Moravian Finishes 2nd in Landmark Conference SAAC Sportsmanship Cup

MADISON, N.J. --- The first winner of the Landmark Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Sportsmanship Cup remains the award's only winner as Juniata College claims the Cup for the second-consecutive year.

In a much closer finish than the first year of the award, Juniata finished with a score of 7.00, narrowly edging Moravian College and Goucher College which produced scores of 6.786 and 6.625 respectively. The standings were tighter across the conference in the second year of the award, with all eight institutions finishing within three points of the top finisher.

The Landmark SAAC Sportsmanship Cup was adopted prior to the 2009-10 academic year and is designed to promote good sportsmanship throughout the conference and to recognize the Landmark institution that demonstrates the best overall sportsmanship over the course of the year. The Cup is awarded based on a formula that compiles the votes of each Landmark coach in consultation with their team captains ranking the top-3 sportsmanship programs in their respective sports. The formula also takes into account the number of sports an institution sponsors.

In discussing the results Landmark Commissioner John Reeves said, "I'm pleased to see the balanced voting among all our members, which suggests that each of our institutions is working to do the right things in regard to sportsmanship. Also of importance to me are the team sportsmanship winners which are also significant achievements for those programs, coaches and student-athletes."

Juniata's win came on the strength of a balanced voting that saw them finish among the top vote recipients in six sports, including the top spot in four sports.

Moravian and Goucher both also finished atop the voting in four sports to challenge for the top position and finish in the top-3 in the final standings. It marks the second-consecutive year that the two teams have finished in the top-3 in the standings as Goucher was the runner-up a year ago and Moravian placed third.

In addition to the overall Sportsmanship Cup, the Landmark recognizes the team which earns the most points in each sport as the team sportsmanship winners. Each sport winner, including ties, are listed below. In the second year of the Landmark Conference SAAC Sportsmanship Cup all eight Landmark institutions finished either first or second in the voting in at least one sport to help produce the balanced final standings.

2010-11 Team Sportsmanship Winners

Release Courtesy of Landmark Conference Office - For more information visit www.landmarkconference.org