{"id":1963,"date":"2018-03-26T20:12:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T20:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2025-02-06T14:18:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T19:18:39","slug":"keeping-the-cup-mens-teams-dominate-cacc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/26\/keeping-the-cup-mens-teams-dominate-cacc\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping the Cup: Men\u2019s Teams Dominate CACC"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column1963_5d06fd-8b > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column1963_5d06fd-8b > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1963_5d06fd-8b > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1963_5d06fd-8b > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1963_5d06fd-8b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1963_5d06fd-8b > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1963_5d06fd-8b > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1963_5d06fd-8b{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1963_5d06fd-8b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column1963_5d06fd-8b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1963_5d06fd-8b dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1963_aca9d3-0b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1963_aca9d3-0b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1963_aca9d3-0b\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1963_aca9d3-0b mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1963_aca9d3-0b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1963_aca9d3-0b\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1963_aca9d3-0b img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1963_aca9d3-0b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1963_aca9d3-0b\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading1963_aca9d3-0b wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1963_aca9d3-0b\">It has been handed out since the 1976\u201377 season, but no institution has dominated it like Wilmington University.<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1963_c79a80-74 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1963_c79a80-74 alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/restaino-scaled-1-653x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/restaino-scaled-1-653x480.jpg 653w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/restaino-scaled-1-250x184.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/restaino-scaled-1-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/restaino-scaled-1-1536x1130.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/restaino-scaled-1-2048x1506.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><figcaption>No other men&#8217;s athletic department has won more than three Restaino Cups in a row.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Men\u2019s Alfred R. Restaino Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cup&nbsp;is awarded annually to the institution that performs at the highest level in all CACC-sponsored men\u2019s sports, and it hasn\u2019t left the Wildcats\u2019 grip since the 2009\u201310 academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award is named after the late Bloomfield College Director of Athletics and Head Coach Alfred R. Restaino, Sr., who served a vital role in not just the school\u2019s athletic department but also in the formation of the CACC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The point system used for the award takes into account each athletic program\u2019s finish in both CACC regular-season contests and conference tournaments. Each institution receives a combined point total and the sum is then divided by the number of sports the institution sponsors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide wu-blockquote-row is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote wu-blockquote-simple is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Since the inception of the award in 1976, <strong>the Wildcats have won the most Restaino Cups in the CACC<\/strong>, even though Wilmington did not join the conference until 1999.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the inception of the award in 1976, the Wildcats have won the most Restaino Cups in the CACC, even though Wilmington did not join the conference until 1999. At the end of the 2016\u201317 season, the Wildcats took home their eighth straight Cup. No other men\u2019s athletic department has won more than three in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University\u2019s eight-year dominance has been spurred by the golf team (eight straight CACC championships), baseball team (three CACC regular season titles and four CACC Tournament Championships), men\u2019s cross country (four CACC championships), men\u2019s soccer (eight playoff appearances and two CACC regular season titles), and men\u2019s basketball (two playoff appearances).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current CACC rival Dominican College, which joined the conference in the fall of 1982, has seven Restaino Cups. The Chargers\u2019 best run was three straight Cups from 1994\u201397. St. Thomas Aquinas College also won three consecutive Cups, from 1982\u201385, but currently is a part of the East Coast Conference. King\u2019s College is the only other program to win at least three Cups, the last coming in 1989\u201390. King\u2019s is currently an NCAA Division III school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a truly remarkable run these programs have been able to establish,\u201d says Director of Athletics Dr. Linda Van Drie-Andrzjewski. \u201cIt\u2019s not only a testament to the student-athletes performing on their respective fields, but it\u2019s also a testament to the coaching staffs that have been able to replenish the teams year after year. I\u2019m lucky I get to watch these teams compete.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wildcats are at it again in 2017\u201318, emerging from the fall season with the lead in the Restaino Cup Standings. The golf, men\u2019s soccer, and men\u2019s cross country teams are leading the way to what would be an unprecedented ninth straight Cup. Wu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dan Lauletta<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been handed out since the 1976\u201377 season, but no institution has dominated it like Wilmington University. 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