CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR MARCH 31, 2016
Directors' Cup Standings Update;
Baseball Twinbill With Hope Postponed
DIRECTOR'S CUP STANDINGS UPDATE
The latest set of Learfield Directors' Cup sports standings have been released and Calvin College is currently in 11th place with 432.75 points. The latest standings include the recently concluded winter sports season.
Williams (Mass.) leads the standings with 743.25 points.
The winter, Calvin received 117.5 points as its men's and women's swimming and diving teams earned points at the NCAA III Championships. The Calvin men's team finished 15th and the Calvin women's team 16th, producing a combined total of 117.5 Directors' Cup points.
The latest set of winter sports standings includes the sports of men's and women's basketball, men's and women's ice hockey, skiing, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's wrestling and men's and women's indoor track and field.
This fall, Calvin received 83 points from its men's soccer team that reached the NCAA III Tournament semifinals and 73 points from its women's soccer team that reached the NCAA III quarterfinals. The Calvin women's volleyball team picked up 64 points by reaching the NCAA III regional finals while its men's cross country team earned 51 points with a 23rd place finish at the NCAA III Championships while its women's cross country team claimed 44 points with a 30th place finish at the national meet.
The Learfield Directors' Cup is based on points earned by teams that compete in NCAA Championship events and is presented annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) to the best overall collegiate athletics program in the country. The Learfield Directors' 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.
Competition will continue with the spring sports season and conclude at the end of May.
A year ago, Calvin finished 29th in the final Division III standings with a total of 462.0 points.
BASEBALL
Calvin's baseball doubleheader at Hope on Thursday was postponed by weather conditions. The four-game series will now begin on Friday with a doubleheader at Calvin set to begin at 2 p.m. The series is scheduled to conclude on Saturday with a doubleheader at Hope beginning at 1 p.m.
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