Susquehanna University Leads 2009-10 Landmark Conference President's All-Sports Cup Standings After Fall Season

MADISON, N.J., Dec. 10 -- For the second straight year, Susquehanna University stands in first place out of eight institutions in the Landmark Conference President's All-Sports Cup standings following the conclusion of the Landmark's fall season.

Susquehanna has earned 7.33 points so far this academic year. The university took conference postseason championships in men's cross country and finished as the postseason runner-up in women's cross country, field hockey, women's soccer and women's volleyball. SU men's soccer finished the regular season in fifth place, just one spot shy of the postseason.

The Landmark All-Sports Cup is awarded based on a formula that rewards institutions for their finishes in regular-season conference standings as well as results in Landmark postseason play. The formula also takes into account the number of sports that a school sponsors.

The Landmark does not release the full standings, but Juniata College (6.67 points), The Catholic University of America (6.50) and The University of Scranton (5.50) rank second, third and fourth (respectively). The other Landmark schools (in alphabetical order) are Drew University, Goucher College, Moravian College and the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

Susquehanna finished the 2008-09 school year in third place.

Landmark champions yet to be determined this winter include men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming & diving and men's and women's indoor track & field. Spring champions include baseball, men's and women's lacrosse, softball, men's and women's tennis and men's and women's outdoor track & field.

Susquehanna sponsors all 20 Landmark sports.

SU's 2009 Liberty League football championship does not count toward the Landmark President's All-Sports Cup.