General | 3/22/2023 9:27:54 AM
St. John Fisher University continues to maintain a slight lead in the 2022-23 Empire 8 Commissioner’s Cup standings, as the winter standings were announced on March 22. The Cardinals own a 0.858 composite score, and lead by just under four tenths of a point following the winter season. The final Empire 8 Commissioner's Cup standings will be released in late May after the completion of the spring sports campaign.
St. John Fisher and second place Nazareth College have combined to win nine league championships during the fall and winter seasons, including five of the six winter titles. For the complete E8 Commissioner's Cup standings, please see below.
The Cardinals earned 29.5 of a possible 34 points from their winter sports teams, with men’s and women’s basketball earning league titles, in addition to a runner-up finish in women’s indoor track and field and third place finish in men’s indoor track and field. The Cardinals also earned team titles during the fall in women’s cross country and women’s volleyball. St. John Fisher has finished in the top half of the standings in 10 of its 11 sports to date in 2022-23.
Nazareth is currently in second place, with a percentage total of 0.818 on the strength of its first Empire 8 titles in men’s and women’s indoor track and field in addition to its fourth straight women’s swimming and diving title and runner-up finishes in men’s and women’s basketball. In addition, Nazareth won women’s soccer and men’s cross country titles in the fall. The Golden Flyers led all Empire 8 institutions during the winter season by recording a 0.909 team score (40 of a possible 44 team points).
Utica University remained in third overall with a percentage total of 0.665 after a runner-up finish in men’s indoor track and field and regular season championship in men’s basketball. Houghton University is right behind Utica in fourth with a composite score of 0.598 on the strength of a postseason berth in women’s basketball and fourth place finishes in men’s and women’s indoor track and field. Hartwick College rounded out the top five with a percentage total of 0.564, as its men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both earned runner-up honors. Alfred University won the 2022-23 men’s swimming and diving title and is sixth overall after the winter season.
Russell Sage College, Medaille University, Elmira College and Keuka College round out the 2022-23 Empire 8 Commissioner’s Cup standings after the winter season.
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.
2022-23 Empire 8 Commissioner’s Cup Standings (After 2022-23 Winter Season)
| Institution |
Actual |
Possible |
Percentage |
| St. John Fisher |
89.25 |
104 |
0.85817308 |
| Nazareth |
90 |
110 |
0.81818182 |
| Utica |
75.75 |
114 |
0.66447368 |
| Houghton |
59.75 |
100 |
0.5975 |
| Hartwick |
64.25 |
114 |
0.56359649 |
| Alfred |
54 |
104 |
0.51923077 |
| Russell Sage |
38.25 |
100 |
0.3825 |
| Medaille |
34.5 |
96 |
0.359375 |
| Elmira |
18.75 |
60 |
0.3125 |
| Keuka |
22.25 |
78 |
0.28525641 |
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