Complete NAIA Standings

CLEVELAND--Bolstered by two national championship teams, Lawrence Technological University placed 66th in the final LEARFIELD Directors' Cup for the 2022-23 school year. The Blue Devils totaled 254 points in four sports, including women's lacrosse (100), men's outdoor track & field (6), men's bowling (100) and men's cross country (48), ranking in the top 30 percent of all NAIA programs.

Men's Bowling led by coach Jon Putti won its first national crown by defeating Marian (Ind.) twice, including a 3-1 win (216-239, 224-214, 193-139, 236-215) in the winner-take-all championship match. Lawrence Tech avenged a four-set loss to the Knights in the fifth round and also defeated top-seeded and Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference champion Indiana Tech for the right to face Marian in the Finals. Most Valuable Player Jacob Kujawa and Connor Nowak represented LTU on the all-tournament team.

Mary Ann Meltzer wrapped up her eighth and final season as the women's lacrosse head coach (she's now the University's Director of Athletics) in style by piloting the Blue Devils to their first national title with a 17-1 record. In three NAIA Tournament games, Lawrence Tech downed Missouri Baptist (13-9), Life University (11-4) and SCAD-Savannah (16-15 in overtime). All-Americans Anabelle Acluche, Bella Burke, Jaisanna Jarvis, Gabi Mitchell and Sydney Robinson paved the way.

The LTU men's outdoor track and field squad sent seven qualifiers to the NAIA Championships, where Griffin Armbrustmacher earned All-America status in the 1500-meter run and Conner Uppleger also reached the finals in the 5000m. Fermon Tate, Jr., concluded his fourth season at the coaching helm.

The Blue Devils men's cross country team led by head coach Eric Green finished the season 26th in their NAIA National Championships debut held in Tallahassee, Fla. Five of the team's top placers at the NAIA meet were underclassmen, including freshmen Armbrustmacher, Chase Dietrich, Luke Droz and Julio Jamie.

LTU's previous best Cup finish was 99th place and point total was 154, both in 2021. Last season, the Blue Devils came in 111th with 139 points.

The LEARFIELD Directors' Cup is a program that began in the 1993-94 academic year and honors institutions that maintain a broad-based program while achieving success in many sports, both men's and women's. Overall, 13 sports are counted in the final NAIA standings, four of which must be women's volleyball, men's soccer and men's/women's basketball. The next highest (13 maximum) sports scored for each institution, regardless of gender, are used in the Directors' Cup standings.

Fellow WHAC member Indiana Tech captured the team title with 867-1/2 points, leading a competitive group of eight schools that registered at least 175 points. In all, 10 of the WHAC's 12 full-time institutions appeared in the Cup's final standings.