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LSU MEN & WOMEN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS EARN FOURTH-PLACE FINISHES IN FINAL CAPITAL ONE CUP STANDINGS
LSU, UCLA Only Schools To Finish In Top Four In Both Men and Women Standings
BATON ROUGE -- After
claiming a national championship and three Southeastern Conference team
titles, the LSU men’s and women’s athletic programs capped a banner
year with a pair of fourth-place finishes in the final 2011-12 Capital
One Cup standings, it was announced by Capital One Financial
Corporation on Wednesday.
LSU joined UCLA as the only schools
to produce top-four finishes in both the men’s and women’s final
standings. The LSU women accumulated 92 points, while the LSU men
finished with 78 points.
"Congratulations to our
student-athletes and coaches in all sports who work so hard every day
to be the best at what they do,” said LSU Vice Chancellor and Director
of Athletics Joe Alleva. “Their passion and relentless work ethic are
evident by the results in these standings. And a sincere thanks
go to LSU fans, the best fans in America, who help provide the
resources for our student-athletes to be successful in competition as
well as in the classroom."
The LSU women’s outdoor track and
field team claimed its 15th national championship decisively over
second-place Oregon by a score of 76-62. The LSU men’s track and field
squad nearly won the title with a second-place finish behind Florida,
50-48. In the indoor and outdoor NCAA championships combined, head
coach Dennis Shaver led LSU to four top-five finishes.
The
Tigers won SEC regular season titles in the sports of football,
baseball and women’s outdoor track and field. For the first time in
school history, LSU won a football and baseball SEC title in the same
athletic year.
Head coach Paul Mainieri guided the Tigers to a
top-10 national ranking and an NCAA Super Regional. Head coach Les
Miles led the football team to a 13-1 overall record and a BCS
Championship Game appearance while winning the school’s 11th SEC title
in the sport.
The LSU softball team under first-year head
coach Beth Torina embarked on a remarkable run to the Women’s College
World Series – the program’s first since 2004 – while finishing with a
40-25 overall record and a No. 7 national ranking.
The LSU
women’s golf team, coached by Karen Bahnsen, equaled the program’s
highest finish ever with third place at the NCAA Championships. Head
men’s tennis coach Jeff Brown and first-year women’s basketball coach
Nikki Caldwell each reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament
with their respective sports. Men’s golf, soccer, women’s tennis and
swimming & diving all participated in NCAA postseason play.
This
is the second year of the Capital One Cup. Schools earn points based on
their teams’ top-10 finishes in NCAA Division I championships and in
final official coaches’ polls across 19 men’s and 20 women’s sports as
they compete to win the Capital One Cup trophy and a combined $400,000
to fund scholarships for student athletes.
Capital One Cup Final Men’s Standings
1. Florida 104
2. Arizona 90
3. UCLA 82
4. LSU 78
5. North Carolina 75
6. Alabama 72
7. Kentucky 70
8. Arkansas 69
9. Ohio State 60.5
10. Loyola-Maryland 60
North Dakota State 60
Capital One Cup Final Women’s Standings
1. Stanford 152.5
2. UCLA 110
3. Alabama 100
4. LSU 92
5. Duke 83
6. Oregon 80
7. USC 77
8. California 72
9. Florida 65
10. Maryland 62
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