Tampa Captures the 2022-23 SSC Women’s Mayors’ Cup
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 Spartans' third consecutive women's Mayors' Cup and the seventh 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| 2022-23 Points Breakdown (PDF)
The Spartans tallied 73.5 points across 10 conference sports to win their third straight title. UT scored half its 22 points in the fall from a 28th conference title in volleyball. In the Winter, Tampa scored 17 points after winning the basketball championship and finishing as the runner-up at the swimming championship.
In the spring, the Spartans notched 34.5 points, mostly from softball and lacrosse titles. UT also finished third at the golf championship and was tied for second at the rowing championship. Overall, the Spartans finished first or second in cup points in six sports in 2022-23.
The win moves Tampa into a tie for second place with Rollins for the most overall women's cup wins in conference history. Florida Southern currently holds the record with 12 victories. Tampa becomes the second school to win three consecutive Mayors' Cups, following FSC's four wins from 1986-1990. UT previously won back-to-back women's Mayors' Cups in 1991-92 & 1992-93, then again in 2012-13 & 2013-14. All seven UT cups have been won outright.
Nova Southeastern finished second-place with 61.5 points. The Sharks won the conference title in swimming and finished runner-up in soccer and tennis. Lynn ended the academic year in third place with 53 points. The Fighting Knights grabbed most of their scoring from a win at the golf championship and third-place finishes in volleyball and tennis.
2022-23 Mayors' Cup Women's Division
1. Tampa - 73.5
2. Nova Southeastern - 61.5
3. Lynn - 53
4. Florida Southern - 51
5. Embry-Riddle - 45
T6. Barry - 44.5
T6. Saint Leo - 44.5
8. Rollins - 34
9. Eckerd - 25
10. Florida Tech - 23
11. Palm Beach Atlantic - 21
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.