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2012–13 Great American Conference championships

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Great American Conference
ConferenceNCAA
Founded2011
DivisionDivision II

The Great American Conference sponsors championship events for 12 of its 13 sports. The football champion is the team with the best conference record.

Northwestern Oklahoma State and Southern Nazarene were provisional members and not eligible for regular season championships or postseason championship tournaments. Individuals were eligible for postseason honors and may compete in cross country and golf postseason championships but not eligible for titles.

Men's Cross Country

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Champion
Team – East Central
Individual – Mickey Hammer, Southern Arkansas

East Central University placed three runners in the top four and all seven competitors finished inside the top 15 as the Tigers repeated as Great American Conference Men's Cross Country Champions.

Southern Arkansas' Mickey Hammer emerged as the individual champion, fending off ECU's Cale Eidson.[1]


Championships

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Saturday, October 20
Host: East Central University (Ada, OK)

Team Individual (Top Ten)
1 East Central 26 1 Mickey Hammer (SAU) 25:28.3
2 Harding 43 2 Cale Eidson (ECU) 25:39.2
3 Southern Arkansas 64 3 Arturo Nava (ECU) 26:17.1
4 Arkansas-Monticello 120 4 Austin Christian (ECU) 26:20.6
5 Lajos Farkas (HU) 26:26.9
6 Andrew Leahey (SNU) 26:32.5
7 Victor Others (SNU) 26:32.7
8 Matthew Cumpian (HU) 26:48.9
9 Logan Green (HU) 26:55.5
10 Jonathan Ogan (ECU) 27:04.1

Women's Cross Country

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Champion
Team – East Central
Individual – Ewa Zaborowska, Harding

East Central won its first Great American Conference Women's Cross Country championship title as the Lady Tigers edged out 2011 champion Harding.

Harding sophomore Ewa Zaborowska dominated the race, winning by more than a minute to claim the individual title.[2]


Championships

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Saturday, October 20
Host: East Central University (Ada, OK)

Team Individual (Top Ten)
1 East Central 28 1 Ewa Zaborowska (HU) 18:18.5
2 Harding 36 2 Samantha Bartlett (ECU) 19:40.8
3 Southern Arkansas 80 3 ReGina Germaine (ECU) 19:44.0
4 Southwestern Oklahoma State 81 4 Kelsey Taylor (HU) 19:51.3
5 Ouachita Baptist 146 5 Andrea McKinney (ECU) 19:57.3
6 Henderson State 196 6 Megan Johnson (SNU) 20:03.6
7 Arkansas Tech 199 7 Virginia Ney (SAU) 20:13.1
8 Southeastern Oklahoma State 234 8 Colleta Maiyo (ECU) 20:14.4
9 Arkansas-Monticello 247 9 Kelsey Grier (SAU) 20:15.6
10 Tammy Kim (HU) 20:16.9

Women's Soccer

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Champion
Southwestern Oklahoma State

Down a goal late in the Great American Conference Women’s Soccer Championship, top seeded Southwestern Oklahoma State pulled off a dramatic comeback with two goals in a three-minute span to stun Ouachita Baptist 2-1 to claim the tournament title.[3]


Standings

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Team Conference Overall
Southwestern Oklahoma State 9-0-1 28 20-1-1 .932
Southern Nazarene 5-4-1 16 13-8-1 .614
East Central 4-4-2 14 4-11-4 .316
Ouachita Baptist 4-5-1 13 10-8-1 .553
Harding 4-5-1 13 7-9-2 .444
Northwestern Oklahoma State 0-8-2 2 0-16-2 .056

Tournament

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Friday-Sunday, November 2–4
Host: Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Weatherford, OK)

Semifinals Finals
      
1 Southwestern Oklahoma State 4
4 Harding 0
1 Southwestern Oklahoma State 2
3 Ouachita Baptist 1
2 East Central 0
3 Ouachita Baptist 1
  • All-Tournament Team
Jessica Carbonara, Southwestern Oklahoma State (Most Valuable Player)
Kira Bertrand, Southwestern Oklahoma State
Natalie Crosslin, Southwestern Oklahoma State
Kelsey Visor, Southwestern Oklahoma State
Josie Price, Southwestern Oklahoma State
Carrie Lieblong, Ouachita Baptist
Lauren Hatch, Ouachita Baptist
Mary Whisenhunt, Ouachita Baptist
Lauren Scharf, Harding
Hannah Hatcher, Harding
Andi Reagan, East Central
Mollie Hummel, East Central

Volleyball

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Champion
Harding

One year after losing to Arkansas Tech in the Great American Conference Volleyball Championship final, Harding reversed its fate with a resounding four-set victory Saturday at the Rhodes Field House. After splitting the first two sets, the Lady Bisons won going away, 25-12 in the third set and 25-16 in the final set.

Like in their final regular season meeting, Arkansas Tech started strong and took the first set.[4]


Standings

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Team Conference Overall
Harding 14-0 1.000 28-6 .824
Arkansas Tech 11-3 .786 27-10 .730
Southern Arkansas 11-3 .786 23-12 .657
Southwestern Oklahoma State 10-4 .714 13-20 .394
Southern Nazarene 8-6 .571 13-19 .406
Ouachita Baptist 7-7 .500 10-17 .370
East Central 7-7 .500 10-23 .303
Arkansas-Monticello 4-10 .286 11-24 .314
Southeastern Oklahoma State 3-11 .214 5-28 .152
Henderson State 2-12 .143 7-23 .233
Northwestern Oklahoma State 0-14 .000 2-27 .069

Tournament

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Thursday-Saturday, November 15–17
Host: Harding University (Searcy, AR)

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Harding 3
8 Southeastern Oklahoma State 0
1 Harding 3
4 Southwestern Oklahoma State 2
4 Southwestern Oklahoma State 3
5 Ouachita Baptist 1
1 Harding 3
3 Arkansas Tech 1
2 Arkansas Tech 3
7 Arkansas-Monticello 0
3 Arkansas Tech 3
2 Southern Arkansas 0
3 Southern Arkansas 3
6 East Central 2
  • All-Tournament Team
Mollie Arnold, Harding (Most Valuable Player)
Amber Schinzing, Harding
Bailee Graham, Harding
Amber Cerrillos, Arkansas Tech
Morgan McKellar, Arkansas Tech
Lindsay Dusin, Southwestern Oklahoma State
Denise De Vine, Southern Arkansas

References

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  1. ^ "ECU repeats as GAC Men's Cross Country Champions".
  2. ^ "Lady Tigers capture GAC Cross Country crown".
  3. ^ "Bulldogs pull off late rally to win GAC Soccer crown".
  4. ^ "Harding dethrones ATU as GAC Volleyball champs".
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