SAGE FINISHES IN FOURTH IN RACE FOR 2012-2013 SKYLINE CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS’ CUP

New York, NY – The Sage Colleges’ finished  in fourth place in the race for the 2012-2013 Skyline Conference Presidents’ Cup after amassing a rating of .606.  After capturing three regular season and six league championships, Farmingdale State College won the 2012-13 Skyline Conference Presidents’ Cup, a measure of all-sports excellence in conference competition. The Skyline Conference instituted the Presidents’ Cup in 2007-2008.

Farmingdale State amassed 92.25 out of a possible 116 points for an overall rating of .795, while Mount Saint Mary finished second with a rating of .738. It marks the Rams’ second Presidents Cup in three seasons. FSC claimed league crowns in baseball, women’s basketball, golf, women’s soccer, softball and men’s tennis and took home regular season titles in women’s lacrosse, baseball and men’s tennis. The Rams also advanced to the finals of the women’s tennis, women’s lacrosse and men’s basketball championships, respectively.

Mount Saint Mary garnered its highest-ever finish after seizing Skyline Championships in women’s tennis, women’s volleyball and women’s swimming, and won regular season titles in women’s tennis, women’s basketball, women’s volleyball and women’s soccer.

Four-time champion St. Joseph’s-L.I. (.693) finished third overall, followed by The Sage Colleges (.606), Purchase (.533), NYU-Poly (.457), Old Westbury (.450), Maritime (.396), Mount Saint Vincent (.309) and Yeshiva (.281).

For the Gators, they competed in the women's soccer, men's soccer, women's volleyball championships in the fall, while the men's golf team finished second at the league championship and both the men's and women's cross country teams picked up a third place finish. In the winter, the men's basketball team earned the team's first Skyline Tournament appearance in the program's four-year history. The spring found Sage competing in the men's volleyball and softball tournaments as the men's volleyball team picked up the conference's runner-up title.

A school earns points toward the Presidents’ Cup based upon the conference finish in each sport in which it competes as a member of the league. For each sport, the maximum number of points an institution can earn is equal to the number of teams competing in that sport. For sports with 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. 

2012-13 SKYLINE CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS CUP STANDINGS

Institution      Total Points                Possible Points           Rating

Farmingdale State      92.25               116                              .795

Mount Saint Mary       88.50               120                              .738

St. Joseph’s-L.I.            79.75               115                              .693

The Sage Colleges       65.50               108                              .606

Purchase                     61.25               115                              .533

NYU-Poly                     42.50               93                                .457

Old Westbury              47.75               106                              .450

Maritime                     33.25               84                                .396

Mount Saint Vincent   31.25               101                              .309

Yeshiva                        22.75               81                                .281

ALL-TIME SKYLINE CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS’ CUP CHAMPIONS

2012-13 Farmingdale State

2011-12 St. Joseph’s-L.I.

2010-11 Farmingdale State

2009-10 St. Joseph’s-L.I.

2008-09 St. Joseph’s-L.I.

2007-08 St. Joseph’s-L.I.