Women's Soccer awarded NSCAA Silver Team Ethics Award

St. Louis- The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) 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.

The 2012 Fontbonne University women's soccer team was recently awarded the 2012 NSCAA Silver Team Ethics Award. To be eligible to receive this award, a team must have received zero red cards and no more than five yellow cards throughout the season. 

The Team Ethics Award is divided into the following three categories:

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

Being honored with this award demonstrates the strides that Fontbonne is taking to keep in line with the Fontbonne and St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conferece (SLIAC) sportmanship policies. Fontbonne was the only team in the SLIAC to receive this recognition and just 1 of 27 NCAA Division III women's teams from across the country to be awarded this accolade.

The Griffins finished the 2012 season with just two yellow cards. In all, 74 collegiate teams from NJCAA, NAIA, NCAA D I, II, and III were recognized with NSCAA Ethics/Sportsmanship Awards.

Fontbonne finished the 2012-2013 with a 10-9 overall record and a 7-1 SLIAC record. The Griffins won a share of the SLIAC regular season championship for the first time in school history.