Florida Women Finish Second in 2014-15 Capital One Cup
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 | General
McLEAN, Va. – Two NCAA titles among a total of nine top-10 finishes in the 2014-15 season gives Florida a runner-up in the women's Capital One Cup. In its fifth year, the Capital One Cup honors NCAA Division I athletics programs for their cumulative on-field performance across multiple men's and women's sports.
This past year, Gymnastics and softball repeated as NCAA champions in 2015. The gymnastics title was the third consecutive for the Gators, as its 0.05 winning margin equaled the slenderest in the meet's 34-year history. Softball took its second straight Women's College World Series title. The Gators are the first in the 11-year history of the WCWS Championship Series format to claim the title by winning Games 1 and 3.
The complete list of Florida women's 2014-15 top-10 teams includes:
- Gymnastics (No. 1)
- Softball (No. 1)
- Women's Indoor Track & Field (No. 4)
- Soccer (No. T-5)
- Women's Tennis (No. T-5)
- Volleyball (No. T-5)
- Women's Outdoor Track & Field (No. 8)
- Women's Swimming & Diving (No. 9)
- Lacrosse (No. T-9)
Stanford's women's athletic department won the cup for the third time, but UF was just 5.5 points behind the Cardinal.
Florida was the first school to win the Capital One Cup in both the men's and the women's competition since the Cup was introduced in the 2010-11 season. The Gator men's program won the first two men's Capital One Cups in 2011 and 2012 and the women captured the 2014 Cup. In the five-year history of the Capital One Cup, Florida is the only program to finish each season in the men's and women's top 10.
UF Athletics Director Jeremy Foley says:
“We continue to be proud of the accomplishments of our women's programs. Gymnastics and softball repeated as national champions to highlight the year and many other Florida teams were challenging for titles as well. This is the result of great dedication and effort by the Gators and their coaches.”
Women's Capital One Cup Final Standings
Rank School Points
1. Stanford 136.5
2. Florida 131
3. Penn State 105
4. Florida State 93
5. Maryland 90
6. Oregon 89
7. North Carolina 81
8. Connecticut 80
9. Texas A&M 63
10. UCLA 58
About 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 20 women's and 19 men's sports as they compete to win the Capital One Cup trophy and a combined $400,000 in scholarships for student-athletes.
