Azusa Pacific won the NAIA Women’s Cross Country Championship Meet for the first time in school history. The Cougars placed 4 runners in the top 25 for a team average time of 17:42 on the 5K Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course in Kenosha, Wisconsin, with temperatures in the 20s. Azusa Pacific Coach Preston Grey was named the NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year. To read more, go to www.apu.edu. This is the 29th NAIA championship earned by a GSAC Team and the second women’s cross country national championship with the other being won by Concordia in 2000. On the men’s side, Aron Rono of Azusa Pacific was the NAIA Men’s Cross Country Individual Champion with a time of 23:45.8 in the 8K race and the Cougar men’s team earned second place. The GSAC had 12 athletes, 6 women and 6 men, which finished in the top 30 of their respective races which qualified them as All-Americans. To see complete results, go to GSAC Women’s Cross Country and GSAC Men’s Cross Country.

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Saturday, November 22, is full of NAIA championships for the fall sports. GSAC men’s and women’s cross country teams and individuals will compete in the NAIA Championship Meets in the morning in Kenosha, Wisconsin. To see who qualified, go to men’s and women’s cross country. Men’s and women’s soccer NAIA Championship Opening Rounds will also be played with winners advancing to the final sites, December 1-6. In men’s soccer Concordia and Westmont will host opening rounds, while Azusa Pacific and California Baptist will host on the women’s side. Point Loma Nazarene and Vanguard will host NAIA Championship Opening Round matches in volleyball, while NAIA No. 1-ranked Fresno Pacific, No. 2 Biola, No. 3 Concordia, No. 7 California Baptist, and No. 8 Azusa Pacific received opening round byes and automatically advance to the final site for the NAIA Women’s Volleyball Championship Tournament. To see the schedule and results for GSAC teams, use the links for the sports on the left. For complete NAIA Championship information, go to www.naia.org.

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The GSAC Men’s Soccer Championship was more than just a game. Sixth-seeded Westmont travelled to top-seeded and defending national champion Azusa Pacific for a Monday, November 17 game after fire closed the Westmont campus. The game was not just between conference rivals, but also between family. The Westmont Warriors are coached by Dave Wolf while the Azusa Pacific Cougars are coached by his brother Phil Wolf. The fire that damaged Westmont’s campus added a new dimension to the game. To read the complete story by LA Times writer Bill Plaschke, go to www.naia.org. Further game stories are available at www.westmont.edu and www.apu.edu.

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The Women’s Volleyball All-GSAC Team has been announced. Shu Liu of Fresno Pacific is the GSAC Volleyball Player of the Year for the third consecutive year and has been named to the All-GSAC Team all 4 years of her college career. Coach Aaron Seltzer of Biola is the GSAC Volleyball Coach of the Year for the third time, previously receiving the honor in 2003 and 2007. Also receiving All-GSAC honors for the third time are Jill Baker (Azusa Pacific), Thaos Julio and Fabiana Leomil (Fresno Pacific), Fei Shi (California Baptist), Meghan Warkentin (Biola), and Traci Weamer (Concordia). To see the complete list of this year’s honorees, go to GSAC Volleyball Awards.

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