The University of Redlands won the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s (SCIAC) Women’s All-Sports Trophy following a 2008-09 academic year that featured three SCIAC Championships from Bulldog women’s teams.

Redlands enjoyed another successful year in SCIAC competition as the women compiled 48.5 points to outscore Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges by 1.5 points. The women’s soccer and softball programs gained sole possession of the SCIAC Championship for their respective sports while the women’s tennis program finished as SCIAC Co-Champions with Pomona-Pitzer Colleges. Additionally, the women’s cross country, women’s basketball and women’s swimming & diving programs all ranked among the top three in the SCIAC.

This marks the fourth time that Redlands has finished atop the women’s all-sports standings since the Women’s All-Sports Trophy’s inception in the 1976-77 academic year.

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s teams amassed 57 points, which earned them the Men’s All-Sports Trophy. The Bulldogs finished just behind the Stags, ranking second with 54 points.

Redlands, the defending SCIAC All-Sports Trophy winner, fell just short of catching Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the combined standings as the Claremont-based consortium outscored the Bulldogs, 104-102.5.

The SCIAC All-Sports Trophy is determined by the points earned for each sport’s finish among the conference schools. The SCIAC champion receives eight points, with second place earning six points, third receiving five points, etc., to eighth place, which earns no points. Any school that does not sponsor a conference sport loses one point for that sport. The conference sponsors 19 sports. Women’s lacrosse, one of Redlands’ 21 varsity programs, becomes a conference sport in 2010.