Sharks Men Lead, Women Third in Mid-Year SSC Mayor’s Cup Standings

MELBOURNE, Fla. – The University of Tampa women and Nova Southeastern University men lead their divisions in the 2018-19 Sunshine State Conference Mayors’ Cup standings. Through the winter sports season, the Spartans women hold a ten-and-a-half point edge, while the Sharks men are on top by two-and-a-half points. Winners of the SSC Mayors’ Cup will be announced directly following the spring athletic season, in which baseball, softball, golf, tennis, lacrosse, and rowing will be scored.

2018-19 Breakdown | SSC Mayors’ Cup History

SSC Women’s Mayors’ Cup
Tampa gained 26.5 of their 44.5 points after taking the cross country and swimming championships outright, as well as splitting the volleyball regular season title. The Spartans also finished second in basketball and fourth in soccer. Tampa is on pace to win its first women’s Mayors’ Cup since the 2013-14 academic year.

Florida Southern, defending Mayors’ Cup champion, sits in second place with 34 points thanks in large part to the basketball regular season title. The Moccasins also took third in swimming and fourth in both volleyball and cross country this year. Nova Southeastern’s 29 points over the fall and winter seasons place them third of 11 schools. The Sharks were second in soccer, second in swimming, and fourth in basketball. NSU will make a run at winning its third women’s Mayors’ Cup during the spring.

Fall/Winter Standings:
Tampa – 44.5
Florida Southern – 34
Nova Southeastern – 29
Embry-Riddle – 27
Barry – 25.5
Lynn – 23
Saint Leo -21
Rollins – 18
Palm Beach Atlantic – 17.5
Eckerd – 16
Florida Tech – 15.5

SSC Men’s Mayors’ Cup
Nova Southeastern is first in the midyear Mayors’ Cup standings with 29.5 points and is looking to build upon a strong fall/winter to win its first men’s Mayors’ Cup. The Sharks brought in 17 of those points following winter championships in basketball and swimming.  Nova Southeastern also brought in points following a third-place tie in the soccer standings and a sixth-place finish at the cross country championship.

Florida Southern sits in second with 27 points after the fall and winter seasons. The Moccasins finished Top-3 in cross country, basketball, and swimming. FSC is the defending Mayors’ Cup champion and will need a strong spring to win the award for the fifteenth time. Lynn is third in the fall/winter standings with 23.5 points. The Fighting Knights earned 18.5 points from basketball and soccer where they finished second and tied for third, respectively. Lynn is attempting to win the men’s trophy for the first time since the 2014-15 year.

Fall/Winter Standings:
Nova Southeastern – 29.5
Florida Southern – 27
Lynn – 23.5
Tampa – 19
Palm Beach Atlantic – 18
Barry – 17.5
Saint Leo – 17
Embry-Riddle – 14
Florida Tech – 13
Eckerd – 110.5
Rollins – 9

About the Mayors’ Cup
In an effort to further recognize the achievements of its student-athletes and member institutions the Sunshine State Conference awards the institution in both men’s and women’s athletics that performs the greatest over the fall, winter, and spring sports seasons. The Mayors’ Cup is awarded annually as a symbol of excellence in athletics over the conference’s 18 championship sports.

Member institutions earn points for the finish of each varsity team in officially recognized conference sports. Teams receive points for final position in regular season standings (volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s lacrosse, softball and baseball) or in final championship standings (men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s golf and rowing).
 

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