After the completion of six NCAA Championships, Grand Valley State (Mich.) has taken the lead in the second installment of the U.S. Sports Academy Directors’ Cup fall standings. In the most recent championships, the Lakers placed third in women’s soccer and finished fifth in women’s volleyball, increasing their point total to 321.

Tampa is a close second, trailing GVSU by only five points. The Spartans have accumulated 316 points by finishing first in women’s soccer, fifth in volleyball and ninth in men’s soccer.

Massachusetts-Lowell, who ranked second after the first Director’s Cup standings, is currently third. The Riverhawks now have 251 points after placing ninth in men’s soccer and 33rd in women’s soccer.

Rounding out the top five are Cal State-Chico and Dowling (NY), who are forth and fifth, respectively. The Wildcats added 50 points to their previous total of 152, after placing 33rd in both women’s soccer and women’s volleyball.

Nine points behind Cal State-Chico are the Golden Lions, who placed fifth in men’s soccer and women’s volleyball and 33rd in women’s soccer.

Six of the seven fall NCAA championships have been completed with the following institutions capturing titles: women’s cross country (Adams State), men’s cross country (Abilene Christian), women’s field hockey (Bloomsburg, Pa.), women’s soccer (Tampa, Fla.), men’s soccer (Franklin Pierce, N.H.) and women’s volleyball (Concordia, Minn.).

–Courtesy NACDA