Augustana College ranks 10th in the final fall release of the 2014-15 Division II Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings.
Augustana has accumulated 185 points through the fall season.
Augustana received 25 points for finishing 33rd in the women’s soccer national tournament after the Vikings earned the third seed in the NCAA Central Region Tournament, making its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2008.
Men’s cross country earned 85 points towards Augustana’s total in the Learfield Cup Standings with a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships last Saturday. The Vikings have placed in the top four at the NCAA Championships for three straight seasons, including back-to-back third-place finishes in 2013 and 2014.
Women’s cross country earned 75 points after a fifth-place performance at the national championships last weekend. Augustana women’s cross country has placed in the top five at the NCAA Championships for four straight seasons, including the 2011 National Championship and second-place finish in 2012.
Augustana is one of two teams from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference in the top 10, behind Minnesota Duluth who is sixth with 219 points.
Last year, Augustana finished seventh in the final Learfield Cup Standings, marking its fourth straight top-10 finish.
The first set of winter standings will be released in March.
