Hope tops the Commissioner's Cup standings of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) after the fall sports season. The standings are determined by the cumulative finish in the 18 MIAA-sponsored sports.
Hope tops the Commissioner's Cup standings of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) after the fall sports season. The standings are determined by the cumulative finish in the 18 MIAA-sponsored sports.
There are eight sports in the fall season. Hope won conference championships in men's golf and volleyball. Finishing in second place in their standings were men's and women's cross country and men's soccer. Other finishes were women's golf, third; football, tied for fourth; and women's soccer, tied for fifth.
Hope captured the 2008-09 Commissioner's Cup and has won honor a league-record 31 times since the award was instituted in 1934-35.
Commissioner Cup Standings: 1. Hope 94. 2. Calvin 92. 3. Albion 68. 4. Adrian 54. 5. Alma 50. 5. Trine 50. 7. Kalamazoo 39. 8. Olivet 34.
Men's All-Sports Standings: 1. Hope 45. 2. Calvin 38. 3. Albion 37. 4. Trine 30. 5. Adrian 27. 6. Kalamazoo 16. 6. Olivet 16. 8. Alma 15.
Women's All-Sports Standings: 1. Calvin 54. 2. Hope 49. 3. Adrian 27. 4. Alma 35. 5. Saint Mary's 33. 6. Albion 29. 7. Kalamazoo 23. 8. Trine 20. 9. Olivet 18.
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