Grand Valley is the defending champion for both the men and the women.
Ashland, second in both the men's and women's 2000 team standings, would dearly love to unseat the Lakers, but that won't be easy. Last year, the GVSU men took first place with 123 points and AU was the runnerup with 114. The Laker women had 128 points compared to Ashland's 115. Saturday, everyone will find out if AU, or anyone else, can close the gap. This much is known, AU will take young, talented teams to Findlay and motivation won't be a problem.