Soccer program collects another Pinnacle Award

The Montana soccer program continues to distinguish itself on the national scene.

Coach Chris Citowicki's program earned the United Soccer Coaches Team Pinnacle Award for the 2024-25 academic year, the organization announced recently.

Montana was one of just two Division I programs, men's or women's, to be recognized, along with the women's program at Liberty.

That made it two straight for the Grizzlies, who are into stacking success upon success. Montana also earned the Team Pinnacle Award for the 2023-24 academic year.

To be considered for the honor, teams must pull off a rare trifecta: receive the Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award, plus the Team Academic Award from the United Soccer Coaches.

In addition to those two criteria, teams must have a winning percentage of .750 or higher.

Montana earned a Bronze-level Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award for the 2024 season while having team GPAs of 3.66 and 3.70 for the 2024 fall and 2025 spring semesters, respectively.

On the field, Montana went 12-2-5 (.763) while capturing the Big Sky Conference regular-season championship.

The Grizzlies, who host next week's league tournament, won the 11th regular-season Big Sky title in program history this fall.

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