Hornet Athletics In Top 25 of Director’s Cup Again
With six of 16 sports programs finishing the season in the top 25, including an NCAA National Championship in Women’s Basketball, Emporia State University placed 25th in the final 2009-10 Learfield Sports Director’s Cup standings with 437.25 points. It is the sixth straight year ESU has finished in the top 50 nationally out of nearly 300 NCAA Division II schools. Team Overall MIAA MIAA Tourney National F inal National Season W-L W-L • Finish Finish Ranking PLace Highlight Cross Country (Men) -- 5th -- -- -- Two Runners earn All-MIAA honors Cross Country (Women) -- 8th -- -- -- Katie Mona won ESU Inv. Title Football 2-9 1-8 • 9th -- -- -- Won season opener for ninth straight year Soccer 1-17-1 1-15-0 • 9th -- -- -- Jessica Decker named 2nd-team All-MIAA Volleyball 29-6 16-4 • 2nd -- 13th (3rd) 33rd Went to fourth NCAA Tourney in five years Baseball 42-16 31-9 • 2nd 2nd 24th (1st) 33rd Opened Season Ranked #1 in Nation Basketball (Men) 14-15 9-11 • 7th 3rd -- (--) -- Advanced to MIAA Tourney Semi-finals Basketball (Women) 30-5 16-4 • 2nd 3rd 1st (1st) 1st National Champions Indoor Track & Field (M) -- 4th -- 8th (5th) 9th First Top Ten Finish since 1999 Indoor Track & Field (W) -- 4th -- 22nd (17th) 17th Best national finish since 2004 Softball 50-14 18-2 • 1st 1st 13th (4th) 17th Won seventh straight MIAA Tourney Tennis (Men) 7-9 0-5 • 6th 5th -- -- Kevin Schoon MIAA Sportsmanship Winner Tennis (Women) 11-7 2-5 • 6th 3rd -- -- Advanced to MIAA Semifinals Outdoor Track & Field (M) -- 3rd -- 12th (7th) 22nd Has scored in 16 of last 17 national meets Outdoor Track & Field (W) -- 8th -- -- 14th Jennifer Robinson wins national championship 186-98-1 94-63 .654 .599 (parentheses indicate highest ranking) ORV=Others receiving votes
The Lady Hornet basketball team captured ESU’s first NCAA D-II National Championship
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ESU Attendance by Sport in 2009-10 Events Total Fans Ave. Fans Football 6 Games 24,873 4,146 Volleyball 10 Matches 7,776 778 Soccer 8 Matches 801 100 Men’s Basketball 14 games 27,341 1,953 Women’s Basketball 13 games 27,529 2,118 Baseball 26 games 4,138 159 Softball 20 games 4,549 227 Tennis 11 matches 450 41 Track 2 meets 1,000 500 Cross Country 2 meets 1600 800 109 events 100,057 916 • Seventh time in school history over 100,000 fans in total home attendance • Volleyball was third in the nation in average attendance, women's basketball was third in the nation, men's basketball was 15th in the nation, football was 36th in the nation, and soccer was below 60th in the nation. .
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