General | 5/25/2022 9:45:26 AM
St. John Fisher College rallied during the spring semester to win the 2021-22 Empire 8 Commissioner’s Cup, announced by the league on May 25. The Cardinals finished with a 0.8904 composite percentage to claim their third straight E8 Commissioner’s Cup title.
St. John Fisher and runner-up Nazareth College combined to win 19 league championships during the 2021-22 season, including all six winter titles and six of the eight spring crowns. For the complete E8 Commissioner's Cup standings, please see below.
The Cardinals overtook Nazareth, who held the lead after both the fall and winter seasons after recording 48.75 of a possible 53 points in the spring (.9198 percentage total) on the strength of baseball, men’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse and women’s outdoor track and field titles, while finishing as the runner-up in men’s outdoor track and field and softball. Overall, St. John Fisher claimed 11 Empire 8 Championship titles in 2021-22, earning women’s basketball and men’s and women’s indoor track and field titles during the winter season in addition to field hockey, women’s volleyball and women’s cross country titles in the fall.
Nazareth enjoyed a strong 2021-22 season, recording eight Empire 8 Championship titles to finish with a composite percentage of 0.8524. The Golden Flyers men’s tennis team won their first E8 title in the spring to go along with runner-up finishes in men’s and women’s lacrosse and women’s outdoor track and field. Nazareth claimed men’s and women’s swimming and diving and with men’s basketball championships during the winter season, in addition to team titles during the fall in men’s cross country, men’s soccer, women’s soccer and women’s tennis. Nazareth finished in the top half of the standings in 19 of its 20 E8 Championship sports in 2021-22.
Utica University finished third overall in 2021-22 with a percentage total of 0.5925 after winning the 2022 Empire 8 men’s outdoor track and field title during the spring. Alfred University placed fourth overall with a composite percrntage of 0.5354 on the strength of its second consecutive Empire 8 softball crown during the spring. Houghton College rounded out the top five with a percentage total of 0.5061, as its men’s tennis team won the E8 regular season title and advanced to the championship match.
Hartwick College, Russell Sage College, Elmira College and Keuka College round out the final 2021-22 Empire 8 Commissioner’s Cup standings.
Commissioner’s Cup points are awarded based on each team's finish in the Empire 8 conference standings at the completion of the regular season and post-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). A team's regular season finish will be added to its post-season finish and divided by two for the final total for that sport.
Teams tied for a position in the regular season standings are ranked based on tiebreaker scenarios. The actual number of points earned is then divided by the amount of possible points for each school based on conference-sponsored sports to determine their overall percentage.
2021-22 Final Empire 8 Commissioner’s Cup Standings
| Institution |
Actual |
Possible |
Percentage |
| St. John Fisher |
130 |
146 |
0.89041096 |
| Nazareth |
122.75 |
144 |
0.85243056 |
| Utica |
91.25 |
154 |
0.59253247 |
| Alfred |
71.75 |
134 |
0.53544776 |
| Houghton |
61.75 |
122 |
0.50614754 |
| Hartwick |
59 |
129 |
0.45736434 |
| Russell Sage |
56.5 |
137 |
0.41240876 |
| Elmira |
28 |
73 |
0.38356164 |
| Keuka |
24 |
93 |
0.25806452 |
2021-22 Empire 8 Champions
Fall
Men’s Cross Country: Nazareth
Women’s Cross Country: St. John Fisher
Field Hockey: St. John Fisher
Football: SUNY Cortland
Men’s Soccer: Nazareth
Women’s Soccer: Nazareth
Women’s Volleyball: St. John Fisher
Women’s Tennis: Nazareth
Winter
Men’s Basketball: Nazareth
Women’s Basketball: St. John Fisher
Men’s Swimming and Diving: Nazareth
Women’s Swimming and Diving: Nazareth
Men’s Indoor Track & Field: St. John Fisher
Women’s Indoor Track & Field: St. John Fisher
Spring
Baseball: St. John Fisher
Men’s Golf: St. John Fisher
Men’s Lacrosse: St. John Fisher
Women’s Lacrosse: St. John Fisher
Softball: Alfred
Men’s Tennis: Nazareth
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field: Utica
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field: St. John Fisher
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