From: Jeff Febus (jfebus@calvin.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 28 2003 - 18:01:36 EST
CALVIN SPORTS REPORT (PART ONE) FOR MARCH 28, 2003
BASEBALL
Rain forced the suspension of Friday's nine-inning game with two out in
the bottom of the first inning. The nine inning game is scheduled to
resume Saturday afternoon at 1. A seven inning game will follow. The
third game of the series, also scheduled for seven innings, will be
played Monday afternoon.
SOFTBALL
Calvin opened play at the Rose-Hulman Softball Invitational with a 12-0 win over Franklin of Indiana Friday afternoon. Calvin is scheduled to face host Rose-Hulman at 6:00 p.m. A full report will be filed later this evening.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Calvin's home tennis match against Albion was postponed Friday afternoon because of inclimate weather. A makeup date has not yet been set. Calvin's Saturday match against Adrian has also been postponed because of weather conditions. The match against Adrian has been rescheduled for April 18 @ 9:30 am.
Calvin 22nd IN LATEST NACDA DIRECTOR'S CUP STANDINGS
Calvin College is in 22nd place in the latest set of NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) Director's Cup Division III standings with 269.5 points. The latest standings reflect the final totals of the recently completed winter sports season. The NACDA Director's Cup is based on points earned by teams that compete in NCAA Championship events and is presented annually by the National Association of Collegiate Director's of Athletics (NACDA) to the best overall collegiate athletics program in the country. The NACDA Director's Cup race is held at the NCAA I, II and III levels and also for NAIA institutions.
Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in NCAA III Championship competition in up to 18 sports -- nine for men and nine for women. Each national champion receives 100 points with a national runner-up finish worth 90 points. Third place is worth 80 points and fourth place finishes count for 75 points with a sliding point scale continuing on down by order of finish.
Williams of Massachusetts, a six-time champion, leads the standings with a commanding total of 873.25 points while the College of New Jersey is second with 582.5 points.
These are the final winter sports standings and include the sports of fencing, skiing, men's and women's basketball, swimming and indoor track and field and men's wrestling. This past fall, the Calvin men's cross country team earned its second straight national runner-up berth, earning Calvin 90 points. The Calvin women's cross country team finished fifth at the recent NCAA III Championships to earn 75 points. Calvin then scored in men's and women's swimming and diving this during the winter sports season. The Calvin women's swimming and diving team took 34th at the NCAA III Championships to earn 40 points while the Calvin men's swimming and diving team took 12th to earn 64.5 points.
Last year, Calvin finished 11th in the final NACDA Director's Cup standings with 490 points * its fourth-highest finish ever.
This is the eighth year for the NACDA Director's Cup chase at the NCAA III level. Calvin finished 9th during the 2000-2001 season with 474 points; 6th during the 1999-2000 season with 561 points; 7th during the 1998-99 season with 350 points; 25th during the 1997-98 season with 200 points; 22nd for the 1996-97 season with 321.5 points and 11th during the 1995-96 campaign with 425 points.
Since the NACDA Director's Cup was initiated at the NCAA Division III level for the 1995-96 academic year, Calvin is one of only ten schools to finish in the top-25 all seven previous years. Joining Calvin in the group are Williams, College of New Jersey, Amherst (MA), Middlebury (VT), Ithaca (NY), Wisconsin-LaCrosse, SUNY-Cortland, Emory (Ga.) and Rowan (N.J.).
NCAA III NACDA Director's Cup top-25 standings after Winter Sports Season
1. Williams (MA), 873.25
2. College of New Jersey 582.5
3. Wisconsin-LaCrosse 502.5
4. Trinity (TX) 502
5. Wartburg 496.25
6. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 488.5
7. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 478.5
8. Washington (MO) 475.25
9. Ithaca (NY) 422.5
10. Wheaton (IL) 401
11. Messiah (PA) 400
12. Emory (GA) 393
13. Nebraska Wesleyan 355
14. Wittenberg (OH) 338.5
15. Amherst (MA) 318
16. Gustavus Adolphus (MN) 315.5
17. New York U. 311.5
18. Keene State (NH) 288.25
19. Johns Hopkins (MD) 282
20. Mount Union (OH) 277
21. Rowan (NJ) 276.5
22. Calvin 269.5
23. Puget Sound (WA) 259
24. Hope 250
25. Springfield (MA) 249
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