Hawks Begin Spring Sports Season Seventh in Commissioner’s Cup Standings

NEW PALTZ, NY – — Following an appearance in the title game of the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Men’s Basketball Tournament, and third place finishes by the men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams at the conference championship, the New Paltz athletic program is seventh among the 11 SUNY schools in the Commissioner’s Cup Standings.

The Hawks have a score of 6.31 and are just .07 points behind sixth place Buffalo State (6.38). At this point, New Paltz is ahead of Plattsburgh (5.85), Fredonia (5.23), Potsdam (4.18) and SUNYIT (2.30) heading into the spring season.

Geneseo, who has won six SUNYAC titles thus far, leads the way with a score of 8.86. Cortland is second with a total of 8.43 and is followed by Brockport (7.54), Oswego (7.21), and Oneonta (6.73).

The Commissioner’s Cup point system is determined by the 20 different conference sports in the fall, winter and spring. An 11-point system is used in each sport. The first-place team gets 11 points; the second-place team receives 10 points; and so on. The total number of points that a school accumulates is divided by the number of conference sports it has. The school with the highest point total at the end of the year is the overall winner.

New Paltz finished ninth with a score of 4.81 in the Commissioner’s Cup standings a year ago. In 2000-01, the Hawks were tenth with a score of 4.97.