SMU wins inaugural WAC Commissioner's Cup

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Mustangs capture four WAC conference titles in 2002-03

DENVER -- The SMU Mustangs won the Western Athletic Conference's inaugural Commissioner’s Cup, as announced by the league on Wednesday. SMU tallied 96 points to take the title. Posting a second-place finish was Rice with 91 points, while Fresno State was third (86.5). The Commissioner’s Cup is given to the school that performed the best in each of the conference’s 18 men’s and women’s championships.

Points were awarded in order of finish, equal to the number of teams which participated in each sport. Regular season standings were used for football, baseball and softball, while ties in tournaments were broken by using regular season conference winning percentage, if applicable.

Rounding out the rest of the conference field was Nevada in fourth with 81 points, Tulsa grabbed fifth with 78, while UTEP was sixth with 73.5. Taking seventh was Hawai‘i at 68, Boise State finished eighth (59.5), Louisiana Tech was ninth (45.5), while San Jose State rounded out the field with 42 points.

SMU won the inaugural title, gathering 96 points for the 2002-03 school year, winning four conference championships. The Mustangs won men’s cross country, soccer, men’s indoor track and field and swimming and diving. The four titles alone were enough for 30 early points and a steady grasp on the lead which they never relinquished.

Rice’s 91 points were aided by conference title’s in the final two championships of the season, grabbing the women’s outdoor track and field and baseball titles and 16 points. The Rice women brought home the cross country title, giving them 10 points to start off the year.

Fresno State, who needed its softball and men’s track programs to boost them into third, tallied 86.5 points to finish third in the inaugural season. The Bulldogs were led by conference titles in women’s tennis and men’s golf, registering 20 points.

2003 COMMISSIONER’S CUP
1. SMU, 96
2. Rice, 91
3. Fresno State, 86.5
4. Nevada, 81
5. Tulsa, 78
6. UTEP, 73.5
7. Hawai‘i, 68
8. Boise State, 59.5
9. Louisiana Tech, 45.5
10. San Jose State, 42

The following is a list of each sport and the final finishes for each team.

BASEBALL
1. Rice
2. Nevada
3. Fresno State
4. Hawai‘i
5. San Jose State
6. Louisiana Tech

MEN’S BASKETBALL
1. Tulsa
2. Nevada
3. SMU
4. Hawai‘i
5. Rice
6. Louisiana Tech
7. Boise State
8. UTEP
9. San Jose State
*Fresno State
*No points due to WAC postseason ban.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
1. Louisiana Tech
2. Fresno State
3. Hawai‘i
4. SMU
5. Rice
6. San Jose State
Tulsa
8. Boise State
9. UTEP
10. Nevada

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
1. SMU
2. UTEP
3. Tulsa
4. Boise State
5. Fresno State
6. Rice
7. Louisiana Tech
8. San Jose State

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
1. Rice
2. Tulsa
3. Nevada
4. UTEP
5. SMU
6. Boise State
7. Hawai‘i
8. Fresno State
9. San Jose State
10. Louisiana Tech

FOOTBALL
1. Boise State
2. Fresno State
3. Hawai‘i
4. San Jose State
5. Nevada
6. Rice
7. Louisiana Tech
8. SMU
9. UTEP
10. Tulsa

MEN’S GOLF
1. Fresno State
2. Tulsa
3. UTEP
4. SMU
5. Nevada
6. Rice
7. San Jose State
Hawai‘i
9. Boise State
10. Louisiana Tech

WOMEN’S GOLF
1. Tulsa
2. Nevada
3. San Jose State
4. Boise State
5. UTEP
6. Hawai‘i
7. SMU

SOCCER
1. SMU
2. UTEP
3. Fresno State
4. Rice
5. Hawai‘i
6. Tulsa
7. San Jose State
8. Nevada
9. Boise State

SOFTBALL
1. Hawai‘i
2. Fresno State
3. San Jose State
4. Tulsa
5. Louisiana Tech
6. Nevada

SWIMMING AND DIVING
1. SMU
2. Nevada
3. Rice
4. Hawai‘i
5. Fresno State
6. San Jose State

MEN’S TENNIS
1. Boise State
2. SMU
3. Fresno State
Rice
5. Hawai‘i
Nevada
Tulsa

WOMEN’S TENNIS
1. Fresno State
2. Tulsa
3. SMU
Rice
5. Boise State
Hawai‘i
Nevada
UTEP
9. Louisiana Tech
San Jose State

MEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
1. SMU
2. Rice
3. UTEP
4. Boise State
5. Fresno State
6. Louisiana Tech
7. Tulsa

WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
1. Nevada
2. Rice
3. UTEP
4. SMU
5. Louisiana Tech
6. Tulsa
7. Fresno State
8. Boise State
9. Hawai‘i

MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
1. UTEP
2. SMU
3. Boise State
4. Fresno State
5. Louisiana Tech
6. Tulsa
7. Rice

WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
1. Rice
2. Nevada
3. UTEP
4. Louisiana Tech
5. Tulsa
6. SMU
7. Boise State
8. Fresno State
9. Hawai‘i

VOLLEYBALL
1. Hawai‘i
2. Nevada
3. Fresno State
4. San Jose State
5. Rice
6. SMU
UTEP
8. Louisiana Tech
9. Tulsa
10. Boise State