WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ - Monmouth University has claimed its fifth consecutive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Overall Commissioner's Cup and its second straight women's title, league officials have announced. The commissioner's cup serves as a symbol of broad-based athletic excellence within the league.

"We are thrilled to win our fifth straight overall and second consecutive women's MAAC Commissioner's Cup," Monmouth University Vice President/Director of Athletics Dr. Marilyn McNeil said. "This is an annual goal of Monmouth Athletics and it is a result of the incredible talent, work ethic, and competitiveness of our student-athletes, their coaches, and our support staff. This is a tremendous accomplishment and we will continue to strive for excellence in everything we do here at Monmouth."

Four Monmouth programs won conference regular season championships, including field hockey, women's soccer, softball and men's tennis. Women's indoor and outdoor track won their sixth consecutive MAAC titles while the men's outdoor squad won its sixth straight championship and the men's indoor team captured its fifth crown in six years.

Dating back to its time as a member of the Northeast Conference, Monmouth has now won 13 overall Commissioner's Cups in program history. Monmouth also finished third in the men's cup, 4.25 points behind first-place Quinnipiac.

Monmouth finished first overall with a total of 156 points, while Marist finished in second place (142.50). Quinnipiac placed in third (136.75), Iona in fourth (130.25) and Rider (122.25) in fifth. Fairfield (115.25), Siena (106.50), Canisius (101.75), Manhattan (85), Niagara (60), and Saint Peter's (45) rounded out the standings.

In the women's cup, Monmouth claimed the top spot with 90 points, followed by runner-up Marist (79.50). In third was Fairfield (68.25), followed by Quinnipiac (66.50), Rider (64), Siena (61.50), Iona (60.75), Canisius (47.25), Niagara (44), Manhattan (43.25) and Saint Peter's (17.75).

In the men's final standings, Quinnipiac was first with 70.25 points, followed by Iona (69.50), Monmouth (66), Marist (63), Rider (58.25), Canisius (52.50), Fairfield (47), Siena (45), Manhattan (41.75), Saint Peter's (27.25) and Niagara (16).

About the Commissioner's Cup:
In the conference's continuing efforts to recognize the achievements of its student-athletes, the Commissioner's Cup is awarded annually as a symbol of overall excellence in athletics in the 25 championship athletic events conducted within the MAAC. Each institution is scored in all championships that it fields a varsity team. However, only the scores from the men's and women's basketball participation, plus the other top six men's and other top six women's championships are used to determine an institution's total points.