{"id":381,"date":"2015-09-04T15:36:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T22:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/?p=381"},"modified":"2015-09-04T15:36:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T22:36:10","slug":"moving-up-in-division-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/2015\/09\/04\/moving-up-in-division-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Up in Division II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In just two years as a fully-fledged NCAA Division II member, California Baptist University has established itself as one of the top athletic programs in the division. The Lancers finished the 2014-15 season with a 16th-place finish in the Division II Learfield Sports Directors&#8217; Cup standings, moving up 10 spots from last year&#8217;s placement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our student athletes and coaches had a great year,&#8221; said Director of Athletics\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbulancers.com\/staff.aspx?staff=1\">Dr. Micah Parker<\/a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s exciting to be ranked so high in only our second year in the NCAA Division II.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CBU, which claimed its third PacWest Commissioner&#8217;s Cup earlier this spring, finishes as the highest program not only among the PacWest institutions, but the West Region as well with 523.70 points. The Lancers completed a 10-spot jump from its 26th-place finish in the Directors&#8217; Cup standing from 2013-14. Azusa Pacific comes in at No. 17 (522.75) in its first year eligible, while Simon Fraser is the next West Region program, sitting at No. 26 (467.00).<\/p>\n<p>The Learfield Sports Directors&#8217; Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution&#8217;s finish in up to 14 sports &#8212; seven women&#8217;s and seven men&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/08\/learfield_center.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-382\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/08\/learfield_center-1024x571.jpg\" alt=\"Learfield\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/08\/learfield_center-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/08\/learfield_center-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/08\/learfield_center-880x490.jpg 880w, https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/08\/learfield_center-830x463.jpg 830w, https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/08\/learfield_center-820x457.jpg 820w, https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/08\/learfield_center-670x373.jpg 670w, https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/08\/learfield_center-320x178.jpg 320w, https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/08\/learfield_center.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just two years as a fully-fledged NCAA Division II member, California Baptist University has established itself as one of the top athletic programs in the division. The Lancers finished the 2014-15 season with a 16th-place finish in the Division II Learfield Sports Directors&#8217; Cup standings, moving up 10 spots from last year&#8217;s placement. &#8220;Our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lancer-highlights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/laa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}