Highlighted by a national championship in field hockey, the University of Maryland posted a best-ever 17th-place finish nationally in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings, it was announced on Friday. “It’s been a great year,” said director of athletics Kevin Anderson. “We take tremendous pride in having a well-balanced athletics program at Maryland, and this is a good measure of our overall success.
Stanford won the Division I competition for the 17th straight year. Ohio State, California, Florida and Duke rounded out the top five. The Atlantic Coast Conference had five schools place in the top 20 in the standings – Duke (5th), North Carolina (6th), Virginia (7th), Florida State (9th), Maryland (17th).
Sport (NCAA Finish) | Points |
Field Hockey (1st) | 100 |
Football (24th) | 50 |
Women’s Soccer (T17th) | 50 |
Men’s Soccer (T5th) | 73 |
Women’s Basketball (T17th) | 50 |
Gymnastics (T25th) | 46.5 |
Women’s Swimming (22nd) | 52 |
Women’s Indoor Track (T28th) | 45.5 |
Men’s Indoor Track (T44th) | 29.5 |
Wrestling (18th) | 56 |
Women’s Lacrosse (2nd) | 90 |
Men’s Lacrosse (2nd) | 90 |
Softball (T33rd) | 25 |
Women’s Tennis (T33rd) | 25 |
Men’s Tennis (T17th) | 50 |
Men’s Outdoor Track (T46th) | 25.5 |
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