The Horizon League has updated this year's McCafferty Trophy standings and a great winter has sent UWM easily into the top spot for the all-sports crown.
The Panthers won league titles in men’s and women’s swimming and diving and men’s and women's indoor track and field. Milwaukee had trailed Butler by a single point after the fall season but now leads the Bulldogs by 20 points in the race for the crown.
Of the six women’s championships to this point in the year, Milwaukee has captured four, leading to the Panthers’ commanding lead in the women’s all-sports standings. In the pool, Emily McClellan qualified for her second consecutive NCAA Championships after a dominant run at the Horizon League Championship in helping the Panthers to their first women’s swimming title since 2001.
On the men’s side, Milwaukee won the men’s swimming crown for the third consecutive season. The men’s track and field squad captured its ninth straight indoor title, as the Panthers took the lead in the men’s all-sport standings.
Milwaukee is trying to win its first McCafferty Trophy since 2009.
McCafferty Trophy Standings
1. Milwaukee - 45
2. Butler - 25
3. Cleveland State - 24
4. Loyola - 18
Valparaiso - 18
6. Wright State - 16
7. Detroit - 14
8. Youngstown State - 13
9. UIC - 12.5
Green Bay - 12.5
Men’s Sports Totals
1. Milwaukee - 17
2. Valparaiso - 14
3. Loyola - 13
4. Butler - 11
Cleveland State - 11
6. Wright State - 8
7. UIC - 7
8. Detroit - 4
9. Youngstown State - 3
10. Green Bay - 2
Women’s Sports Totals
1. Milwaukee - 28
2. Butler - 14
3. Cleveland State - 13
4. Green Bay - 10.5
5. Detroit - 10
Youngstown State - 10
7. Wright State - 8
8. UIC - 5.5
9. Loyola - 5
10. Valparaiso - 4
