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Virginia Places 4th in LEARFIELD Directors' Cup, First Among ACC Schools
Virginia placed fourth in the final standings for the 2022-2023 LEARFIELD Directors' Cup, a competition between all Division I schools that compares each athletic program's finishes in NCAA Championships across all sports. UVA finished with 1,105.50 points, good for fourth place nationally and first among schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
2022-2023 LEARFIELD Directors' Cup Final Standings
- Stanford - 1412.00
- Texas - 1370.50
- Ohio State - 1170.75
- Virginia - 1105.50
- Florida - 1091.50
- Tennessee - 1078.75
- Georgia - 1072.50
- North Carolina - 1068.00
- LSU - 1062.25
- USC - 1048.00
Click here to see the final 2022-2023 LEARFIELD Division I Standings.
As a note for the scoring of the event, Directors' Cup points are awarded based on a school's NCAA finish in 19 sports, four of which must be men's and women's basketball, volleyball, and baseball.
Propelled by a pair of national championships in women's swimming & diving and men's tennis, UVA tied its second-best finish in the LEARFIELD Directors' Cup all-time. Virginia placed fourth in 2014 and third in 2010. This is the 16th-consecutive season (excluding 2020) that the Cavaliers have placed in the top 25 and UVA is one of only 10 schools to rank in the top 30 of the final standings in every year of the event's existence.
Virginia was in 9th place nationally with 297.00 points after the fall seasons and was 12th with 595.50 points after the winter. UVA then jumped up to fourth in the final standings after a massive spring in which the Cavaliers more than doubled their point total with 623.50 spring points thanks to top 10 finishes in baseball, men's golf, men's lacrosse, rowing, women's tennis, and men's tennis, which won its second-straight national title. Virginia also won its third-consecutive national championship in women's swimming & diving.
Here's a list of the sports in which Virginia scored points towards the LEARFIELD Directors' Cup:
Fall - 297.00
- Women's Cross Country: 9th, 69 points
- Men's Cross Country: 22nd, 52 points
- Field Hockey: 9th, 53 points
- Women's Soccer: 5th, 73 points
- Men's Soccer: 17th, 50 points
Winter - 185.00
- Men's Basketball: 33rd, 25 points
- Women's Swim & Dive: 1st, 100 points
- Men's Swim & Dive: 15th, 60 points
- Women's Indoor Track & Field: 31st, 42 points
- Men's Indoor Track & Field: 28th, 46 points
- Wrestling: 48th, 25.5 points
Spring - 623.50
- Baseball: 7th, 73 points
- Women's Golf: 24th, 49.5 points
- Men's Golf: 5th, 72.75 points
- Women's Lacrosse: 17th, X points
- Men's Lacrosse: 3rd, 83 points
- Women's Rowing: 10th, 60 points
- Women's Tennis: 9th, 64 points
- Men's Tennis: 1st, 100 points
- Women's Track & Field: 17th, 56 points
- Men's Track & Field: 11th, 65.25 points
“This year brought both incredible pain and incredible triumph and through it all, our student-athletes, coaches and staff showed up every day for each other and we found purpose and healing in competing for something greater than ourselves,” said Virginia director of athletics Carla Williams. “They are amazing and it’s an honor to be around such inspiration on a daily basis.”
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