CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

2009-10 FINAL STANDINGS

CLEVELAND—For the third time in the history of the school, Concordia University finished inside the top 20 with a 13th-place finish in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings.

 

The finish was the second-best overall result for the Cavaliers; only trailing a ninth-place result last year.

 

Nine sports combined to record 583 total points for the Cavs. The CU women’s soccer team posted the single highest result with a third-place tally to earn 83 points. Women’s golf and men’s outdoor track & field each ended their respective season with a fifth-place finish to earn 75 points each while the women’s outdoor track squad broke the top 10 in seventh place for 72 points.

 

Also recording points for the Cavaliers were: women’s indoor track & field (11th; 66 points); women’s cross country (12th, 54 points); men’s cross country (13th, 51 points), softball (16th, 50 points) and men’s indoor track (17th, 57 points).

 

Azusa Pacific (Calif.) University claimed its sixth consecutive Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup, earning recognition as the best in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) for the 2009-10 season. The Cougars finished with 820 points, edging second-place Simon Fraser (B.C.), which tallied 817 points and Fresno Pacific (Calif.) which was third with 801 points, to complete the tightest competition ever for the cup. With the 2010 cup in hand, Azusa Pacific becomes the first school in NAIA history to win 6 consecutive Directors’ Cups, breaking the former standard first set by Simon Fraser from 1997-2001.

 

Concordia (Calif.) placed fourth overall with 724.50 points while Lindenwood (Mo.) rounded out the top five positions with 715.50 points.

 

Along with Concordia, three Cascade Collegiate Conference schools broke into the top 50. The College of Idaho finished in 38th place with 350.50 points, Eastern Oregon finished in 45th place with 306.75 points and Southern Oregon finished in 50th place with 384 points.

 

Oregon Tech (T126th, 93 points), Warner Pacific (T145th, 68.50 points) and Evergreen State (172nd, 30 points) also garnered points to give the CCC seven representatives in the final 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 12 sports – six women’s and six men’s.

 

 

 

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