Plus three

June 10, 2017 at 11:17PM

Plus three

Sports excellence in state college sports:

• Minnesota State Mankato, boosted by a national softball title, finished eighth among 300 Division II schools in the Sports Directors Cup standings. It's the ninth top-10 finish for the Mavericks in 13 years.

• St. Thomas had eight teams rated in the top 20 nationally and finished 17th out of 440 Division III schools in the Sports Directors Cup standings.

• Swimming star Emma Paulson repeated as a CoSIDA Academic All-America and was the 100th all-time for St. Thomas.

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