University of Mount players celebrate a goal against Coker in a mid-November contest played at the Ray McDonald Sr. Athletic Complex. The field hockey team set numerous program records and won the east division title in conference play.
BA perennial favorite in the Joby Hawn Cup chase, University of Mount Olive has some catching up to do after completion of the 2022 Conference Carolinas fall sports season.
The Trojans share third place with in-state rival Lees-McRae in the overall Cup standings. Both schools tallied 42.5 points out of a possible maximum of 64 points.
Directed by head coach Daan Polders, UMO claimed its first-ever women’s field hockey crown and finished runner-up in the conference tournament. The women’s soccer team and North Greenville emerged as the co-regular-season champs.
The women’s volleyball team shared the east division title with UNC Pembroke and filed a 20-win campaign for the first time since 2005.
UMO ranks third in the women’s Cup standings, while the men are an uncharacteristic eighth.
A second-year league member, UNCP leads all three Hawn Cup categories – overall, men’s and women’s. The Braves collected league championships in men’s cross country, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball.
