Salisbury University wins fourth straight CAC All-Sports Award, sweep Commissioner Awards
YORK, Pa. - For the fourth straight year the Salisbury University athletic program has been recognized by the Capital Athletic Conference as the top program in the nine-member league. The Sea Gulls captured the annual Richard C. Cook All-Sports Award, presented annually to the top all-around athletic program in the conference over the course of one academic year, as announced by the conference office on Thursday.
This is the seventh All-Sports Award for SU since it joined the conference in 1994-95. This is the first time in program history Salisbury has won four straight All-Sports Awards as the Sea Gulls won three in a row from 1998-01 and the current run which began in 2005.
The Sea Gulls won 10 of the 19 conference championships and was runner-up in three other championships during the season. Salisbury accumulated 180 points to edge out University of Mary Washington (163.50 points) and York (Pa.) College (140.67 points) for the top spot. The CAC uses a point system approved by the Board of Directors in 2008 to compute the point totals for the All-Sports Award, which was re-named in December 2007 to honor the 15-years of service by former CAC Commissioner Richard C. Cook.
In addition to the All-Sports Award, SU repeated as the Men's and Women's Commissioner's award recipient. The Commissioner's Awards recognize institutions scoring the most points in men's and women's athletics. Salisbury tallied 101 points in the 10 women's sports and 79 points in the nine CAC men's sports. The Sea Gulls edged Mary Washington by 5.5 points for the women's top spot and York by 6.5 points in the men's final standings.
The Sea Gulls won CAC championships in baseball, field hockey, men's cross country, men's lacrosse, men's soccer, men's track and field, softball, volleyball, women's cross country and women's lacrosse. Salisbury finished second in men's tennis, women's tennis and women's track and field.
Mary Washington is the only other institution to win the CAC All-Sports Award, a record 11 times (1992-98, 2002-05).
RICHARD C. COOK ALL-SPORTS AWARD (overall standings):
| Place | Team | Points | |||
| 1. | Salisbury | 180.00 | |||
| 2. | Mary Washington | 163.50 | |||
| 3. | York (Pa.) | 140.67 | |||
| 4. | St. Mary's (Md.) | 96.50 | |||
| 5. | Wesley | 80.17 | |||
| 6. | Stevenson | 78.67 | |||
| 7. | Hood | 64.00 | |||
| 8. | Marymount (Va.) | 60.00 | |||
| 9. | Gallaudet | 18.50 |
WOMEN'S COMMISSIONER'S AWARD
| Place | Team | Points | |||
| 1. | Salisbury | 101.00 | |||
| 2. | Mary Washington | 95.50 | |||
| 3. | York (Pa.) | 68.17 | |||
| 4. | St. Mary's (Md.) | 60.00 | |||
| 5. | Stevenson | 41.17 | |||
| 6. | Hood | 39.00 | |||
| 7. | Marymount (Va.) | 30.00 | |||
| 8. | Wesley | 27.67 | |||
| 9. | Gallaudet | 13.50 |
MEN'S COMMISSIONER'S AWARD:
| Place | Team | Points | |||
| 1. | Salisbury | 79.00 | |||
| 2. | York (Pa.) | 72.50 | |||
| 3. | Mary Washington | 68.00 | |||
| 4. | Wesley | 52.50 | |||
| 5. | Stevenson | 37.50 | |||
| 6. | St. Mary's (Md.) | 36.50 | |||
| 7. | Marymount (Va.) | 30.00 | |||
| 8. | Hood | 25.00 | |||
| 9. | Gallaudet | 5.00 |
POINT SYSTEM
The new point system approved by the Board of Directors awards nine
"base" points for the top team in the regular season, eight points
for second place, seven points for third place, etc, down to one
point for the last-place team. Teams can also score an
additional point (maximum three points) for success in CAC
championship tournament.
In sports that have team titles decided only by post-season championship events, points are awarded based on the standings, similar to the sports with regular seasons and playoffs (nine points for first place, eight for second, etc.). Playoff points are awarded to the top four teams (three for first place, two for second place, one for third and fourth place), similar to the sports with regular seasons and playoffs based on the top seeds advancing through the tournament.
In all 19 sports, the top team can gain a maximum of 12 points, and the last-place team earns one point.
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