St. Joseph's Athletics holds Skyline Conference Presidents Cup lead after strong fall campaign

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. - St. Joseph’s College, which captured one conference title and earned a pair of runner-up finishes, took the lead after the fall season in the race for the Skyline Conference Presidents Cup, a measure of all-sports excellence in conference competition.

St. Joseph's, which has captured the Skyline Conference Presidents Cup each of the past two years since its inception in 2007-08, won the Skyline Conference men's soccer championship this fall.  In addition, the Golden Eagles earned runner-up finishes in both golf and women's cross country.  The women's volleyball team finished second during the regular season before falling in the tournament semifinals.  The women's tennis team also advanced to the Skyline semifinals while the men's cross country team recorded a third-place finish at the conference championship meet.

Farmingdale State College, which also had an outstanding fall campaign, captured three Skyline Conference championships - golf, men's cross country, and women's soccer.  Bard College, which captured the women's cross country title while finishing as the runner-up in both women's tennis and women's soccer, stands in third after the fall season.

A school earns points toward the Presidents Cup based upon the conference finish in each sport in which it competes. For each sport, the maximum number of points an institution can earn is equal to the number of teams competing in that sport. For example, there are nine institutions competing in women’s tennis, so a team could receive up to nine points if it finished first in both the regular season and conference tournament.

For sports with both regular-season and conference tournament play, a school receives points based upon an average of the regular-season and conference tournament finishes. For sports with only conference championships, the finish in the championship determines the Presidents Cup points.
An overall rating is generated for each school which is a percentage of total points earned divided by total points possible for that school.

St. Joseph’s had a rating of .804 in the fall. Farmingdale State earned a rating of .731 and Bard recorded a rating of .694.

2009-10 Skyline Conference Presidents Cup Standings (PDF)

2009-10 Skyline Conference Presidents Cup Standings