Moravian Repeats As Landmark President's All Sports Cup Winner

MADISON, N.J. - Just as it did when it claimed the inaugural Landmark President’s All Sports Cup last season Moravian College rode a dominating performance in the spring sports season to the top of the standings to win the 2008-09 Landmark Conference President’s All Sports Cup. The Greyhounds finished with a score of 7.222, well ahead of the score of 6.719 held by The University of Scranton which placed second. Susquehanna University finished in third place in the standings with a total of 6.538 while Juniata College finished fourth with a mark of 5.985.

The Landmark President’s All Sports Cup is awarded based on a formula that rewards institutions for their finishes in the regular season conference standings as well as results in Landmark postseason competition. The formula also takes into account the number of sports a school sponsors.

Moravian sat in third position through the winter sports season, but raced up the standings on the strength of four team championships in the spring. The Greyhounds defended their Landmark Championships in men’s and women’s outdoor track & field, softball and women’s tennis. The team also added second-place finishes in the regular season in both baseball and men’s tennis. Moravian claimed six Landmark team championships for the year, the most of any team.

Scranton, which held the lead in the standings through the winter season, finishes as the runner-up in the standings for the second-consecutive season. The Royals finished in the top four in the standings in three sports in the spring, with the men’s lacrosse team earning a berth in the Landmark Championship. For the year Scranton won three team championships and qualified for the Landmark postseason in 10 of the 12 sports in which it was eligible.

Susquehanna improved on its fifth-place finish in the standings from a year ago with the help of strong showings from its baseball and softball teams in the spring. The Crusaders finished atop the regular-season standings in baseball, and finished as the regular season and postseason runners-up in softball. For the year Susquehanna won four team championships, doubling its total from the first year of Landmark play.

Juniata’s fourth-place finish was aided by strong spring in which the team claimed postseason berths in three sports. The women’s tennis and women’s outdoor track teams collected second-place finishes on the year, while its softball and men’s tennis teams also captured postseason berths. The Eagles earned a pair of team championships overall during the year, both of which came in the fall season.

The Landmark Conference concluded its second year of competition with six student-athletes earning All-America status at the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships. The Landmark sent 11 teams to NCAA Tournament play in the 2008-09 academic year, and also qualified individual competitors for the NCAA Championships in men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s swimming & diving and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track & field.