INDIANAPOLIS – Throughout the spring signing period, HorizonLeague.com will provide updates as all nine men’s basketball teams add to their incoming classes.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Horizon League ranked 14^th among the NCAA’s 33 Division I athletic conferences in the latest overall Academic Performance Rate (APR) numbers released today.

Former Phoenix volleyball players Brittany Groth (Oak Creek, Wis.) and Carmen Leitermann (Schofield, Wis.) will play on the United States squad at the Costa Rican Volleyball Series in San Jose, Costa Rica, from July 29-Aug. 5.

INDIANAPOLIS -- For the first time since the 2007-08 season, Cleveland State has earned the McCafferty Trophy as the overall sports champion in the Horizon League. Bolstered by its men’s sports title, the Vikings collected 45 points to best runner-up Loyola.

Green Bay sophomore Michael Tenzer and UIC junior Jana Knoppe have been named the Horizon League's Scholar-Athletes of the Month for April. The award is voted on by Faculty Athletic Representatives from the conference's member institutions.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Cleveland State senior first baseman Dara Toman was named the Horizon League Softball Player of the Year, marking the third time in four years a Cleveland State player has collected the award. League co-champion UIC placed five players on the All-League First Team, in voting of the League’s coaches.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Green Bay freshman outfielder Marissa Michalkiewicz (Appleton, Wis./East) has been named Horizon League Softball Player of the Week, while Valparaiso freshman Taylor Weissenhofer (Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport Township) has earned Horizon League Softball Pitcher of the Week honors, for the week of April 29-May 5.

For the last three years, Green Bay and Cleveland State have found themselves competing for a berth in the NCAA Men’s Tennis Tournament. And while each of the matches had its share of drama, nothing compared to Sunday’s Horizon League Tournament championship, in which both teams had opportunities to win. In the end, though, second-seeded Cleveland State captured its fifth conference title in the last six years with a dramatic 4-3 victory over No. 1 Green Bay.

For the third straight season, Cleveland State and Green Bay will meet to decide the Horizon League men’s tennis title, while on the women’s side, UIC will go for its 17^th straight crown, taking on Youngstown State.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Both turning in perfect records in conference play, Green Bay sophomore Michael Tenzer and Youngstown State sophomore Paula de Man were voted the Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Tennis Players of the Year, respectively.