolina this season with a 9.06 average in 18 sports and totaled 163 points -- marking the closest Sasser Cup finish (0.36) since 2006-07.
High Point was third in the standings (8.38 average), and was followed by Radford (7.55) and Campbell (7.35).
The Chanticleers won the Men's All-Sports Award for the third-straight year and sixth time overall with its average of 9.66 (77.25 points earned in eight sports), ahead of the Flames' 8.44 average (76 points earned in nine sports).
The Sasser Cup Trophy is named for former Big South Commissioner Buddy Sasser and is awarded to the Big South member institution with the most successful year athletically, based on an average points system.
Points are awarded for both regular-season and tournament finishes in each of the league's 19 championships, and the average of the combined total is used to determine the overall point allocation in the respective sport.
Teams selected for at-large NCAA berths receive one bonus point added to their average total in that sport.
A school must be eligible to participate in a specific sport championship to receive Sasser Cup points in that sport. Teams tied in regular-season or tournament play split the points earned. Each member's overall point totals are then divided by the number of sports sponsored by that school to determine the average.
2014-15 Sasser Cup Standings
1. Coastal Carolina – 9.42
2. Liberty – 9.06
3. High Point – 8.38
4. Radford – 7.55
5. Campbell – 7.35
6. Winthrop – 7.31
7. Charleston Southern – 5.80
8. Gardner-Webb – 5.36
9. UNC Asheville – 4.70
10. Longwood – 4.62
11. Presbyterian– 4.00
2014-15 Women's All-Sports Award
1. Liberty – 9.67
2. Coastal Carolina – 9.23
3. High Point – 8.69
4. Radford – 7.36
5. Campbell – 7.30
6. Winthrop – 6.58
7. Gardner-Webb – 5.58
8. Charleston Southern – 5.00
9. Longwood – 4.82
10. UNC Asheville – 4.36
11. Presbyterian – 4.03
2014-15 Men's All-Sports Award
1. Coastal Carolina – 9.66
2. Liberty – 8.44
3. Winthrop – 8.22
4. High Point – 8.04
5. Radford – 7.83
6. Campbell – 7.41
7. Charleston Southern – 7.25
8. Gardner-Webb – 5.11
9. UNC Asheville – 5.04
10. Longwood – 4.20
11. Presbyterian – 3.96
Annual Sasser Cup Champions
1985-86 – Winthrop
1986-87 – Winthrop
1987-88 – Coastal Carolina
1988-89 – Coastal Carolina
1989-90 – Coastal Carolina
1990-91 – Coastal Carolina
1991-92 – Campbell
1992-93 – Campbell
1993-94 – Campbell
1994-95 – UNC Greensboro
1995-96 – UNC Greensboro
1996-97 – UNC Greensboro
1997-98 – Liberty
1998-99 – Liberty
1999-00 – Liberty
2000-01 – Coastal Carolina
2001-02 – Liberty
2002-03 – Liberty
2003-04 – Coastal Carolina
2004-05 – Coastal Carolina
2005-06 – Coastal Carolina
2006-07 – Coastal Carolina
2007-08 – Liberty
2008-09 – Liberty
2009-10 – Liberty
2010-11 – Liberty
2011-12 – Liberty
2012-13 – Liberty
2013-14 – Coastal Carolina
2014-15 – Coastal Carolina
Women's All-Sports Award
2003-04 – Coastal Carolina
2004-05 – Coastal Carolina
2005-06 – Coastal Carolina
2006-07 – Coastal Carolina
2007-08 – Liberty
2008-09 – Coastal Carolina
2009-10 – Liberty
2010-11 – Liberty
2011-12 – Liberty
2012-13 – Liberty
2013-14 – Coastal Carolina
2014-15 – Liberty
Men's All-Sports Award
2003-04 – Liberty
2004-05 – Liberty
2005-06 – Coastal Carolina
2006-07 – Winthrop
2007-08 – Liberty
2008-09 – Liberty
2009-10 – Coastal Carolina
2010-11 – Coastal Carolina
2011-12 – Liberty
2012-13 – Coastal Carolina
2013-14 – Coastal Carolina
2014-15 – Coastal Carolina
