June
5, 2014
Salisbury Leads CAC With 15th Place Finish In Learfield
Sports Directors Cup;
Four CAC Teams Finish Among Top 60 In Division
III
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Standings
Salisbury's strong finishes in the spring season lifted the
Sea Gulls into 15th place overall as the top CAC team in the final
2013-14 Learfield Sports Directors Cup standings.
The Learfield Sports 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 during NCAA Div. III
Championships - nine men's and nine women's sports.
NCAA Division III includes approximately 450 member
institutions in 44 conferences. The CAC is one of five NCAA
Division III conferences (and the only conference in the Middle
Atlantic Region) to have at least four institutions rank among the
Top 60 in the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings this
year.
The other four conferences with at least four teams among
the top 60 in the final standings were the New England Small
College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) with six along with the
Universities Athletic Association (UAA), the Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Association (WIAC) and the College
Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) - each with
five.
Christopher Newport placed 40th overall with 390 points,
followed by York in 51st place with 357 points, Mary Washington in
59th place with 307 points and Wesley at 138th place with 146
points.
Salisbury won its second-straight NCAA Division III women's
lacrosse national title, finished second in the men's lacrosse and
softball tournaments, eighth in the baseball tournament and 12th in
the men's track & field championship standings to compile
640.38 overall points.
The Sea Gulls, who were 52nd overall heading into the spring
season, totaled 417.5 points in the five spring sports to take over
the lead among CAC teams.
Christopher Newport, which won the 2014 CAC Richard C. Cook
Award, was second among CAC teams in the Learfield Director's Cup.
The Captains tallied 124 points in the spring thanks to an
appearance in the Sweet 16 of the softball tournament and a 14th
place finish in the Division III men's track & field
championship final standings.
York, which finished fourth in the CAC's Richard C. Cook
award standings, edged Mary Washington for third place among CAC
teams in the Learfield Directors Cup standings. The Spartans
scored points in both men's and women's lacrosse as well as men's
track & field in the spring season. UMW tallied points in
both men's and women's tennis tournaments as well as men's lacrosse
during the spring season.
Wesley was the fifth CAC team to finish among the top half
of the 326 Division III schools that advanced and scored points in
NCAA Division III championship action during the 2013-14 season.
The Wolverines' 44th-place finish in the men's track &
field championships completed the institution's strong athletic
performance this year.
Williams won the 2013-14 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup for
the 17th time in the last 19 years with 1,225.25 points. The
Ephs and fourth-place Washington (Mo.) University (924.25 points)
were the only school to score points in 18 sports.
Wisconsin-Whitewater ranked second overall with 1,134.75
points, joining Williams as the only institutions to score more
than 1,000 points during the 2013-14 season.
Johns Hopkins University, the only team from the Middle
Atlantic region to finish above Salisbury in the Learfield
Directors standings, placed third overall with 977.50.