SOUTH EASTON, Mass. – Adelphi University, last year's Northeast-10 Conference Presidents' Cup winner, is first in the 2013-14 Presidents' Cup standings with 73.5 points at the conclusion of the fall athletic season.
Adelphi has a mere one-point lead over Merrimack College, which has 72.5 points, while Stonehill College, which won the Cup three times in a three-year span prior to last year, is in third place with 68.0 points.
American International College sits in fourth with 67.0 points and Bentley University is fifth with 65.0 points, as the top-five schools in the standings are separated by just 8.5 points.
For the complete standings through the fall season, please see below. For the year-by-year history of past Presidents' Cup winners, please click here.
The Presidents' Cup is presented annually to signify overall athletic excellence in the Northeast-10. The honor is awarded to the institution that compiles the most cumulative points, based on finishes in the regular-season standings, from all of its programs competing in league championships.
Points for men's and women's cross country, men's and women's swimming & diving, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field, and men's golf are awarded based on placement in those sports' respective conference championships.
This fall, Adelphi claimed the 2013 Northeast-10 Golf Championship, placed third in the women's soccer regular-season standings, and was also fourth in both men's soccer and volleyball.
The Merrimack field hockey and men's soccer teams both earned second-place finishes this fall, while its women's cross country squad placed fourth at the conference championship in late October and its women's soccer team tied for fourth.
Stonehill, which claimed back-to-back-to-back Presidents' Cup awards in 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, received first-place victories from both its men's and women's cross country teams, earned a share of first-place in football and was third in field hockey this autumn.
American Int'l is fourth after the Yellow Jackets football team earned a share of the Northeast-10 regular-season title, its women's soccer team finished second in the regular season, and its men's cross country team placed third at the conference championship.
For Bentley, the Falcons' volleyball team finished tied for second in the regular-season standings, its women's cross country team had a third-place championship finish, and its golf team was runner-up at the Northeast-10 Championship.
The Northeast-10 will provide updated standings at the conclusion of the winter season to reflect updated point totals from men's and women's basketball, ice hockey, men's and women's swimming & diving and men's and women's indoor track & field.
The Northeast-10 Conference is an association of 15 NCAA Division II colleges and universities located in New England and New York that is committed to supporting balanced academic and athletic opportunities for more than 6,000 student-athletes. Each year, 4,000 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 23 sports, making the NE-10 the largest DII conference in the country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the Northeast-10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.
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2013-14 Northeast-10 Conference Presidents' Cup Standings
- Adelphi – 73.5
- Merrimack – 72.5
- Stonehill – 68.0
- American International – 67.0
- Bentley – 65.0
- Saint Rose – 57.0
- Southern Connecticut – 51.0
- Franklin Pierce – 47.5
- Southern New Hampshire – 45.5
- New Haven – 44.5
- Assumption – 44.0
- Saint Michael's – 35.5
- Le Moyne – 34.5
- Saint Anselm 31.5
- Pace 9.5
