Saint Leo Wins the 2022-23 SSC Men’s Mayors’ Cup
Fourth all-sports trophy for Saint Leo men, first since 2015-16
Phil Wood | Sunshine State Conference
MELBOURNE, Fla. - Saint Leo has captured the men's division of the Sunshine State Conference Mayors' Cup all-sports trophy. This is the Lions' fourth win overall and first since 2015-16.
First presented following the 1986-87 academic year, the SSC's all-sports trophy earned its name from the Mayors of member school communities who initially sponsored the award.
SSC Mayors' Cup History | 2022-23 Points Breakdown (PDF)
The Lions sat in fifth place after the fall and winter sports were tallied, with 20 points, 10 of which came from a second-place finish in the conference during basketball season. SLU scored six points after a second-place cross-country finish and two points each in soccer and swimming.
The Lions dominated the field in the spring with 31 points. SLU scored eight points for winning the tennis regular season title, nine points after finishing second at the golf championship, and nine points for finishing third place in baseball. SLU capped off the spring with a fourth-place finish in lacrosse which netted them five points.
Saint Leo amassed 51 points across eight conference sports to win the men's award outright and beat the field by six points. Along with the outright title in 2015-16, the Lions also won outright in 2013-14 and shared the cup with Florida Southern in 2012-13.
Rollins finished second in the cup standings with 45 points across seven sports. The Tars pulled into second place thanks to a strong spring with Top-3 lacrosse, baseball, and tennis finishes. Tampa and Florida Southern tied for third with 44 points. The Spartans tallied nearly half its points following titles in baseball and swimming, while FSC scored in the top half of six sports.
2022-23 Mayors' Cup Men's Division
1. Saint Leo - 51
2. Rollins - 45
T3. Florida Southern - 44
T3. Tampa - 44
T5. Barry - 39
T5. Nova Southeastern - 39
T7. Florida Tech - 29.5
T7. Lynn - 29.5
9. Embry-Riddle - 27
10. Palm Beach Atlantic - 22
11. Eckerd - 11
Mayors' Cup Scoring
Mayors' Cup scoring is based on the regular-season finish for sports with conference standings and championship finish for cross country, golf, rowing, and swimming. For sports where all schools compete, scoring begins with 11 points awarded for finishing first to one point for eleventh. In sports where fewer than 11 teams compete, first-place points will be awarded based on the number of competing teams. Scoring will take into account ties in the SSC standings. Ties broken with a head-to-head tiebreaker will see Mayors' Cup points distributed accordingly. Points will be split when head-to-head results cannot break a tie.