Ithaca Edges Stevens for Lead in Commissioner Cup After Fall Season
After the completion of the 2015 Empire 8 fall season the conference office has released the current Commissioner’s Cup standings.
Ithaca College leads the way with a .914 percentage, edging out Stevens Institute of Technology with .902. The Bombers had a strong showing across the board winning five conference titles, which included men’s and women’s cross country, women’s golf, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball. Ithaca finished second in field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer.
Stevens won three fall championships, all on the same day, Nov. 7. The men’s soccer team won the E8 title for the ninth-straight time and Stevens won the field hockey and women’s soccer titles for the first time since 2010 and 2011, respectively. The Ducks also finished as runner up in women’s cross country, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball, while taking third in women’s soccer and fourth in field hockey.
Nazareth ranks third in the standings with .600 percent after finishing third in women’s cross country, women’s volleyball, women’s soccer and women’s tennis.
Not far behind is St. John Fisher College with .529 percent after earning a share of the football title and finishing third in field hockey and men’s cross country.
Houghton made a big jump to fifth place after holding steady at eighth or ninth in the 2014-15 standings. The Highlanders made their first E8 postseason appearance in men’s and women’s soccer and had its best showing in field hockey and women’s tennis.
Completing the standings was Utica, Elmira, Alfred and Hartwick.
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 2015 Standings |
Actual Points |
Possible Points |
Percentage |
| Ithaca |
64 |
70 |
.914 |
| Stevens |
55 |
61 |
.012 |
| Nazareth |
39 |
65 |
.600 |
| St. John Fisher |
37 |
70 |
.529 |
| Houghton |
31 |
61 |
.508 |
| Utica |
28 |
66 |
.424 |
| Elmira |
26 |
65 |
.400 |
| Alfred |
21 |
58 |
.362 |
| Hartwick |
21 |
58 |
.362 |