New York, NY – The Sage Colleges’ finished  in fourth place in the race for the 2013-2014 Skyline Conference Presidents’ Cup after amassing a rating of .661.  The fourth place finish marks the second straight fourth place showing by the Gators. After earning six league championships in 2013-14, Farmingdale State has won its second consecutive Skyline Conference Presidents’ Cup, a measure of all-sports excellence in conference competition. The Skyline Conference instituted the Presidents’ Cup in 2007-08.

Farmingdale State amassed 92.75 out of a possible 118 points for an overall rating of .786, while Mount Saint Mary finished second with a rating of .721. It marks the Rams’ third Presidents’ Cup in four seasons.

FSC claimed league crowns in baseball, men’s golf, softball, women’s soccer, women’s lacrosse and women’s tennis. The Rams also advanced to the finals of the men’s soccer championship and took home regular-season crowns in women’s basketball, women’s lacrosse and women’s tennis.

Mount Saint Mary finished runner-up for the second straight year after capturing Skyline Championships in men’s soccer and women’s swimming and placing runner-up in both men’s tennis and women’s cross country. St. Joseph’s-L.I. claimed league championships in men’s cross country, women’s volleyball and women’s cross country to place third overall for the second consecutive season.

The Sage Colleges (.661) finished fourth overall, followed by Purchase (.581), Mount Saint Vincent (.483), Yeshiva (.401), Maritime (.392), Old Westbury (.390) and NYU-Poly (.236). Mount Saint Vincent (sixth) and Yeshiva (seventh) each achieved its highest finish in the seven-year history of the Presidents’ Cup.

For the Gators, they competed in the women's tennis and men's soccer 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 fourth place finish. Sage’s women’s volleyball and men’s soccer teams finished the regular-season as the Skyline Conference Champions, while the women’s volleyball team captured the runner-up crown in the conference tournament. In the winter, the men's basketball team earned the team's second Skyline Tournament appearance in the program's five-year history. Sage’s women’s basketball team won the Skyline Conference Tournament and earned an NCAA bid, both program firsts! The spring found Sage competing in the softball tournament as the Gators finished as the Skyline Conference runners-up after also winning the regular-season championship.

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.

2013-14 SKYLINE CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS’ CUP STANDINGS

Institution                              Total Points                Possible Points           Rating

Farmingdale State                  92.75                           118                              .786

Mount Saint Mary                   93.00                           129                              .721

St. Joseph’s-L.I.                       77.75                           117                              .665

The Sage Colleges                  72.75                           110                              .661

Purchase                                 75.50                           130                              .581

Mount Saint Vincent               56.50                           117                              .483

Yeshiva                                    34.50                           86                                .401

Maritime                                 36.50                           93                                .392

Old Westbury                          42.50                           109                              .390

NYU-Poly                                 21.00                           89                                .236

ALL-TIME SKYLINE CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS’ CUP CHAMPIONS

2013-14 Farmingdale State

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.