CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR DECEMBER 8, 2006
Calvin Retains Lead in U.S. Sports Academy Director's Cup Standings;
Calvin Leads Women's All-Sports Standings - Second in Commissioner's Cup Standings and Third in Men's All-Sports Standings
CALVIN HOLDS LEAD IN U.S. SPORTS ACADEMY DIRECTOR'S CUP RACE
The second set of U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup fall sports standings have been released and once again,
Calvin College stands alone in first place.
Calvin now has a first place total of 323 points, holding a 39-point lead over second place Washington University (Mo.).
Calvin picked up 73 additional points on the strength of its women's soccer team which reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA III Tournament this fall.
In the first set of fall standings, Calvin had a total of 269 points built around the 100 points produced by Calvin's national championship performance in men's cross country. The Knights also placed third in women’s cross country and ninth in women's volleyball. The national championship performance by the Calvin men’s team was worth 100 points while the third place finish by its women’s cross country team was worth 85 points. Calvin’s volleyball finish counted for 64 points.
The most recent set of standings does not include the sport of football which has not yet completed its national tournament at the NCAA III level. Sports that are included in the latest set of standings include men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, women's volleyball and women's field hockey.
The final fall standings will be released sometime close to Christmas upon completion of the football season. Competition will continue with the winter sports season and finish with the conclusion of the spring sports season in May.
The U.S. Sports Academy 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 85 points and fourth place finishes count for 80 points with a sliding point scale continuing on down by order of finish.
A year ago, Calvin finished ninth in the final Division III standings with a total of 561.25 points.
Calvin is one of only eight schools to finish in the top-25 every year that the competition has been held at the NCAA III level.
The latest set of standings can be found on-line at : http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nacda/sports/directorscup/auto_pdf/d3dcdec7
FIRST SET OF MIAA COMMISSIONER'S CUP/ALL-SPORTS STANDINGS RELEASED
(written by MIAA publicist Tom Renner)
Hope tops the Commissioner's Cup standings after the fall sports season as well as the men's all-sports standings. Calvin holds a two-point lead over Hope for the women's all-sports standings.
Fall sports champions were: men's and women's cross country, Calvin; men's
soccer, Hope; women's soccer, Calvin; football, Hope; volleyball, Calvin;
women's golf, Olivet and men's golf, Hope.
Commissioner's Cup Standings: 1. Hope 102, 2. Calvin 80, 3. Albion 68, 4.
Olivet 48, 5. Tri-State 47, 6. Alma 45, 6. Kalamazoo 45, 8. Adrian 40.
Men's All-Sports Standings: 1. Hope 54, 2. Albion 32, 3. Calvin 30, 4. Olivet
27, 4. Tri-State 27, 6. Alma 21, 7. Kalamazoo 17, 8. Adrian 16.
Women's All-Sports Standings: 1. Calvin 50, 2. Hope 48, 3. Saint Mary's 37, 4.
Albion 36, 5. Kalamazoo 28, 6. Adrian 24, 6. Alma 24, 8. Olivet 21, 9.
Tri-State 20.
The MIAA presents awards for the best cumulative finish in men's and women's
sports as well as an award for the best cumulative finish in all league sports
(men and women). The fitermined
on the basis of each college's standings in eight of nine sports for men and
eight of nine sports for women. These point-totals will be added together to
determine the winner of the Commissioners' Cup. The standings after the fall
season are based on all four sports for men and all four for women. As a
single sport member, Wisconsin Lutheran is not computed into the all-sports
standings.
The Commissioner's Cup (MIAA All-Sports Award) has been presented since
1934-35. Hope has won the award 28 times, followed by Albion 14, Kalamazoo 13,
Calvin 8 and Alma 5. In 2005/2006, Hope won the Commissioner's Cup and both
the Men's and Women's All-Sports Awards.
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
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