Middlebury has finished seventh among 322 college and universities that registered points in the 2014-15 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings. The Panthers earned their 12th-straight top-10 finish, winning the cup in 2011-12. Williams won its third-straight and 18th overall title with 1,053 points, followed by Johns Hopkins (1,016.75), M.I.T. (961), Washington-St. Louis (944) and Amherst (918.50). Middlebury finished with 821.50 points, third among NESCAC schools behind Williams and Amherst, as a total of four NESCAC schools finished in the top-10 of this year's standings.

The field hockey team highlighted the fall season, advancing to the final four for the sixth time in school history. The Panthers captured their third-consecutive NESCAC Championship and tallied a 19-2 record. The women's cross country team turned in an impressive sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championship in southwestern Ohio, while the men finished 13th overall.

The winter saw the women's hockey team make its 12th appearance in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, while the ski team finished eighth at the NCAA Championship in Lake Placid with an individual national alpine championship from Rob Cone. Days later, Alison Maxwell won the national title in the women's mile leading the women's indoor track & field team to a 10th-place team finish at the NCAA meet, while athletes from the men's and women's swimming teams earned points for the Panthers.

Middlebury produced its best overall season in the spring, as three teams advanced to the quarterfinal round of their respective NCAA tournaments. The men's tennis team fell in the NCAA championship match to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and tied for the second-most wins in program history with a 22-4 record. In head coach Missy Foote's final season, the women's lacrosse team lost in the national semifinals in Philadelphia, falling to eventual champion Cortland State. The women's tennis team was defeated in the NCAA quarterfinals, while the men's lacrosse team advanced to the NCAA round of 16. The men's golf team returned to the NCAA Tournament as well, placing in a tie for 24th overall. Several Panther athletes from the women's outdoor track & field team also tallied points for Middlebury.

To view complete standings and learn about the scoring structure, visit the NACDA website HERE.

Recent Middlebury Finishes
2014-15           7th
2013-14           10th
2012-13           3rd
2011-12           1st
2010-11           2nd
2009-10           4th
2008-09           2nd
2007-08           5th
2006-07           2nd
2005-06           3rd
2004-05           2nd
2003-04           3rd