XC and VBALL success puts CMS in Directors’ Cup top-10 in first fall rankings

WESTLAKE, Ohio – Behind the strength of outstanding seasons from its cross country and volleyball teams, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athletics is ranked sixth nationally out of 400-plus NCAA Division III athletic departments in the first of three fall releases of the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings. CMS is the highest ranked program from the West Region. It is the second year in a row that CMS has been ranked this high in the initial fall standings and it ties the highest mark ever for CMS in the first rankings.

The Directors' Cup competition is now in its 21st year. The competition awards points to each athletic department based on its teams’ finishes at the NCAA Championships.

The first rankings which were released on Nov. 24, included championship results from men's cross country, women's cross country, women’s volleyball and women’s field hockey. CMS totaled 185 points with women’s cross country (63), men’s cross country (72) and volleyball (50) all placing at their respective NCAA Championships. The men's cross country team finished 7th (its highest finish ever) while the women's cross country team finished 13th and the volleyball team placed 17th.

CMS has been the top finishing SCIAC representative in 15 of the first 20 years of the Directors’ Cup and also finished in the top-60 overall 18 times. The 2014-15 school year was the 12th top-30 finish for the program as CMS finished tied for a program-best 11th place finish.

The final fall standings are scheduled to be released on Dec. 24 and will include results from men’s soccer, women’s soccer and football, in addition to women’s and men’s cross country, women’s volleyball and women’s field hockey.

The final standings of the 2015-16 school year are scheduled to be released on June 9, 2016.

Complete First Fall Rankings (11/25/15)

By Chris Watts
Director of Athletics Communication
Claremont McKenna College

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