CAMBRIDGE, MA -- For the fourth time in as many seasons in the New England Collegiate Conference, the Lynx have captured the women's NECC Champions Cup, a cummulative rankings of the in- and post-season success of the league's programs during the 2011-12 academic year.
On the men's side, Lesley finished fourth, improving three spots from a year prior.
Lesley's women's soccer and softball teams finished atop the league regular season standings, and softball and women's cross country captured post-season NECC Championships.
The Lynx men's soccer team, meanwhile, won its first NECC Championship, and the men's cross country team repeated as league champions in bolstering the jump on the men's side.
Founded in 2008, the NECC consists of 10 full-time member institutions and spans four states.
A full Champions Cup leaderboard for both the women's and men's program, as well as league champions for every sport, can be found below:
| Women's Champions Cup Standings | Men's Champions Cup Standings | |||||
| 1. | Lesley | .691 | 1. | Elms | .695 | |
| 2. | Elms | .676 | 2. | Daniel Webster | .633 | |
| 3. | Mitchell | .610 | 3. | Becker | .625 | |
| 4. | Newbury | .592 | 4. | Lesley | .557 | |
| 5. | Daniel Webster | .568 | 5. | Southern Vermont | .543 | |
| 6. | Regis | .563 | 6. | Mitchell | .533 | |
| 7. | Becker | .531 | 7. | Newbury | .525 | |
| 8. | Bay Path | .476 | 8. | Regis | .476 | |
| 9. | Southern Vermont |
.458 |
9. | Wheelock | .350 | |
| 10. | Wheelock | .385 |
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2011 Fall Champions
Men's Golf: Babson
Men's Cross Country: Lesley
Women's Cross Country: Lesley
Women's Tennis: Becker
Field Hockey: Regis
Men's Soccer: Lesley
Women's Soccer: Elms
Women's Volleyball: Southern Vermont
2011-12 Winter Champions
Men's Basketball: Becker
Women's Basketball: Elms
2012 Spring Champions
Men's Volleyball: Elms
Baseball: Daniel Webster
Softball: Lesley
Men's Tennis: Mitchell