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Northeast Conference
	NEC
Established	1981
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I
Subdivision	FCS
Members	10 (11 in 2019)
Sports fielded	; 22 (23 in 2019); ; men's: 10; ; women's: 12; ; ; ; ;
Region	Northeast
Headquarters	Somerset, New Jersey
Commissioner	Noreen Morris (since 2010)
Website	northeastconference.org
Locations

The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports except football, which competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). Participating schools are located principally in the Northeastern United States.

The conference was named the ECAC Metro Conference when it was established in 1981. The original eleven member schools were Fairleigh Dickinson University, Long Island University, Loyola College in Maryland (left in 1989), Marist College (left in 1997), Robert Morris University, St. Francis College (NY), Saint Francis College (PA), Siena College (left in 1984), Towson State University (left in 1982), the University of Baltimore (left in 1983) and Wagner College.^[1]

The conference's name was changed to its present form on August 1, 1988.^[2] Other names considered were Big North, Great North, North Shore, Northern, Northeastern, Eastern and Eastern Private Intercollegiate.^[3]

The Northeast Conference has expanded seven times since 1981. The expansions and additions from the original charter members were in 1985 (Monmouth University, which left in 2013), 1989 (Mount St. Mary's University), 1992 (Rider University, which left in 1997), 1997 (Central Connecticut State University), 1998 (Quinnipiac University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County which respectively left in 2013 and 2003), 1999 (Sacred Heart University) and 2008 (Bryant University). The Northeast Conference's rank was largest at 12 in 2008 with the addition of Bryant University,^[4] but dropped to 10 in 2013 with the departure of Monmouth and Quinnipiac for the MAAC.

Two further changes were announced in 2018, with both taking effect with the 2019–20 school year. First, on September 10, the NEC announced it would add Merrimack College.^[5] Then, on October 3, Long Island University announced that it would combine its two existing athletic programs—NEC member LIU Brooklyn and the Division II program at LIU Post—into a single Division I program under the LIU name. The new LIU program, whose nickname has not yet been determined, will maintain LIU Brooklyn's existing memberships in Division I and the NEC.^[6]

The Northeast Conference has a total of 10 full members in 22 championship sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's bowling, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's indoor track & field, women's lacrosse, men's and women's outdoor track & field, men's and women's soccer, softball, women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, and women's volleyball.

Men's lacrosse became the league's 23rd sport for the 2011 season.^[7] The number of sports dropped to 22 after the 2012–13 school year, when the conference dropped field hockey. The departure of Monmouth and Quinnipiac to become all-sports members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) in July 2013 gave the MAAC four full members that sponsored the sport; the other two were NEC single-sport affiliates Rider and Siena. The MAAC then decided to add field hockey as a sponsored sport for the 2013 season,^[8] and all of the NEC's remaining field hockey programs eventually joined the MAAC except for Saint Francis (PA), which joined the Atlantic 10 Conference. The NEC will reinstate field hockey as a sponsored sport for the 2019 season with seven members—current full members Bryant, LIU, Sacred Heart, and Wagner (which will play its first varsity season in 2019), incoming full member Merrimack, and associate members Fairfield and Rider.^[9]

There are also four affiliate members which compete in football, men's lacrosse, and women's bowling.

Member schools

Full members

Current full members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Endowment (2018)	Nickname	Colors
Bryant University	Smithfield, Rhode Island	1863	2008	Private	3,454	$174,200,000	Bulldogs
Central Connecticut State University	New Britain, Connecticut	1849	1997	Public	11,865	$63,000,000	Blue Devils
Fairleigh Dickinson University	Teaneck, New Jersey	1942	1981	Private	6,464	$100,000,000	Knights
LIU Brooklyn^[a]	Brooklyn, New York^[b]	1926	1981	Private	11,200	$96,987,000	Blackbirds^[c]	^[d]
Mount St. Mary's University	Emmitsburg, Maryland	1808	1989	Private	2,240	$47,605,000	Mountaineers
Robert Morris University	Moon Township, Pennsylvania	1921	1981	Private	5,181	$33,400,000	Colonials
Sacred Heart University	Fairfield, Connecticut	1963	1999	Private	7,016	$137,027,000	Pioneers
St. Francis College	Brooklyn, New York	1858	1981	Private	2,834	$77,536,000	Terriers
Saint Francis University	Loretto, Pennsylvania	1847	1981	Private	2,449	$44,863,000	Red Flash
Wagner College	Staten Island, New York	1883	1981	Private	2,400	$82,141,000	Seahawks

^ From 2019–20, will compete as Long Island University, or LIU, following the unification of the LIU Brooklyn and LIU Post athletic programs.

^ Following the athletic merger, some LIU sports will be based at the Brooklyn campus and others at the Post campus in Brookville, New York.^[10]

^ The nickname of the combined LIU program will be announced at a later date.

^ LIU has announced that its unified colors will be blue and gold.

Future members

Institution	City	State	Abbreviation	Nickname	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Joining	Former Conference	Colors
Merrimack College	North Andover	Massachusetts	Merrimack	Warriors	1947	Private/Catholic (Augustinian)	3,653	2019–20	Northeast-10 (D-II)

Former full members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Current Conference
University of Baltimore	Baltimore, Maryland	1925	1981	1983	Public	5,415	Super Bees	Discontinued athletics in 1983
Loyola College	Baltimore, Maryland	1852	1981	1989	Private	6,080	Greyhounds	Patriot
Marist College	Poughkeepsie, New York	1929	1981	1997	Private	5,408	Red Foxes	MAAC
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)	Catonsville, Maryland	1966	1998	2003	Public	13,637	Retrievers	America East
Monmouth University	West Long Branch, New Jersey	1933	1985	2013	Private	6,494	Hawks	MAAC
Quinnipiac University	Hamden, Connecticut	1929	1998	2013	Private	9,000	Bobcats	MAAC
Rider University	Lawrenceville, New Jersey	1865	1992	1997	Private	5,790	Broncs	MAAC
Siena College	Loudonville, New York	1937	1981	1994	Private	3,423	Saints	MAAC
Towson University	Towson, Maryland	1866	1981	1982	Public	21,950	Tigers	CAA

Affiliate members

Current affiliate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Primary Conference	NEC Sport(s)
Caldwell University	Caldwell, New Jersey	1939	2014–15	Private	1,800	Cougars	Central Atlantic (NCAA Division II)	bowling
Duquesne University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1878	2008–09 (football) 2016–17 (bowling)	Private	10,184	Dukes	Atlantic 10	football; women's bowling
Hobart College	Geneva, New York	1822	2013–14	Private	2,105	Statesmen	Liberty League (NCAA Division III)	men's lacrosse
Saint Joseph's University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1851	2013–14	Private	7,900	Hawks	Atlantic 10	men's lacrosse

Future affiliate member

Institution	Location	Founded	Joining	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Primary Conference	NEC Sport(s)
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)	Newark, New Jersey	1881	2019–20^[11]	Public	11,423	Highlanders	ASUN	men's lacrosse

Former affiliate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Primary Conference	NEC Sport
Adelphi University	Garden City, New York	1896	2008–09	2015	Private	8,530	Panthers	Northeast-10 (NCAA Division II)	women's bowling
University at Albany	Albany, New York	1844	1999–2000	2012–13	Public	17,600	Great Danes	America East^[a]	football
Fairfield University	Fairfield, Connecticut	1942	2004–05	2006–07	Private	4,991	Stags	MAAC^[b]	field hockey
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	Kutztown, Pennsylvania	1866	2008–09	2015	Public	10,193	Golden Bears	PSAC (NCAA Division II)^[c]	women's bowling
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania	1942	2004–05	2009–10	Public	5,500	Bald Eagles	PSAC (NCAA Division II)^[d]	field hockey
New Jersey City University	Jersey City, New Jersey	1929	2009–10	2012–13	Public	8,300	Gothic Knights	NJAC (NCAA Division III)^[e]	women's bowling
Rider University	Lawrenceville, New Jersey	1865	1998–99	2012–13	Private	5,790	Broncs	MAAC^[f]	field hockey
Siena College	Loudonville, New York	1937	1998–99	2012–13	Private	3,423	Saints	MAAC^[g]	field hockey
St. John's University	New York City, New York	1870	2000–01	2002–03	Private	21,354	Red Storm	Big East^[h]	football
Saint Peter's University	Jersey City, New Jersey	1872	2008–09	2012–13	Private	3,700	Peahens	MAAC^[i]	women's bowling
Stony Brook University	Stony Brook, New York	1957	1999–2000	2006–07	Public	24,594	Seawolves	America East	football
Virginia Military Institute	Lexington, Virginia	1839	2003–2004^[j]	2006–2007	Public Senior Military College	1,377	Keydets	Big South^[k]	swimming

^ Albany football currently plays in the Colonial Athletic Association.

^ Fairfield field hockey will return to the NEC in 2019.

^ Kotztown bowling currently participates in the East Coast Conference.

^ Lock Haven currently plays field hockey in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

^ New Jersey City bowling currently competes as a single-sport member of the Division III Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference.^[12]

^ Rider field hockey will return to the NEC in 2019.

^ Siena dropped field hockey after the 2017–18 school year.

^ St. John's dropped football after the 2002 season.

^ Saint Peter's dropped bowling after the 2017–18 season.

^ The VMI men's swimming program joined the NEC for the 2003–04 school year. The women's swimming team became a varsity program during the 2005–06 school year.

^ At the time of their membership in the Northeastern Conference, VMI was a member of the Big South. In 2014, they became full members of the Southern Conference. In swimming, the Keydets left the NEC to join the league now known as the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association, and since 2017–18 have competed in the America East Conference.

Membership timeline

Full members Full members (non-football) Football Affiliate Affiliate member (other sports) Other Conference Other Conference

Sports

The Northeast Conference currently sponsors championship competition in 10 men's and 12 women's NCAA sanctioned sports.^[13] Four schools are associate members in three of those sports.

The NEC will reinstate field hockey as a sponsored sport for the 2019 season (2019–20 school year) after having dropped the sport following the 2012 season. Bryant, LIU, Sacred Heart, and Wagner will be joined by incoming full member Merrimack and incoming associates Fairfield and Rider.^[9]

Teams in Northeast Conference competition
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	7	–
Basketball	10	10
Bowling	–	8
Cross country	8	10
Football	7	–
Golf	9	7
Lacrosse	7	8
Soccer	9	9
Softball	–	9
Swimming & Diving	–	8
Tennis	7	8
Track and Field (Indoor)	7	10
Track and Field (Outdoor)	7	10
Volleyball	–	9

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Total NEC Sports
Bryant	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Central Connecticut	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	7
Fairleigh Dickinson	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
LIU Brooklyn	Y	Y	N^[a]	N^[a]	Y	N^[a]	Y	N	Y	Y	6
Mount St. Mary's	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	7
Robert Morris	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	5
Sacred Heart	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
St. Francis Brooklyn	N	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	5
Saint Francis (PA)	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Wagner	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	9
Totals	7	10	8	6+1^[b]	9	5+2^[c]	9	7	7	7	75+3
Future Member
Merrimack	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9

^ ^a^b^c The existing LIU Post program in this sport will join the NEC when the LIU athletic merger takes effect in 2019.

^ Football associate Duquesne.

^ Men's lacrosse associates Hobart and Saint Joseph's. NJIT will join this group of schools in 2019–20.

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Northeast Conference which are played by NEC schools:

School	Fencing^[a]	Ice Hockey	Swimming & Diving	Volleyball	Water Polo	Wrestling
Bryant	—	—	MAAC	—	—	—
LIU Brooklyn	—	—	—	—	—	^[b]
Merrimack	—	Hockey East	—	—	—	—
Mount St. Mary's	—	—	CCSA	—	—	—
Robert Morris	—	Atlantic Hockey	—	—	—	—
Sacred Heart	NEIFC	—	—	EIVA	—	EIWA
St. Francis Brooklyn	—	—	METS	^[c]	CWPA	—
Saint Francis (PA)	—	—	—	EIVA	—	—
Wagner	—	—	—	—	CWPA	—

^ Fencing is a coeducational sport, with schools having men's and women's squads and all individual matches involving members of the same sex. While three NEC members sponsor fencing, with the unified LIU athletic program to add LIU Post's existing team once the athletic merger takes effect, only Sacred Heart fields both men's and women's squads.

^ LIU Post currently sponsors this sport. LIU has yet to announce this team's future conference affiliation.

^ St. Francis Brooklyn will add men's volleyball for the 2020 season (2019–20 school year).^[14]

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Bowling	Cross Country	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Softball	Swimming	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Volleyball	Total NEC Sports
Bryant	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Central Connecticut	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	9
Fairleigh Dickinson	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
LIU Brooklyn	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Mount St. Mary's	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	11
Robert Morris	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	8
Sacred Heart	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
St. Francis Brooklyn	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N^[a]	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Saint Francis (PA)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Wagner	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	10
Totals	10	6+2^[b]	10	7	8	9	9	8	8	10	10	9	103+2
Future Member
Merrimack	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11

^ St. Francis Brooklyn will add women's soccer in 2019.^[15]

^ Bowling associates Caldwell and Duquesne.

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Northeast Conference which are played by NEC schools:

School	Bowling	Equestrian^[a]	Fencing^[b]	Field Hockey	Ice Hockey	Rowing	Rugby^[a]	Triathlon^[a]	Water Polo
Bryant	—	—	—	MAAC^[c]	—	—	—	—	—
Fairleigh Dickinson	—	—	NIWFA	—	—	—	—	—	—
LIU Brooklyn	^[d]	—	^[d]	MAAC^[c]	^[e]	—	—	—	^[f]
Merrimack	—	—	—	NE-10^[c]	Hockey East	IND^[g]	—	—	—
Mount St. Mary's	—	—	—	—	—	—	IND^[h]	—	—
Robert Morris	—	—	—	—	CHA	MAAC	—	—	—
Sacred Heart	—	IND^[i]	NEIFC	MAAC^[c]	IND^[j]	MAAC	IND^[h]	—	—
St. Francis Brooklyn	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	MAAC
Saint Francis (PA)	—	—	—	A-10	—	—	—	—	CWPA
Wagner	—	—	NIWFA	^[k]	—	—	—	IND^[l]	MAAC

In addition to the above, Fairleigh Dickinson and Sacred Heart count their female cheerleaders (but not male cheerleaders) as varsity athletes.

^ ^a^b^c NCAA "emerging sport" for women.

^ Fencing is a coeducational sport, with schools having men's and women's squads and all individual matches involving members of the same sex. Of the three NEC members that sponsor the sport, Sacred Heart has both men's and women's squads, and Fairleigh Dickinson and Wagner field only women's squads.

^ ^a^b^c^d Will become a member of the revived NEC field hockey league in 2019.

^ ^a^b LIU Post currently sponsors this sport. LIU has yet to announce this team's future conference affiliation.

^ Before the LIU athletic merger was announced, LIU Brooklyn committed to adding women's ice hockey for the 2019–20 season, with the new team to participate in the New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA). At the time LIU Brooklyn announced the addition of women's hockey, the NEWHA was a scheduling agreement between all schools that played the sport as independents at the National Collegiate level (Divisions I and II).^[16] The NEWHA has since formally organized as a conference and is seeking official NCAA recognition as such for 2019–20 and beyond.^[17]

^ The merged LIU athletic program will add women's water polo in the 2019–20 season. The new team will compete as an associate member of the MAAC.^[18]

^ Merrimack has not yet announced a future women's rowing affiliation.

^ ^a^b The NCAA considers all rugby schools that do not compete in the sport within a recognized NCAA conference to be independents.

^ The NCAA considers all equestrian schools that do not compete in the sport within a recognized NCAA conference to be independents.

^ Sacred Heart is part of the NEWHA, mentioned in the context of LIU Brooklyn.

^ Wagner launched a field hockey program in the 2018 season (2018–19 school year), initially at club level before upgrading to varsity status for the 2019 season as an NEC member.^[19]

^ The NCAA considers all triathlon schools that do not compete in the sport within a recognized NCAA conference to be independents.

Men's basketball

Men's basketball champions

Season	Regular Season Champion	Tournament Champion
1982	Fairleigh Dickinson (12–3)	Robert Morris
1983	Robert Morris (12–2)	Robert Morris
1984	Long Island (11–5)	Long Island
1985	Marist (11–3)	Fairleigh Dickinson
1986	Fairleigh Dickinson (13–3)	Marist
1987	Marist (15–1)	Marist
1988	Fairleigh Dickinson (13–3)	Fairleigh Dickinson
1989	Robert Morris (12–4)	Robert Morris
1990	Robert Morris (12–4)	Robert Morris
1991	St. Francis (PA) (13–3)	St. Francis (PA)
1992	Robert Morris (12–4)	Robert Morris
1993	Rider (14–4)	Rider
1994	Rider (14–4)	Rider
1995	Rider (13–5)	Mount Saint Mary's
1996	Mount Saint Mary's (16–2)	Monmouth
1997	Long Island (15–3)	Long Island
1998	Long Island (14–2)	Fairleigh Dickinson
1999	UMBC (17–3)	Mount Saint Mary's
2000	Central Connecticut St. (15–3)	Central Connecticut St.
2001	St. Francis (NY) (16–4)	Monmouth
2002	Central Connecticut St. (19–1)	Central Connecticut St.
2003	Wagner (14–4)	Wagner
2004	Monmouth and St. Francis (NY) (12–6)	Monmouth
2005	Monmouth (14–4)	Fairleigh Dickinson
2006	Fairleigh Dickinson (14–4)	Monmouth
2007	Central Connecticut St. (16–2)	Central Connecticut St.
2008	Robert Morris (16–2)	Mount Saint Mary's
2009	Robert Morris (15–3)	Robert Morris
2010	Quinnipiac (15–3)	Robert Morris
2011	Long Island (16–2)	Long Island
2012	Long Island (16–2)	Long Island
2013	Robert Morris (14–4)	Long Island
2014	Robert Morris (14–2)	Mount Saint Mary's
2015	St. Francis Brooklyn (15–3)	Robert Morris
2016	Wagner (13-5)	Fairleigh Dickinson
2017	Mount Saint Mary's (14-4)	Mount Saint Mary's
2018	Wagner (14-4)	Long Island

Women's basketball champions

Year	Regular Season Champions	Tournament Champions
1986-87	Monmouth	Monmouth
1987-88	Monmouth	Robert Morris
1988-89	Wagner	Wagner
1989-90	Mount St. Mary's	Fairleigh Dickinson
1990-91	Mount St. Mary's	Robert Morris
1991-92	Mount St. Mary's	Fairleigh Dickinson
1992-93	Fairleigh Dickinson/Mount St. Mary's	Mount St. Mary's
1993-94	Mount St. Mary's	Mount St. Mary's
1994-95	Mount St. Mary's	Mount St. Mary's
1995-96	Mount St. Mary's	Saint Francis U
1996-97	Saint Francis U	Saint Francis U
1997-98	Saint Francis U	Saint Francis U
1998-99	Mount St. Mary's	Saint Francis U
1999-00	Saint Francis U	Saint Francis U
2000-01	Mount St. Mary's	LIU Brooklyn
2001-02	Saint Francis U	Saint Francis U
2002-03	Saint Francis U	Saint Francis U
2003-04	Saint Francis U	Saint Francis U
2004-05	Saint Francis U	Saint Francis U
2005-06	Sacred Heart	Sacred Heart
2006-07	LIU Brooklyn, Robert Morris and Sacred Heart	Robert Morris
2007-08	Quinnipiac and Robert Morris	Robert Morris
2008-09	Sacred Heart	Sacred Heart
2009-10	Robert Morris	Saint Francis U
2010-11	Saint Francis U	Saint Francis U
2011-12	Sacred Heart	Sacred Heart
2012-13	Quinnipiac	Quinnipiac
2013-14	Robert Morris	Robert Morris
2014-15	Bryant/CCSU	St. Francis Brooklyn
2015-16	Sacred Heart	Robert Morris
2016-17	Robert Morris	Robert Morris
2017-18	St Francis U	St Francis U

Football champions

Football Champions

1996 – Robert Morris/Monmouth

1997 – Robert Morris

1998 – Monmouth/Robert Morris

1999 – Robert Morris

2000 – Robert Morris

2001 – Sacred Heart

2002 – Albany

2003 – Monmouth/Albany

2004 – Monmouth/Central Connecticut State

2005 – Stony Brook/Central Connecticut State

2006 – Monmouth

2007 – Albany

2008 – Albany

2009 – Central Connecticut State

2010 – Robert Morris/Central Connecticut State

2011 – Albany/Duquesne

2012 – Wagner/Albany

2013 – Sacred Heart/Duquesne

2014 – Sacred Heart/Wagner

2015 – Duquesne

2016 – Saint Francis (PA)

Most conference championships

6 – Albany (3 shared)

6 – Robert Morris (3 shared)

5 – Monmouth (4 shared)

4 – Central Connecticut State (3 shared)

3 – Duquesne (2 shared)

3 – Sacred Heart (2 shared)

2 – Wagner (2 shared)

1 – Stony Brook (1 shared)

NEC Rivalries

Before the 2013 departure of Monmouth and Quinnipiac, the NEC had 6 rivalry matchups in the conference; which is most prevalent during NEC's men's and women's basketball "Rivalry Week." The concept of playing back-to-back games against a local rival the same week is the only one of its kind among the nation's 31 NCAA Division I conferences. The pre-2013 NEC rivalries are as follows (with the current NEC team listed first in the matchups that are now non-conference):

Currently in-conference

Battle of Brooklyn: Long Island vs. St. Francis Brooklyn

Keystone Clash: Robert Morris vs. Saint Francis (PA)

The Duel in New England: Central Connecticut vs. Bryant

NY-MD Showdown: Mount St. Mary's vs. Wagner

Non-conference as of 2013–14

Garden State Rivalry: Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Monmouth

Governor's Cup: Sacred Heart vs. Quinnipiac

Brenda Weare Commissioner's Cup

The NEC Commissioner's Cup was instituted during the 1986-87 season with Long Island winning the inaugural award. Cup points are awarded in each NEC sponsored sport. For men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, football, women's bowling, softball, men's and women's lacrosse, and baseball, the final regular season standings are used to determine Cup points. Starting with the 2012-13 season, the Conference began awarding three bonus points to the NEC Tournament champion in those sports. In all other sports, points are awarded based on the finish at NEC Championship events.

Year	Overall	Men's	Women's
2015-16
2014-15	Bryant	Bryant	Sacred Heart
2013-14	Bryant	Bryant	Saint Francis (PA)
2012-13	Monmouth	Monmouth	Saint Francis (PA)
2011-12	Sacred Heart	Monmouth	Sacred Heart
2010-11	Sacred Heart	Sacred Heart	Sacred Heart
2009-10	Sacred Heart	Monmouth	Sacred Heart
2008-09	Sacred Heart	Sacred Heart	Sacred Heart
2007-08	Sacred Heart	Monmouth	Sacred Heart
2006-07	Monmouth	Monmouth	Sacred Heart
2005-06	Monmouth	Monmouth	Long Island
2004-05	Monmouth	Monmouth	Saint Francis (PA)
2003-04	Monmouth	Monmouth	Sacred Heart
2002-03	UMBC	Monmouth	UMBC
2001-02	UMBC	Monmouth	UMBC
2000-01	UMBC	UMBC	UMBC
1999-2000	UMBC	UMBC	UMBC
1998-99	UMBC	Monmouth	UMBC
1997-98	Monmouth
1996-97	Mount St. Mary's
1995-96	Mount St. Mary's
1994-95	Mount St. Mary's
1993-94	Fairleigh Dickinson
1992-93	Fairleigh Dickinson
1991-92	Fairleigh Dickinson
1990-91	Monmouth
1989-90	Fairleigh Dickinson
1988-89	Fairleigh Dickinson
1987-88	Fairleigh Dickinson
1986-87	Long Island

Facilities

Future member Merrimack in gray. The future LIU football program, currently representing LIU Post, is also highlighted in gray.

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity	Baseball stadium	Capacity
Bryant	Bulldog Stadium	5,500	Chace Athletic Center	2,700	Conaty Park	500
Central Connecticut State	Arute Field	5,500	William H. Detrick Gymnasium	3,200	Balf-Savin Field	N/A
Duquesne	Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field	2,200	Football (and bowling)-only member
Fairleigh Dickinson	Non-football school		Rothman Center	5,000	Naimoli Family Baseball Complex	500
LIU Brooklyn	Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium	4,083	Steinberg Wellness Center	3,000	Long Island University Field^[a]	500
Merrimack	Duane Stadium	3,500	Hammel Court	1,200	Warrior Baseball Diamond^[b]	N/A
Mount St. Mary's	Non-football school		Knott Arena	3,121	Straw Family Stadium	N/A
Robert Morris	Joe Walton Stadium	3,000	Student Recreation and Fitness Center^[c]	N/A	Non-baseball school
Sacred Heart	Campus Field	3,334	William H. Pitt Center	2,100	The Ballpark at Harbor Yard	5,300
St. Francis Brooklyn	Non-football school		Generoso Pope Athletic Complex	1,200	Non-baseball school
Saint Francis (PA)	DeGol Field	3,450	DeGol Arena	3,500	Non-baseball school
Wagner	Wagner College Stadium	3,500	Spiro Sports Center	2,500	Richmond County Bank Ballpark	7,171

Notes

^ After the LIU athletic merger in 2019, the baseball team will move from the Brooklyn campus to the Post campus, playing at LIU Post Baseball Field (capacity not available).^[20]

^ Although Merrimack has an on-campus baseball venue, the school more regularly uses off-campus venues, among them Holman Stadium in Nashua, New Hampshire and the campus of St. John's Prep in Danvers, Massachusetts.

^ Robert Morris expected to open the UPMC Events Center, with an expected capacity of over 4,000, during the 2018–19 basketball season. Due to construction delays that will push back the opening into summer 2019, the school chose to use the Student Recreation and Fitness Center, a facility at the on-campus North Athletic Complex that opened in 2017 as part of the UPMC Events Center project, in 2018–19. RMU also used this facility for women's basketball in 2017–18.

References

^ Ventre, Ralph. "Back to the Beginning: NEC Celebrates 30 Years," Northeast Conference, Thursday, March 3, 2011.

^ Official press release issued Tuesday, August 2, 1988 (Announcement of name change from ECAC-Metro Conference to Northeast Conference).

^ Northeast Conference 2012–13 Men's Basketball Record Book.

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^ "Northeast Conference - Merrimack College Accepts Invitation to Join Northeast Conference". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 2018-09-10.

^ "Long Island University Announces Unification Into One LIU Division I Program" (Press release). LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

^ "Northeast Conference - We Are The Northeast Conference".

^ "MAAC to Add Field Hockey" (Press release). Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. April 19, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2013.

^ ^a^b "Northeast Conference Re-Establishes Field Hockey Championship" (Press release). Northeast Conference. September 6, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2018.

^ "One LIU: Frequently Asked Questions". Long Island University. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

^ "NEC Welcomes NJIT as Men's Lacrosse Associate Member" (Press release). Northeast Conference. October 19, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.

^ "New Jersey City University Joins AMCC as Affiliate Member in Women's Bowling" (Press release). Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. May 27, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2018.

^ "The Official Site of the Northeast Conference".

^ "St. Francis College starts National Collegiate Men's Volleyball; Mueller named Head Coach" (Press release). St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers. June 21, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2018.

^ "Women's Soccer to Become Terriers 20th NCAA Division I Team" (Press release). St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers. April 11, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.

^ "Women's Ice Hockey Added as Varsity Sport at LIU Brooklyn; Morgan Tabbed as Inaugural Head Coach" (Press release). LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds. September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

^ "NEWHA announces intent to be recognized as NCAA national collegiate women's hockey conference". USCHO.com. September 26, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2018.

^ "Women's Water Polo Added as Varsity Sport at LIU; Juarez Tabbed as Inaugural Head Coach" (Press release). LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds. October 11, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.

^ "Wagner College to Add Women's Field Hockey" (Press release). Wagner Seahawks. January 22, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2018.

^ "One LIU: Frequently Asked Questions". Long Island University. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

External links

Official website

[10] From 2019–20, will compete as Long Island University, or LIU, following the unification of the LIU Brooklyn and LIU Post athletic programs.

[12] Following the athletic merger, some LIU sports will be based at the Brooklyn campus and others at the Post campus in Brookville, New York.^[10]

[13] The nickname of the combined LIU program will be announced at a later date.

[14] LIU has announced that its unified colors will be blue and gold.

[16] Albany football currently plays in the Colonial Athletic Association.

[17] Fairfield field hockey will return to the NEC in 2019.

[18] Kotztown bowling currently participates in the East Coast Conference.

[19] Lock Haven currently plays field hockey in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

[21] New Jersey City bowling currently competes as a single-sport member of the Division III Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference.^[12]

[22] Rider field hockey will return to the NEC in 2019.

[23] Siena dropped field hockey after the 2017–18 school year.

[24] St. John's dropped football after the 2002 season.

[25] Saint Peter's dropped bowling after the 2017–18 season.

[26] The VMI men's swimming program joined the NEC for the 2003–04 school year. The women's swimming team became a varsity program during the 2005–06 school year.

[27] At the time of their membership in the Northeastern Conference, VMI was a member of the Big South. In 2014, they became full members of the Southern Conference. In swimming, the Keydets left the NEC to join the league now known as the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association, and since 2017–18 have competed in the America East Conference.

[Post-29] The existing LIU Post program in this sport will join the NEC when the LIU athletic merger takes effect in 2019.

[30] Football associate Duquesne.

[31] Men's lacrosse associates Hobart and Saint Joseph's. NJIT will join this group of schools in 2019–20.

[32] Fencing is a coeducational sport, with schools having men's and women's squads and all individual matches involving members of the same sex. While three NEC members sponsor fencing, with the unified LIU athletic program to add LIU Post's existing team once the athletic merger takes effect, only Sacred Heart fields both men's and women's squads.

[Post-33] LIU Post currently sponsors this sport. LIU has yet to announce this team's future conference affiliation.

[35] St. Francis Brooklyn will add men's volleyball for the 2020 season (2019–20 school year).^[14]

[37] St. Francis Brooklyn will add women's soccer in 2019.^[15]

[38] Bowling associates Caldwell and Duquesne.

[Emerging-39] NCAA "emerging sport" for women.

[40] Fencing is a coeducational sport, with schools having men's and women's squads and all individual matches involving members of the same sex. Of the three NEC members that sponsor the sport, Sacred Heart has both men's and women's squads, and Fairleigh Dickinson and Wagner field only women's squads.

[FH-41] Will become a member of the revived NEC field hockey league in 2019.

[Post-42] LIU Post currently sponsors this sport. LIU has yet to announce this team's future conference affiliation.

[45] Before the LIU athletic merger was announced, LIU Brooklyn committed to adding women's ice hockey for the 2019–20 season, with the new team to participate in the New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA). At the time LIU Brooklyn announced the addition of women's hockey, the NEWHA was a scheduling agreement between all schools that played the sport as independents at the National Collegiate level (Divisions I and II).^[16] The NEWHA has since formally organized as a conference and is seeking official NCAA recognition as such for 2019–20 and beyond.^[17]

[47] The merged LIU athletic program will add women's water polo in the 2019–20 season. The new team will compete as an associate member of the MAAC.^[18]

[48] Merrimack has not yet announced a future women's rowing affiliation.

[Rugby-49] The NCAA considers all rugby schools that do not compete in the sport within a recognized NCAA conference to be independents.

[50] The NCAA considers all equestrian schools that do not compete in the sport within a recognized NCAA conference to be independents.

[51] Sacred Heart is part of the NEWHA, mentioned in the context of LIU Brooklyn.

[53] Wagner launched a field hockey program in the 2018 season (2018–19 school year), initially at club level before upgrading to varsity status for the 2019 season as an NEC member.^[19]

[54] The NCAA considers all triathlon schools that do not compete in the sport within a recognized NCAA conference to be independents.

[56] After the LIU athletic merger in 2019, the baseball team will move from the Brooklyn campus to the Post campus, playing at LIU Post Baseball Field (capacity not available).^[20]

[57] Although Merrimack has an on-campus baseball venue, the school more regularly uses off-campus venues, among them Holman Stadium in Nashua, New Hampshire and the campus of St. John's Prep in Danvers, Massachusetts.

[58] Robert Morris expected to open the UPMC Events Center, with an expected capacity of over 4,000, during the 2018–19 basketball season. Due to construction delays that will push back the opening into summer 2019, the school chose to use the Student Recreation and Fitness Center, a facility at the on-campus North Athletic Complex that opened in 2017 as part of the UPMC Events Center project, in 2018–19. RMU also used this facility for women's basketball in 2017–18.

[1] Ventre, Ralph. "Back to the Beginning: NEC Celebrates 30 Years," Northeast Conference, Thursday, March 3, 2011.

[2] Official press release issued Tuesday, August 2, 1988 (Announcement of name change from ECAC-Metro Conference to Northeast Conference).

[3] Northeast Conference 2012–13 Men's Basketball Record Book.

[4] "BRYANT UNIVERSITY ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN NORTHEAST CONFERENCE". 18 October 2007..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[5] "Northeast Conference - Merrimack College Accepts Invitation to Join Northeast Conference". northeastconference.org. Retrieved 2018-09-10.

[6] "Long Island University Announces Unification Into One LIU Division I Program" (Press release). LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[7] "Northeast Conference - We Are The Northeast Conference".

[8] "MAAC to Add Field Hockey" (Press release). Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. April 19, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2013.

[FH_return-9] "Northeast Conference Re-Establishes Field Hockey Championship" (Press release). Northeast Conference. September 6, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2018.

[11] "One LIU: Frequently Asked Questions". Long Island University. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[15] "NEC Welcomes NJIT as Men's Lacrosse Associate Member" (Press release). Northeast Conference. October 19, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.

[20] "New Jersey City University Joins AMCC as Affiliate Member in Women's Bowling" (Press release). Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. May 27, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2018.

[28] "The Official Site of the Northeast Conference".

[34] "St. Francis College starts National Collegiate Men's Volleyball; Mueller named Head Coach" (Press release). St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers. June 21, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2018.

[36] "Women's Soccer to Become Terriers 20th NCAA Division I Team" (Press release). St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers. April 11, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.

[43] "Women's Ice Hockey Added as Varsity Sport at LIU Brooklyn; Morgan Tabbed as Inaugural Head Coach" (Press release). LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds. September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.

[44] "NEWHA announces intent to be recognized as NCAA national collegiate women's hockey conference". USCHO.com. September 26, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2018.

[46] "Women's Water Polo Added as Varsity Sport at LIU; Juarez Tabbed as Inaugural Head Coach" (Press release). LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds. October 11, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.

[52] "Wagner College to Add Women's Field Hockey" (Press release). Wagner Seahawks. January 22, 2018. Retrieved September 15, 2018.

[55] "One LIU: Frequently Asked Questions". Long Island University. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

v t e Northeast Conference
Full members	Bryant Bulldogs Central Connecticut Blue Devils Fairleigh Dickinson Knights LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds (rebranding as LIU in 2019 with new nickname) Merrimack Warriors (joining in 2019) Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Robert Morris Colonials Sacred Heart Pioneers St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers Saint Francis Red Flash Wagner Seahawks
Associate members	Caldwell Cougars (bowling) Duquesne Dukes (bowling and football) Fairfield Stags (field hockey; joining in 2019) Hobart Statesmen (men's lacrosse) NJIT Highlanders (men's lacrosse; joining in 2019) Rider Broncs (field hockey; joining in 2019) Saint Joseph's Hawks (men's lacrosse)

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