2014 Fall Commissioner Cup Standings
After the completion of the 2014 Empire 8 fall season the conference office has released the current Commissioner’s Cup standings.
Ithaca College leads the way with a .897 percentage, edging out Stevens Institute of Technology with .883. The Bombers had a strong showing across the board winning six conference titles, which included men’s and women’s cross country, women’s golf, women’s tennis and a share of women’s soccer and football.
Stevens won the men’s soccer title for the eighth-straight time and won the women’s volleyball championship for the first time since 2009. The Ducks also finished as runner up in men’s and women’s cross country and women’s tennis, while taking third in women’s soccer and fourth in field hockey.
Nazareth ranks third in the standings with .627 percent after being crowned co-champions in women’s soccer. The Golden Flyers finished second in women’s volleyball and took third in women’s cross country.
Not far behind is St. John Fisher with .581 percent after earning a share of the football title and finishing second in the field hockey. The Cardinals also improved in the cross country standings from a year ago and held steady in women’s soccer.
Completing the standings was Utica, Hartwick, Elmira, Houghton and Alfred.
Commissioner's Cup points are awarded based on each team's finish in the Empire 8 standings at the completion of the season. Points are awarded on a scale dependent upon the number of schools that sponsor the sport (affiliate members are not calculated into the point scale). The conference championship team in each sport receives the highest amount of points, followed by the runner-up. Teams tied for a position are ranked based on tiebreaker scenarios. The actual amount of points earned is then divided by the amount of possible points for each school based on conference-sponsored sports to determine percentage.
|
Fall Standings |
Actual Points |
Possible Points |
Percentage |
|
Ithaca |
61 |
68 |
.897 |
|
Stevens |
53 |
60 |
.883 |
|
Nazareth |
39.5 |
63 |
.627 |
|
St. John Fisher |
39.5 |
68 |
.581 |
|
Utica |
31 |
65 |
.477 |
|
Hartwick |
22 |
57 |
.386 |
|
Elmira |
21 |
55 |
.382 |
|
Houghton |
22 |
60 |
.367 |
|
Alfred |
20 |
57 |
.351 |
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