Saints 19th in First Director's Cup Listing

Nov. 21: St. Lawrence University's athletic program ranks 19th among 119 NCAA Division III schools which have qualified for the first fall listing of the Learfield Driectors Cup standings.

The Learfield, Directors Cup ranks NCAA athletic programs based on participation in NCAA tournament and championship competition. The first ranking includes the recently completed men's and women's cross country, field hockey and women's volleyball championships.

St. Lawrence will gain points in the second ranking which will include the men's soccer tournament.

A seventh place finish by the women's cross country team earned the Saints 72 points and a 27th place finish by the men's cross country team earned 47 points for a 119 total in the first ranking.

Middlebury leads the first ranking with 256.5 points and scored in all four of the counting NCAA competitions. The Saints are the top-ranked Liberty League team and the second New York State school, four points behind Rochester which is ranked 18th.