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UW-L Finishes Eleventh in Learfield Directors' Cup Standings
For Immediate Release: Friday, June 19, 2009
Cleveland, Ohio - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse finished 11th in the 2008-09 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Division III standings released Friday. The Eagles recorded 732.00 points while Williams College (Mass.) captured its 11th consecutive cup with 1,066.50 points. Williams has won 13 Directors’ Cup in the 14 years it has been awarded.
Middlebury College (Vt.) finished second this season with 923.00 points, Amherst College (Mass.) was third (910.00), Washington University, Mo. placed fourth (873.00) while Cortland State University, N.Y. was fifth (861.00). Emory University, Ga. (809.50) was sixth followed by UW-Stevens Point (779.00), Gustavus Adolphus College, Minn. (765.00), The College of New Jersey (759.50) and Tufts University, Mass. (759.25) to round-out the top-10.
Other Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference institutions in the top-20 included UW-Eau Claire placing 11th (731.50 points), UW-Whitewater 15th (687.75) and UW-Oshkosh 17th (624.00). UW-Platteville finished 55th (273.63) and UW-Stout 83rd (213.50).
UW-L was awarded 95 points for the men’s track & field team winning the 2009 NCAA III indoor championship; 90 points for the women’s track & field team finishing second at indoor nationals; 85 points for the wrestling team placing third at the national championships; 85 points for the women’s track & field team finishing third at the outdoor championships and 75 points for the men’s track & field team’s fifth-place national finish outdoors.
The Eagles were also awarded 72 points for the men’s cross country squad finishing sixth at the 2008 NCAA Division III Championships; 70.5 points for the women’s swimming & diving team placing eighth at the national championships; 66 points for the women’s cross country team finishing eighth at the national championships and 18.5 points for the men’s swimming & diving team placing 55th. UW-L’s volleyball team earned 50 points for advancing to the second round of the 2008 NCAA III Playoffs and the softball squad picked up 25 points for appearing in the 2009 national tournament. The Eagles captured the 2009 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) title, but points are only awarded for NCAA sponsored championships.
The Learfield Sports Academy Directors’ Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in up to 18 sports -- nine women’s and nine men’s.
UW-L, which has eight top-10 finishes in the 14 years of the Directors’ Cup program, was a school-best seventh in 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2006-07. UW-L is one of six institutions in NCAA III history to finish in the top-20 all 14 years joining Williams College (Mass.), The College of New Jersey, Amherst College (Mass.), Middlebury College (Vt.) and Cortland State (N.Y.).
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