New York, N.Y. – For the second consecutive year, Yeshiva has captured the Skyline Conference's Sportsmanship Trophy for displaying outstanding team sportsmanship during the 2012-13 academic year.  The Skyline Conference instituted the Sportsmanship Trophy in 2007-08 to gauge team sportsmanship among its member schools.

Yeshiva compiled 567 points out of a possible 780 points for an overall rating of .726, while The Sage Colleges (.681) finished runner-up for the fourth time in six years. 

A Team Sportsmanship Award is presented in each of the conference's 17 sports.  Yeshiva earned Team Sportsmanship Awards in six of the 10 sports in which they participated: baseball, women's tennis, men's cross country, women's volleyball, men's soccer and men's volleyball. 

St. Joseph's-L.I. earned three sportsmanship awards in women's soccer, women's swimming and women's lacrosse, while Mount Saint Mary (women's cross country, men's swimming) and NYU-Poly (women's basketball, softball) each garnered a pair of sportsmanship honors. 

A school earns points toward the Sportsmanship Trophy based upon a 10-point scale in each sport.  Opposing coaches rate each team on a scale of 1 to 10 with a '1' being considered poor sportsmanship and a '10' being considered outstanding sportsmanship.  A score of 5 to 6 is considered average.  A school's scores in each sport are then added together and then divided by the total number of points that could possibly be earned.

Yeshiva also won the award in 2007-08 and 2008-09. 

2012-13 SKYLINE CONFERENCE SPORTSMANSHIP TROPHY FINAL STANDINGS
Yeshiva - 567.0  / 780 - .7269
The Sage Colleges - 695.0 / 1020 - .6813
Maritime - 584.0 / 860 - .6790
NYU-Poly - 667.0 / 1000 - .6670
Mount Saint Mary - 747.0 / 1120 - .6669
St. Joseph's-L.I. - 712.5 / 1080 - .6597
Farmingdale State - 683.5 / 1090 - .6270
Mount Saint Vincent - 665.5 / 1070 - .6219
Old Westbury - 616.0 / 1000 - .6160
Purchase - 732.5 / 1190 - .6155

2012-13 SPORT-BY-SPORT WINNERS
Men's Soccer: Yeshiva
Women's Soccer: St. Joseph's-L.I.
Men's Cross Country: Yeshiva
Women's Cross Country: Mount Saint Mary
Women's Volleyball: Yeshiva
Men's Golf: Purchase
Women's Tennis: Yeshiva
Men's Swimming: Mount Saint Mary
Women's Swimming: St. Joseph's-L.I.
Men's Basketball: Maritime
Women's Basketball: NYU-Poly
Men's Volleyball: Yeshiva
Baseball: Yeshiva
Softball: NYU-Poly
Men's Lacrosse: Farmingdale State
Women's Lacrosse: St. Joseph's-L.I.
Men's Tennis: Sage

ALL-TIME SKYLINE SPORTSMANSHIP CHAMPIONS
2012-13 - Yeshiva
2011-12 - Yeshiva
2010-11 - Bard
2009-10 - Bard
2008-09 - Yeshiva
2007-08 - Yeshiva