ROCHESTER, NY – The Nazareth University Athletic Department placed second overall in the final Empire 8 Commissioner's Cup standings with an average success score of .713 finishing slightly ahead of Utica University in the final standings.

St. John Fisher was the overall champion with a strong Spring season and a final average of .844. Nazareth (.713) was second followed by Utica (.712), Houghton (.541) and Alfred (.534) in the top five. Hartwick (.480), Russell Sage (.384), Elmira (.377) and Keuka (.300) rounded out the institution standings.

Teams tied for a position in the regular season standings are ranked based on tiebreaker scenarios. The actual number of points earned is then divided by the number of possible points for each school based on conference-sponsored sports to determine their overall percentage.

Nazareth won Empire 8 titles in Women's Cross Country and Women's Soccer in the Fall, Women's Swimming and Diving and both Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field in the Winter and Women's Outdoor Track and Field in the Spring.