Tampa First in SSC Women's Mayor's Cup; Second in Men's

2021-22 SSC Mayor's Cup
2021-22 SSC Mayor's Cup
May 23, 2022

MELBOURNE, Fla. - The University of Tampa has captured the women's division of the Sunshine State Conference Mayors' Cup all-sports trophy. It marks the second consecutive women's Mayors' Cup for the Spartans and the sixth overall. In the men's standings, the Spartans finished second overall.

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 | 2021-22 Points Breakdown (PDF)

The Spartans tallied 71 points across 10 conference sports to win back-to-back women's trophies. UT pulled in 26 points during the Fall with a 27th volleyball league title, runner-up performance at the cross country championship, and a third-place finish in the soccer standings. Tampa outscored all schools in the winter following the program's seventh regular-season women's basketball title and a second-place finish at the swimming championship. UT pulled in the bulk of its 28 points during the spring with a third conference lacrosse championship and fifth SSC softball title.

Tampa sits alone in third place among women's Mayors' Cup winners with this year's win. UT previously won back-to-back women's Mayors' Cups in 1991-92 & 1992-93, then again in 2012-13 & 2013-14. All six of the Spartans' trophies have been won outright.

Nova Southeastern University finishes in second place with 63 points, while Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ends the academic year in third place with 52 points. NSU recorded significant points with conference titles in softball and swimming and runner-up performances in volleyball and tennis. ERAU brought in most of its score following a title in soccer and Top-4 finishes in volleyball and softball.

2021-22 Mayors' Cup Women's Division
1. Tampa - 71
2. Nova Southeastern - 63
3. Embry-Riddle - 52
4. Lynn - 48
5. Saint Leo - 46.5
6. Florida Southern - 46
7. Barry - 45.5
8. Rollins - 43
9. Palm Beach Atlantic - 30.5
10. Eckerd - 23
11. Florida Tech - 20.5

In the men's standings, Florida Southern amassed 57 points across eight conference sports to win the men's award outright for the 11th time. The Moccasins sat in first place with 28 points following the fall and winter sports seasons. Florida Southern picked up eight points for a fourth-place finish in basketball, seven points for their swimming title, seven points for a fifth-place finish in soccer, and six points for placing third at the cross country championship.

The Moccasins separated themselves from the pack with 29 points in the Spring. FSC finished runner-up in the golf championship as well as the baseball and lacrosse standings. It stands as Florida Southern's first men's Mayors' Cup since 2017-18, which was the school's first outright win in a decade. FSC also shared the trophy with Saint Leo in 2012-13 and Florida Tech in 2011-12.

The University of Tampa came in second with 51 points across seven sports, while Nova Southeastern University ended the year in third place with 44 points from six sports. UT tallied 29 points alone by winning baseball and lacrosse titles and finishing runner-up in soccer. NSU collected most of its points with Top-3 finishes in basketball (champions), swimming, and golf. 

2021-22 Mayors' Cup Men's Division

  1. Florida Southern - 57
  2. Tampa - 51
  3. Nova Southeastern - 44
  4. Lynn - 41
  5. Saint Leo - 38
  6. Rollins - 36
  7. Barry - 35
  8. Embry-Riddle - 34.5
  9. Palm Beach Atlantic - 30
  10. Florida Tech - 26
  11. Eckerd - 7.5

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.