The NCAA released the latest Academic Progress Rate scores and penalties Wednesday and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, once again, had mixed results.
The women's soccer program has dropped into the historical-penalty phase, joining the football program in the NCAA's academic doghouse. However, football's multi-year average improved, while soccer's APR is going in the wrong direction.
Soccer's multi-year score, comprised of data from 2005-06 to 2008-09, was 855, down from 891 last year and well below the NCAA benchmark of 925 and the penalty-inducing mark of 900. Football's multi-year score was 885, up from 870 last year.
The soccer team was hit with scholarship and practice-time reductions, as was the football team. Earlier this year, UTC announced that the football team would be eligible for the 2010 playoffs - the Mocs were banned in 2009 - after the NCAA granted the program conditional relief from more penalties.
UTC's wrestling team was hit with a slight scholarship reduction for its 2008-09 score of 900, the penalty coming as a result of being penalized previously in the past three years.
Five women's teams (basketball, golf, tennis and indoor and outdoor track) had perfect scores of 1,000 for the 2008-09 reporting period, while golf and cross country led all UTC men's teams with scores of 975.
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