Representatives from the women’s side of athletics at Piedmont received last year’s Presidents Cup trophy at a women’s soccer game this fall after PC claimed the 2013-14 crown. Piedmont sits in 4th place in the first standings released by the league this year, the same spot the school found itself in this time last year before rallying to overtake the top spot.
Fayetteville, NC – The USA South Athletic Conference has released its first President’s Cup Standings of the 2014-15 Academic Year with the Fall Standings coming out earlier today with Piedmont College in 4th place overall out of the 14 member institutions (including Christopher Newport who is an associate member for football only). Piedmont stood in 4th place at this time last year as well before using a surge of momentum in the spring of 2014 to overtake the top spot in the Women’s President’s Cup Standings and the second spot in the Overall Standings.
The USA South Athletic Conference Presidents Cup symbolizes the league’s top men’s and women’s athletic program each year. The Presidents Cup is awarded by a points system where the first place team in each sport will be awarded the number of points that corresponds to the number of schools that sponsor teams in that sport. The second place team receives one point less than the first place team and so on, down to one point for the last place team that competes.
The awarding of an Overall Presidents Cup began at the conclusion of the 1978-79 season. Following the 2004-05 season, the Conference presented separate Men’s and Women’s Presidents Cups in lieu of an Overall Cup. The following year the Conference reinstated the Overall Cup along with the Men’s and Women’s Cups.
This year will mark the tenth the USA South will present an Overall, a Men’s and a Women’s Presidents Cup. Currently, Maryville College has the lead in the overall and men’s cup standings while Meredith College has the lead in the women’s cup standings.
Three Piedmont fall athletic teams improved on their finishes from a year ago with men’s soccer moving up from 8th to 7th, men’s cross country moving up from 3rd to 2nd, and women’s soccer forcing a share of the league’s regular season title after finishing 2nd in 2013. Women’s cross country slipped two spots to finish 5th after posting a 3rd place finish last season and volleyball also dropped from 2nd in the South Division in 2013 to 3rd this season.
Piedmont is ranked 4th in the overall Presidents Cup Standings, 8th in the Men’s Presidents Cup, and 4th in the Women’s Presidents Cup. Fans can view the entire Presidents Cup Standings below and find out more about the award including past winners by visiting USASouth.net.
