By: Jackson Wright
Burnsville, Minn. – The University of Sioux Falls finished 5th out of 15 schools in the 2023-24 NSIC All-Sports Award. Minnesota State University, Mankato earned the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) All-Sports Award after spring sports concluded. The Mavericks amassed 206.5 points to finish 14.5 points ahead of second place Augustana University.
USF's Women finished in 6th place with 75.5 points while the USF Men also finished in 6th with a total of 42 points.
Since 2017-18, the NSIC recognizes an overall champion along with a men's and a women's champion. MSU also earned the men's and women's awards as it scored 89.0 points in men's sports and 117.5 in women's sports. The Mavericks will be presented their awards on Tuesday, July 9 at the NSIC Hall of Fame Banquet in Bloomington, Minnesota.
The NSIC All Sports Award is calculated by awarding the winner of each conference-sponsored championship points totaling the number of teams in that sport plus one. The next place finisher receives points totaling the number of teams less the number of places from first place. Ties in the standings at any level result in the totaling of points and equal distribution.
2023-24 NSIC All Sports Competition
|
RK
|
School
|
Points
|
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1
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Minnesota State (18)
|
206.5
|
|
2
|
Augustana (18)
|
191
|
|
3
|
University of Mary (18)
|
125
|
|
4
|
Minnesota Duluth (14)
|
122.5
|
|
5
|
Sioux Falls (18)
|
117.5
|
|
6
|
Concordia-St. Paul (16)
|
113.5
|
|
7
|
Northern State (15)
|
112
|
|
8
|
Winona State (14)
|
111.5
|
|
9
|
MSU Moorhead (16)
|
95.5
|
|
10
|
St. Cloud State (12)
|
87
|
|
11
|
Wayne State (14)
|
86
|
|
12
|
SMSU (16)
|
82.5
|
|
13
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Minot State (16)
|
73.5
|
|
14
|
Bemidji State (13)
|
70
|
|
15
|
Minnesota Crookston (11)
|
42
|
|
RK
|
Men's Standings
|
Points
|
|
1
|
Minnesota State (8)
|
89
|
|
2
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Augustana (8)
|
84
|
|
3
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Minnesota Duluth (6)
|
50.5
|
|
MSU Moorhead (6)
|
50.5
|
|
5
|
Northern State (7)
|
42.5
|
|
6
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Sioux Falls (8)
|
42
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|
7
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University of Mary (8)
|
39
|
|
8
|
Concordia-St. Paul (7)
|
37.5
|
|
9
|
Wayne State (6)
|
37
|
|
10
|
Winona State (5)
|
35.5
|
|
11
|
Minot State (8)
|
31
|
|
12
|
SMSU (7)
|
28.5
|
|
13
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St. Cloud State (3)
|
26.5
|
|
14
|
Bemidji State (4)
|
25.5
|
|
15
|
Minnesota Crookston (4)
|
19
|
|
RK
|
Women's Standings
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Points
|
|
1
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Minnesota State (10)
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117.5
|
|
2
|
Augustana (10)
|
107
|
|
3
|
University of Mary (10)
|
86
|
|
4
|
Concordia-St. Paul (9)
|
76
|
|
Winona State (8)
|
76
|
|
6
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Sioux Falls (10)
|
75.5
|
|
7
|
Minnesota Duluth (8)
|
72
|
|
8
|
Northern State (12)
|
69.5
|
|
9
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St. Cloud State (9)
|
60.5
|
|
10
|
SMSU (9)
|
54
|
|
11
|
Wayne State (8)
|
49
|
|
12
|
MSU Moorhead (10)
|
45
|
|
13
|
Bemidji State (9)
|
44.5
|
|
14
|
Minot State (8)
|
42.5
|
|
15
|
Minnesota Crookston (7)
|
23
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