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APSU Governors athletics posts best-ever finish in OVC Commissioner’s Cup

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Austin Peay State University Sports - APSU - Governors - Lady GovsBrentwood, TN – Behind a quartet of Top 3 finishes in Ohio Valley Conference play, Austin Peay State University’s athletics department posted its best-ever finish in the 2017-18 OVC Commissioner’s Cup.

Austin Peay posted its first-ever 100-point tally in the OVC Commissioner’s Cup, under the new format that began 10 years ago. The Governors 101.5 points pushed them to fifth among the league’s 12 members. Eastern Kentucky won the title for the fifth consecutive season with 118.5 points followed by Murray State (114.5), Belmont (111.25) and Jacksonville State (110).

Austin Peay tallied 101.5 points in the OVC Commissioner’s Cup to come in fifth among 12 OVC Members. (APSU Sports Information)

The Governors strong showing in the Commissioner’s Cup began with its volleyball team winning both the regular-season and tournament titles. Meanwhile, its football (second), softball (second) and men’s basketball (third) teams each posted Top 3 finishes in league play.

Under the latest scoring system, schools are required to count point totals for four main sports (football, volleyball, men’s basketball and women’s basketball) along with their next eight highest point totals from the remaining sports, regardless of gender. Austin Peay finished with more points (40.5) in the four required sports than any other OVC program.

Belmont, Morehead State and SIU Edwardsville, which do not compete in OVC football, count baseball as one of its four required sports.

The award (which started in 1962-63 for men’s sports and 1980-81 for women’s sports) was previously divided into a Men’s All-Sport Champion and a Women’s All-Sport Champion.

The points system for scoring is as follows. For all sports (except rifle, men’s tennis and men’s indoor and men’s outdoor track – which have fewer participating teams), the first-place team earns 12 points, the second-place team earns 11 points, etc.

For rifle, men’s tennis and men’s indoor and men’s outdoor track and field, the first-place team earns 12 points and subsequent point increments are calculated by dividing the total number of OVC member institutions by the number of institutions sponsoring the sport (for rifle that number is 3 less, for men’s tennis and men’s indoor track that number is 1.75 less and for men’s outdoor track that number is 1.5 less). The scoring system also includes a bonus point for the winner of OVC Tournaments (soccer, volleyball, basketball, tennis, softball and baseball).

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