CLEVELAND – Two LMU teams earned points for the university in the Directors Cup over the course of the 2018-19 school year. Both volleyball and baseball's postseason berths gave the Lions points by virtue of making the NCAA Tournament. The Lions finished with 100 points, a score that has been reached only twice over the past 10 years.
"One of the pillars of our athletic department is winning and competing for championships," said Athletics Director
Craig Pintens. "We had an outstanding year, headlined by women's volleyball advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and baseball playing for a Regional Final. We have a number of teams that are on the verge of breaking through and competing for championships. We are looking forwarding to utilizing this as a benchmark going forward to measure our success on the national level."
The Lions finished tied for 18
thamong Division I-AAA schools, which is all Division I programs that do not sponsor football. Overall in Division I, LMU finished tied for 155
th, the school's second best mark of the decade. In 2015-16, thanks to a pair of Sweet 16 runs from women's volleyball and women's soccer, the Lions ended the year with 128 points to place 130
thoverall.
Both LMU and Creighton finished tied atop the DI-AAA ADA All-Sports Standings in baseball.
