Boston U. Repeats as Commissioner's Cup Winner

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Boston University has been awarded the 2002-03 Stuart P. Haskell, Jr. Commissioner’s Cup it was announced today by Chris Monasch, Commissioner of America East. This is the second consecutive year that the Terriers have received this award after last winning the Commissioner's Cup in 1990-91. The Commissioner’s Cup annually recognizes the strongest athletic program in America East as determined by a scoring system which rewards a school for success both during the regular season and at championship competition in the conference’s 21 sports.

Boston University totaled 326 points to outdistance second-place finisher University of New Hampshire, which had 293 points. Northeastern University was third with 286 points, followed by University of Vermont (271), Stony Brook University (267), University of Maine (248), University at Albany (236), University of Hartford (208), and Binghamton University (191).

Boston University’s point total was bolstered by championships in five of the 18 sports in which it competes in America East. In addition, the Terriers were runners-up in five other championships and regular-season champions in three sports.

Boston University recorded championships in women's basketball, women’s cross country, women’s lacrosse, softball, and women’s tennis. In addition, the Terriers were runners-up in men's basketball, men’s cross country, men's indoor track and field, women's indoor track and field, and men's swimming and diving. Boston University’s men’s basketball, women’s lacrosse, and softball teams were regular-season champions.

New Hampshire’s second-place finish was led by championships in men’s cross country and women's volleyball, the regular-season title in field hockey and women's volleyball, and runners-up finishes at the women’s lacrosse, and women’s swimming and diving championships.

Northeastern won an America East-best six conference championships including field hockey, men's soccer, women’s swimming and diving, women’s indoor track and field, women’s outdoor track and field, and baseball. The Huskies were runners-up in men's outdoor track and field, and won regular season championships in field hockey and men's soccer. Northeastern competes in 14 of the 21 sports offered by America East.

Vermont won the men’s basketball championship, while Hartford won the women's soccer championship. Albany (men's indoor track and field, men's outdoor track and field, and men's lacrosse) and Binghamton (men's swimming and diving, men's tennis, and men's golf) won their first America East Championships, after joining the conference last year.

The Stuart P. Haskell, Jr. Commissioner’s Cup is named in honor of the first commissioner of America East. Haskell served as commissioner of the conference from 1987 until his retirement in 1997.

The scoring system for the Stuart P. Haskell, Jr. Commissioner’s Cup is as follows: In sports where regular-season round robin competition is conducted, the first place institution in the final standings receives four points times the total number of teams involved in conference play. The second place institution receives four less points; third place receives eight less points, and so on. Additionally, the America East (tournament) champion receives two points times the total number of teams participating in the championship. The second place institution receives two less points; third place receives four less points and so on down to the last place institution which receives two points.

In sports where regular-season round robin competition is not conducted (cross country, golf, tennis, track and field, swimming and diving), the first place institution at the America East championship receives two points times the total number of teams participating in the championship. The second place institution receives two less points; third place gets four less points and so on down to the last place team which receives two points.

Baseball
	      Regular	Champ.	Total
	      Season
Vermont	        28	2	30
Maine	        24	4	28
Stony Brook	20	6	26
Northeastern	16	8	24
Albany	        12	0	12
Hartford	8	0	8
Binghamton	4	0	4

Basketball (Men)
	      Regular	Champ.	Total
	      Season
Boston U.	36	14	50
Vermont	        32	16	48
Hartford	28	11	39
Northeastern	18	11	29
Binghamton	24	0	24
Maine	        18	5	23
Stony Brook	12	5	17
Albany	        6	5	11
New Hampshire	6	5	11

Basketball (Women)
	      Regular	Champ.	Total
	      Season
Maine	        36	14	50
Boston U.	28	16	44
Vermont	        32	11	43
New Hampshire	22	11	33
Stony Brook	22	5	27
Binghamton	14	5	19
Northeastern	14	5	19
Hartford	8	5	13
Albany	        4	0	4

Field Hockey
	      Regular	Champ.	Total
	      Season
Northeastern	22	8	30
New Hampshire	22	3	25
Maine 	        16	6	22
Vermont	        10	3	13
Boston U.	10	0	10
Albany	        4	0	4

Lacrosse (Men)
	      Regular	Champ.	Total
	      Season
Albany	        22	8	30
Hartford	22	6	28
Stony Brook	16	3	19
Vermont	        12	3	15
Binghamton	6	0	6
Quinnipiac	6 	0	6

Lacrosse (Women)
	      Regular	Champ.	Total
	      Season
Boston U.	24	8	32
New Hampshire	20	6	26
Stony Brook	12	3	15
Vermont	        12	3	15
Albany	        12 	0	12
Binghamton	4	0	4

Soccer (Men)
	      Regular	Champ.	Total
	      Season
Northeastern	36	8	44
Vermont	        32	6	38
Hartford	28	3	31
New Hampshire	22	3	25
Albany	        22	0	22
Boston U.	16	0	16
Binghamton	10	0	10
Stony Brook	10	0	10
Maine 	        4	0	4

Soccer (Women)
	      Regular	Champ.	Total
	      Season
Hartford	36	8	44
New Hampshire	32	3	35
Stony Brook	26	6	32
Northeastern	26	3	29
Boston U.	20	0	20
Binghamton	14	0	14
Maine 	        14	0	14
Vermont	        8	0	8
Albany 	        4	0	4

Softball
	      Regular	Champ.	Total
	      Season
Boston U.	28	8	36
Albany	        24	6	30
Maine	        20	4	24
Stony Brook	16	2	18
Binghamton	12	0	12
Hartford	8	0	8
Vermont	        4	0	4

Volleyball
	      Regular	Champ.	Total
	      Season
New Hampshire	28	8	36
Northeastern	24	3	27
Stony Brook	20	6	26
Albany	        16	3	19
Binghamton	8	0	8
Hartford	8	0	8
Maine 	        8	0	8

Cross Country (Men)
                Championship
New Hampshire	     18
Boston U.	     15
Maine	             15
Albany	             12
Vermont 	     10
Binghamton	     8
Stony Brook	     6
Northeastern 	     4
Hartford 	     2

Cross Country (Women)
	        Championship
Boston U.	     18
Stony Brook	     16
New Hampshire	     14
Vermont 	     12
Albany	             10
Maine 	             8
Binghamton	     6
Northeastern	     4
Hartford	     2

Golf
	        Championship
Binghamton	     8
Hartford	     6
Boston U.	     4
Vermont	             2

Swimming (Men)
	        Championship
Binghamton	     12
Boston U.	     10
Stony Brook	     8
New Hampshire	     6
Maine	             4
Vermont	             2

Swimming (Women)
	        Championship
Northeastern	     14
New Hampshire	     12
Binghamton	     10
Boston U.	     8
Maine	             6
Stony Brook	     4
Vermont	             2

Tennis (Men)
	        Championship
Binghamton	     12
Stony Brook	     10
Hartford 	     7
Vermont	             7
Boston U.	     3
New Hampshire	     3

Tennis (Women)
	        Championship
Boston U. 	     14
Binghamton	     12
New Hampshire	     9
Stony Brook	     9
Albany	             4
Hartford	     4
Vermont	             4

Track, Indoor (Men)
	        Championship
Albany	             16
Boston U.	     14
Northeastern	     12
New Hampshire	     10
Maine	             8
Binghamton	     6
Stony Brook	     4
Hartford	     2

Track, Indoor (Women)
	        Championship
Northeastern	     18
Boston U.	     16
Albany	             14
Stony Brook	     12
New Hampshire	     10
Maine	             8
Vermont	             6
Binghamton	     4
Hartford	     2

Track, Outoor (Men)
	        Championship
Albany	             16
Northeastern	     14
Maine	             12
New Hampshire	     10
Boston U.	     8
Binghamton	     6
Stony Brook	     4
Hartford	     2

Track, Outoor (Women)
	        Championship
Northeastern	     18
Albany	             16
Maine	             14
Vermont	             12
New Hampshire	     10
Boston U.	     8
Binghamton	     6
Stony Brook	     4
Hartford	     2