June 30, 2014
2013-14 Directors' Cup Division I standings
CLEVELAND - Highlighted by postseason victories in women's soccer and softball, Boston University placed fourth among Division I-AAA members and 79th overall in the 2013-14 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Division I Standings. Nine programs contributed to the Terriers' total of 259.50 points to help BU earn its best performance since tallying 305.80 points (68th) in 2009.
The Terriers compiled points in women's soccer (50), women's rowing (34), men's indoor track & field (32), wrestling (29), women's ice hockey (25), softball (25), women's tennis (25), women's outdoor track & field (22) and women's indoor track & field (17.5). Teams earn points by their standing in NCAA postseason competition.
Denver was the highest-scoring I-AAA school in the Directors' Cup for the second consecutive year with 519.25 total points. Providence took second with 311 points and St. John's just edged out the Terriers for third place with 265.00 points. Division I-AAA consists of the 99 Division I schools across the country that do not sponsor football.
BU led the Patriot League members with Navy closest at 205.00 points for 90th place. The Terriers also finished third among the seven Division I schools in Massachusetts and sixth overall in New England.
Women's soccer received a school-high 50 points by reaching the second round of the NCAAs. The Terriers hosted their second-ever postseason game and claimed a 1-0 victory over Ivy League champion Harvard. Women's rowing took 20th in Indianapolis to finish ahead of the A-10 and MAAC champions during its second consecutive trip to the NCAAs.
In individual competitions, senior distance runner Rich Peters placed fourth in the mile run at the Indoor NCAAs to single-handedly give the Terriers 32 points. Senior wrestler Nestor Taffur collected a pair of wins to reach the quarterfinals in his weight division for 29 points. Senior Allison Barwise placed sixth in the outdoor high jump competition, and fellow classmate Monica Adler raced to eighth in the indoor mile run.
Softball eliminated AAC champion Louisville from the Tucson Regional to earn the program's seventh-ever NCAA victory. Women's ice hockey claimed its third straight Hockey East title along with its fifth consecutive NCAA bid, and women's tennis returned to postseason competition for the first time since 2011 as the Patriot League champion.
