EOU Athletics ranked 40th in Learfield Directors’ Cup Fall standings
By Paul Hall on Wednesday, December 29th, 2021 in Northeastern Oregon News Northeastern Oregon Top Stories
LA GRANDE – The final NAIA Learfield Directors’ Cup fall standings were released and Eastern Oregon University finds itself in the top-50. The Mountaineers are one of four Cascade Collegiate Conference teams ranked in the top-50, while a total of 10 CCC institutions are in the top-100.
Eastern sits 40th in the final fall standings with 104.00 points after having a pair of teams qualify for the NAIA National Championships earlier this year. Leading the way is Mountaineer Men’s Cross Country with 54 points as the team finished 20th at Nationals back in mid-November. Racking up the 50 points for EOU was Mountaineers Volleyball after the team qualified for the National Championships for the eighth year in a row. They finished ranked 16th overall in the NAIA.
