It was truly a special year for UNC athletics, as the Tar Heels wrapped up the 2015-16 season with a pair of top-four finishes in the Capital One Cup.

When results were announced Monday for the competition–which measures cumulative on-field performance across each men’s and women’s sport–UNC’s men placed second while its women tied for fourth.

In the award’s six-year history, the Tar Heels have been among the most successful programs–but this is still just the second time they’ve placed both their men and women in the top 10.

Oklahoma and Stanford are the only other schools that achieved the same honor this season.

Points are earned based on the amount of top-10 finishes in NCAA Division I Championships, as well as final coaches’ polls across 21 women’s and 20 men’s sports.

Championships in both men’s and women’s lacrosse helped the Tar Heel cause the most–while title game appearances by men’s basketball and field hockey also held a significant amount of weight.

This honor also comes just a couple weeks after UNC’s seventh place showing in the Directors’ Cup–which combines men’s and women’s sports into a single award.

In total, the Tar Heel women–who won the Capital One Cup in 2012-13–have finished in the top 10 in five out of six years.

The men, however, achieved their best finish this season while earning a third top-10.

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