Trine Finishes Fourth in Commissioner's Cup Standings

Trine Finishes Fourth in Commissioner's Cup Standings

FREELAND, Mich. -- Trine University's athletic teams finished fourth in the final Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Commissioner's Cup standings.

The MIAA Commissioner's Cup award is based on the cumulative performance of each member school in the league's 22 sports for men and women. The final Commissioner's Cup standings are determined on the basis of each college's standings in eight of 11 sports for men and eight of 11 sports for women. Trine teams tied for third in the men's standings and placed fourth in the women's standings to finish with 97 points.

The women's basketball team captured the school's lone conference title this season. The team won its first MIAA regular season and tournament titles, capturing the tournament championship at home in Hershey Hall. The team went on to finish 25-3 and win one game in its first appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Trine's men's track and field team captured second-place finishes in both the indoor and outdoor conference championships to account for the school's best finishes elsewhere in the MIAA.

The final Commissioner's Cup standings are listed below.

Place   Institution      Women's Points      Men's Points   Total
1. Calvin College  68 67 135
2. Hope College 68 62 130
3. Albion College 45.5 52 97.5
4. Trine University   45 52 97
5. Alma College 44.5 44 88.5
6. Adrian College 36.5 49 85.5
7. Kalamazoo College   35 45 80
8. Olivet College 31 40 71
  Saint Mary's College 42 X 42