Eight Women's Soccer Teams Earn Ethics Award
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) announced Alfred University and St. John Fisher College Women's Soccer teams are two of eight Division I, II, III, Junior College and NAIA men's or women's programs to receive a 2014 NSCAA Team Ethics Gold Award. The Gold standard for the Team Ethics award is reserved for collegiate soccer teams displaying the utmost in sportsmanship by receiving no yellow or red cards during the season.
NSCAA Release
In all, 125 teams received either the Gold, Silver or Bronze version of the College Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award, which recognizes teams that exhibit fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the laws of the game, as reflected by the number of yellow caution cards or red ejection cards they are shown by referees throughout the season.
Gold: No cards accumulated during the season
Silver: No red cards and no more than five yellow cards accumulated during the season
Bronze: No more than 10 cards accumulated during the season
The Silver Award was presented to Elmira, Hartwick, Houghton, Ithaca and Nazareth, while Stevens Institute of Technology earned the Bronze Award for the 2014 season.