Cortland Maintains Dr. Patrick R. Damore Commissioner's Cup through 2024-25 Competition
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Cortland takes the 2024-25 SUNYAC Patrick R. Damore Commissioner's Cup for the second year in a row and the 19th time in program history with an average of 9.60 points. New Paltz finished second with 7.80 points and Oneonta was third with 7.28 points. The cup was named for Dr. Patrick R. Damore in 2012 when he retired as the SUNYAC Commissioner after serving in the position for 33 years.
Through all of the 2024-25 seasons, Cortland remained at the top of the standings while New Paltz held on to the second spot and Oneonta stayed at third.
The Cortland men's and women's outdoor track and field teams both won the conference crown at the 2025 SUNYAC championship meet. The baseball, softball and men's lacrosse teams finished the regular season No. 1 in the conference and went on to win all three championship titles. The women's lacrosse team finished the regular season second and women's tennis was third. The Cortland Red Dragons won 17 of the 22 conference championships in 2024-25.
The New Paltz Hawks women's tennis team finished the regular-season as the top seed and went on to win the conference crown for the 10th time overall. The softball and baseball teams finished the regular season No. 2 while women's lacrosse was third.
Oneonta women's outdoor track and field team was the runner-up at the SUNYAC championship meet while the men's team finished third overall. The men's and women's lacrosse squads finished the regular season ranked third, the baseall team was fourth while the softball team was fifth. The men's lacrosse team advanced to the SUNYAC final. Both the baseball and softball teams upset higher ranked teams to win their way to the SUNYAC championship round.
The Commissioner's Cup point system is determined by the 22 different conference sports in the fall, winter and spring. A 10-point system is used in each sport. The first-place team gets 10 points, the second-place team gets 9 points and so on. A team's regular-season finish will be added to their post-season finish and divided by two for their final total for that sport. The total number of points that a school accumulates is divided by the number of conference sports it has. This school total determines the overall winner at the end of the academic year.
View the complete Dr. Patrick R. Damore Commissioner's Cup list here
2024-25 SUNYAC Dr. Patrick R. Damore Commissioner's Cup Final Standings
| Rank | School | Points Avg. |
| 1 | Cortland | 9.60 |
| 2 | New Paltz | 7.80 |
| 3 | Oneonta | 7.28 |
| 4 | Oswego | 6.47 |
| 5 | Plattsburgh | 5.72 |
| 6 | Buffalo State | 5.45 |
| 7 | Fredonia | 4.56 |
| 8 | Canton | 3.10 |
| 9 | Potsdam | 2.96 |
| 10 | Morrisville | 2.94 |
The cup was named for Dr. Patrick R. Damore in 2012 when he retired as the SUNYAC Commissioner after serving in the position for 33 years. Damore passed away at the age of 90 on May 23, 2021.
