BOSTON - Boston University, which won a conference-best seven championships, four regular-season crowns and four runner-up finishes during the 2008-09 season to capture the Stuart P. Haskell, Jr. Commissioner's Cup, was honored for its achievement before its women's soccer team downed UMass, 2-0, in front of a record 4,963 fans at Nickerson Field on Sunday. Commissioner Patrick Nero presented the trophy to President Dr. Robert Brown and Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics Mike Lynch.

The Terriers tallied 396 points, the most in four years under the current scoring system and most overall since the Terriers earned 426 points during the 2001-02 campaign, captured regular-season and tournament championships in men's soccer, women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse, also captured championships in women’s indoor track & field, women’s swimming & diving, women’s tennis and softball. Boston U. won the regular-season title in women’s basketball by becoming the fourth squad to complete the conference slate unbeaten. The Terriers also earned runner-up finishes in women’s hoops, women’s cross country, men’s swimming & diving and golf.

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.