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{{Short description|D-1 college athletic conference}} {{distinguish|North Eastern Athletic Conference|Northeastern Conference|Northeast-10 Conference}} {{Infobox sports league | name = Northeast Conference | color = #0081C4; {{box-shadow border|a|#231F20|2px}} | font_color = #FFFFFF | logo = Northeast Conference logo.svg | logo_size = 150 | founded = 1981 | association = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] | division = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] | subdivision = [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]] | teams = 9 (10 in 2025, 9 in 2026) | sports = 25 | mens = 12 | womens = 13 | formerly = Eastern College Athletic Conference Metro (1981β1988) | region = [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]], [[Illinois]] | headquarters = [[Bridgewater, New Jersey]] | commissioner = Noreen Morris | since = 2010 | website = [http://www.northeastconference.org northeastconference.org] | map = MapNEC (Football).PNG | map_size = 250 }} The '''Northeast Conference''' ('''NEC''') is a collegiate [[List of NCAA conferences|athletic conference]] whose schools are members of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] for all sports; football competes in the Division I [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|Football Championship Subdivision]] (FCS). Participating schools are located principally in the [[Northeastern United States]], from which the conference derives its name. ==History== {{Location map+ | USA Midwest and Northeast | width=600 | caption=NEC Member locations<br />[[File:Blue pog.svg|10px]] β Full member<br>[[File:Red pog.svg|10px]] β Departing Full member<br>[[File:Green pog.svg|10px]] β Future Full member | places= <!-- Full members --> {{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast | label=[[Long Island University|LIU]] | position=right |mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Long Island University| lat= 40.819208 | long=-73.594671 }} {{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast | label=[[Le Moyne College|Le Moyne]] | position=top | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Le Moyne College | lat= 43.048098 | long=-76.086441 }} {{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast | label=[[Wagner College|Wagner]] | position=bottom | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Wagner College | lat= 40.614875 | long=-74.094658 }} {{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast | label=[[Fairleigh Dickinson University|FDU]] | position=left | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Fairleigh Dickinson University| lat= 40.897377 | long=-74.029535 }} {{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast | label=[[Central Connecticut State University|CCSU]] | position=right | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Central Connecticut State University| lat= 41.691864 | long=-72.767445 }} {{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast | label=[[Saint Francis University|Saint Francis]] | position=right | mark=Red pog.svg | link=Saint Francis University | lat=40.503947 | long=-78.637889 }} {{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast | label=[[Stonehill College|Stonehill]] | position=left | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Stonehill College| lat= 42.057 | long=-71.08 }} {{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast | label=[[Chicago State University|Chicago State]] | position=left | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Chicago State University| lat= 41.7180 | long=-87.6094 }} {{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast | label=[[Mercyhurst University|Mercyhurst]] | position=right | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Mercyhurst University| lat= 42.1033 | long=-80.0531 }} {{Location map~ | USA Midwest and Northeast | label=[[University of New Haven|New Haven]] | position=left | mark=Green pog.svg | link=University of New Haven| lat= 41.2919 | long=-72.9622 }} }} The conference was named the [[Eastern College Athletic Conference|ECAC]] Metro Conference when it was established in 1981. The original eleven member schools were [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]], the [[LIU Brooklyn|Brooklyn campus]] of [[Long Island University]] (whose athletic program has now merged with that of [[LIU Post|LIU's Post campus]] into a single athletic program), [[Loyola University Maryland|Loyola College in Maryland]] (left in 1989), [[Marist College]] (left in 1997), [[Robert Morris University]] (left in 2020), [[St. Francis College|St. Francis College (NY)]] (left in 2023), [[Saint Francis University|Saint Francis College (PA)]] (leaving in 2026), [[Siena College]] (left in 1984), [[Towson University|Towson State University]] (left in 1982), the [[University of Baltimore]] (left in 1983) and [[Wagner College]].<ref>[http://www.northeastconference.org/Pdfs/mbball/2011/3/3/30th_Anniversary_Article.pdf Ventre, Ralph. "Back to the Beginning: NEC Celebrates 30 Years," Northeast Conference, Thursday, March 3, 2011.]</ref> The conference's name was changed to its present form on August 1, 1988.<ref>[http://www.northeastconference.org/documents/2010/11/19/NEC_namechange_release.pdf Official press release issued Tuesday, August 2, 1988] (Announcement of name change from ECAC-Metro Conference to Northeast Conference).</ref> Other names considered were Big North, Great North, North Shore, Northern, Northeastern, Eastern and Eastern Private Intercollegiate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.northeastconference.org/documents/2012/11/16/MBB_RecordBook_1213.pdf|title=Northeast Conference - 2012-13 NEC Men's Basketball Record Book|website=www.northeastconference.org|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> The Northeast Conference has admitted new members ten times since 1981. The expansions and additions from the original charter members were: in 1985 ([[Monmouth University]], which left in 2013), in 1989 ([[Mount St. Mary's University]], which left in 2022), in 1992 ([[Rider University]], which left in 1997), in 1997 ([[Central Connecticut State University]]), in 1998 ([[Quinnipiac University]] which left in 2013, and the [[University of Maryland, Baltimore County]] which left in 2003), in 1999 ([[Sacred Heart University]], which left in 2024), in 2008 ([[Bryant University]], which also left in 2022), in 2019 ([[Merrimack College]], which also left in 2024), in 2022 ([[Stonehill College]]), in 2023 ([[Le Moyne College]]), and in 2024 ([[Chicago State University]] and [[Mercyhurst University]]). The Northeast Conference's full membership was its largest at 12 in 2008 with the addition of Bryant University.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bryantbulldogs.com/news/2007-08/2007Oct18NortheastConferenceInvite|title=BRYANT UNIVERSITY ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN NORTHEAST CONFERENCE|work=Bryant University Bulldogs |date=18 October 2007}}</ref> It then dropped to 10 in 2013 with the departure of Monmouth and Quinnipiac for the [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference]] (MAAC), returned to 11 with the 2019 addition of Merrimack, and again dropped to 10 in 2020 with the departure of Robert Morris for the [[Horizon League]]. The conference dropped to 9 members in 2022 with the departure of Bryant and Mount St. Mary's, respectively for the [[America East Conference]] and the MAAC, plus the addition of Stonehill. On March 20, 2023, St. Francis Brooklyn announced that all intercollegiate sports would be dropped effective at the end of the 2022-23 season, dropping the NEC down to 8 full members. This was followed on May 10, 2023 by the announcement that [[Le Moyne College]] would begin a transition from Division II and join the NEC on July 1.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2023/5/9/GEN_LeMoyne_Membership_Announcement_22.aspx |title=Le Moyne College Accepts Invitation to Join Northeast Conference |publisher=Northeast Conference |date=May 10, 2023 |access-date=May 10, 2023}}</ref> Additional changes were announced in 2018 and took effect with the 2019β20 school year. First, on September 10, the NEC announced it would add Merrimack.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://northeastconference.org/news/2018/9/7/GEN_Merrimack_Joins_NEC_18.aspx|title=Northeast Conference - Merrimack College Accepts Invitation to Join Northeast Conference|website=northeastconference.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref> Then, on October 3, Long Island University announced that it would combine its two existing athletic programsβNEC member LIU Brooklyn and the [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] program at [[LIU Post]]βinto a single Division I program under the LIU name. The new LIU program, nicknamed [[LIU Sharks|Sharks]],<ref name="LIU Sharks">{{cite press release|url=https://headlines.liu.edu/?p=2700 |title=Welcome to the Shark Tank: Long Island University Chooses the Shark as New Mascot |publisher=Long Island University |date=May 15, 2019 |access-date=May 16, 2019}}</ref> maintains LIU Brooklyn's previous memberships in Division I and the NEC.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://liuathletics.com/news/2018/10/3/general-long-island-university-announces-unification-into-one-liu-division-i-program.aspx |title=Long Island University Announces Unification Into One LIU Division I Program |publisher=LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds |date=October 3, 2018 |access-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012135033/https://liuathletics.com/news/2018/10/3/general-long-island-university-announces-unification-into-one-liu-division-i-program.aspx |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Another recent change took place on July 1, 2020, when charter member Robert Morris left to join the Horizon League. The next changes in membership were on July 1, 2022, with Bryant leaving for the America East Conference,<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://americaeast.com/news/2022/3/29/general-bryant-university-to-join-america-east-conference-as-newest-member-institution.aspx |title=Bryant University to Join America East Conference as Newest Member Institution |publisher=America East Conference |date=March 29, 2022 |accessdate=March 30, 2022}}</ref> Mount St. Mary's leaving for the MAAC,<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://maacsports.com/news/2022/4/28/general-maac-welcomes-mount-st-marys-university-as-newest-member-institution.aspx |title=MAAC Welcomes Mount St. Mary's University as Newest Member Institution |publisher=Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |date=May 2, 2022 |access-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref> and Stonehill arriving from [[NCAA Division II]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.stonehillskyhawks.com/general/2021-22/releases/202204050vpc3g|title=Stonehill Announces Transition to NCAA Division I for 2022-23 Academic Year |publisher=Stonehill Skyhawks |date=April 5, 2022 |access-date=April 5, 2022}}</ref> The Northeast Conference has a total of 9 full members in 24 championship sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's bowling, men's and women's cross country, women's field hockey, 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, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's volleyball. Men's lacrosse became the league's 23rd sport for the 2011 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northeastconference.org/Sports/general/2004/gen_aboutnec.asp?nl=1|title=Northeast Conference - We Are The Northeast Conference}}</ref> The number of sports dropped to 22 after the 2012β13 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,<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.maacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=91825&SPID=11031&DB_LANG=C&CONTENT_ID=%23temp_CONTENT_ID&DB_OEM_ID=17400&ATCLID=207316664 |title=MAAC to Add Field Hockey |publisher=Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |date=April 19, 2013 |access-date=August 13, 2013}}</ref> 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 reinstated field hockey as a sponsored sport for the 2019 season with seven membersβfull members Bryant, LIU, Merrimack, Sacred Heart, and Wagner, plus associate members Fairfield and Rider.<ref name="FH return">{{cite press release|url=http://northeastconference.org/news/2018/9/6/northeast-conference-re-establishes-field-hockey-championship.aspx |title=Northeast Conference Re-Establishes Field Hockey Championship |publisher=Northeast Conference |date=September 6, 2018 |access-date=September 15, 2018}}</ref> Saint Francis (PA) rejoined the NEC in field hockey during the 2021-22 season. A more recent addition to the NEC's sports roster was men's swimming & diving, added for 2020β21 with full members Bryant, LIU, Mount St. Mary's, St. Francis Brooklyn, and Wagner plus incoming associate member Howard.<ref name=Howard>{{cite press release|url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2020/6/30/GEN_Howard_AssociateMember_Rel_20.aspx |title=Six Howard University Athletics Programs Join the Northeast Conference As Associate Members |publisher=Northeast Conference |date=July 6, 2020 |access-date=July 18, 2020}}</ref> In 2022β23, the NEC added one sport and dropped another. On September 30, 2021, the NEC announced that it would begin sponsoring men's volleyball in 2022β23 with six members.<ref name=NECMVB>{{cite press release|url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2021/9/30/MVB_Sport_Sponsorship_Announcement_21.aspx |title=Northeast Conference Announces Men's Volleyball as 25th Championship Sport |publisher=Northeast Conference |date=September 30, 2021 |access-date=October 28, 2021}}</ref> Before the end of the 2021β22 school year, the NEC announced that two Division II schools from the [[Buffalo, New York]] area, Daemen and D'Youville, would also become part of the new men's volleyball league.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2022/5/11/MVB_Daeman_DYouville_Associates_Rel.aspx |title=NEC Welcomes Daemen & D'Youville as Men's Volleyball Associate Members |publisher=Northeast Conference |date=May 19, 2022 |access-date=June 9, 2022}}</ref> In a May 9, 2022 Twitter post, NEC commissioner Noreen Morris indicated that the NEC would shut down its men's lacrosse league after the then-ongoing 2022 season. The NEC had already lost two full members that sponsored the sport, and would eventually lose its two affiliate members in that sport when the [[Atlantic 10 Conference]] announced it would launch a men's lacrosse league in the 2023 season.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://atlantic10.com/news/2022/5/23/atlantic-10-conference-adds-mens-lacrosse-as-22nd-championship-sport.aspx |title=Atlantic 10 Conference Adds Men's Lacrosse as 22nd Championship Sport |publisher=Atlantic 10 Conference !date=May 23, 2022 |access-date=May 23, 2022}}</ref> Three of the remaining four NEC men's lacrosse programs became affiliate members of the [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference]]. The other program, Merrimack, was in talks with several lacrosse-sponsoring conferences for affiliate membership,<ref name=NECMLAX22>{{cite news|url=https://www.usalaxmagazine.com/college/men/nec-wont-sponsor-mens-lacrosse-in-2023-maac-absorbs-three-teams |title=NEC Won't Sponsor Men's Lacrosse in 2023; MAAC Absorbs Three Teams |first=Matt |last=DaSilva |work=USA Lacrosse Magazine |date=May 9, 2022 |access-date=May 10, 2022}}</ref> and eventually joined the America East in time for the 2023 season.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://americaeast.com/news/2022/7/20/Merrimack-AssociateMember.aspx |title=Merrimack Added as Associate Member in Men's Lacrosse |publisher=America East Conference |date=July 20, 2022 |access-date=August 23, 2022}}</ref> In July 2022, the Northeast Conference announced a partnership with the [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference]] in which MEAC schools sponsoring baseball and men's and women's golf would become affiliate members in their respective sports beginning in the 2022-23 season.<ref name=Gaither>{{cite press release|url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2022/6/26/GEN_NEC_MEAC_Partnership_Rel_2223.aspx |title= NEC & MEAC Announce Three-Sport Associate Member Partnership |website=Northeast Conference |date=July 12, 2022 |access-date=July 12, 2022}}</ref> That September, the NEC announced that MEAC member Delaware State, which had just joined NEC baseball and women's golf, would add women's lacrosse and women's soccer to its NEC membership in 2023β24.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2022/9/22/GEN_DSU_AssociateRel_WSOC_WLAX_22.aspx |title=Delaware State To Extend NEC Associate Membership Partnership to Women's Soccer & Women's Lacrosse |publisher=Northeast Conference |date=September 27, 2022 |access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref> In March 2023, St. Francis College (Brooklyn) announced that it would discontinue its athletic programs at the end of the spring 2023 schedule.<ref name="SFCBKEndSports">{{cite web |title=St. Francis College Restructures to Further Advance SFC Forward; COO Tim Cecere Appointed Acting President|url=https://sfcathletics.com/news/2023/3/20/general-st-francis-college-restructures-to-further-advance-sfc-forward-coo-tim-cecere-appointed-acting-president.aspx |access-date=March 20, 2023 |website=St. Francis College |language=en}}</ref> Le Moyne was announced as SFC's replacement that May. The NEC added two affiliate members in 2023β24β[[Binghamton University]] in men's golf plus men's and women's tennis,<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2023/5/31/GEN_BING_AssociateRel_MGOLF_TEN_2324.aspx |title=NEC Welcomes Binghamton as Associate Member in Men's Golf and Men's & Women's Tennis |publisher=Northeast Conference |date=June 12, 2023 |access-date=September 11, 2023}}</ref> and [[Niagara University]] in bowling. Niagara added that sport for 2023β24 by effectively absorbing the bowling program of [[Medaille University]], a nearby [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] school that closed at the end of the 2022β23 school year.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2023/9/5/BOWL_Niagara_Associate_Rel_2324.aspx |title=NEC Welcomes Niagara as Women's Bowling Associate Member |publisher=Northeast Conference |date=September 5, 2023 |access-date=September 11, 2023}}</ref> In October 2023, the [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference]] announced that Merrimack and Sacred Heart were going to join the conference for the 2024-25 season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-23 |title=MAAC Welcomes Merrimack College and Sacred Heart University as Newest Full Members |url=https://maacsports.com/news/2023/10/22/baseball-maac-welcomes-merrimack-college-and-sacred-heart-university-as-newest-full-members.aspx |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=maacsports.com |language=en}}</ref> This announcement came on the heels of the announcement that the NEC was going to support men's lacrosse as a conference sponsored sport for the 2024β25 academic year, after having to discontinue it two years earlier due to the lack of sponsoring members. The original plan was for full members Le Moyne, LIU, Merrimack, Sacred Heart, and Wagner to be joined by two new associate members, the [[University of Detroit Mercy]] and the [[Virginia Military Institute]] (VMI).<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2023/9/22/MLAX_NECLaxIsBack_23.aspx |title=NEC Men's Lax is Back! Sport To Return In 2024-25 With Detroit Mercy & VMI Joining As Associate Members |date=October 12, 2023 |access-date=October 12, 2023}}</ref> The departure of Merrimack and Sacred Heart left the number of men's lacrosse programs in the conference with less than the 6 member minimum required for an automatic bid to the [[NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament]]. The NEC announced in November 2023 that [[Cleveland State University]] and former full member Robert Morris were going to join the league as men's lacrosse associates.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2023/10/28/MLAX_ClevelandState_RMU_Associates_MLAX_23.aspx |title=NEC Men's Lacrosse Adds Cleveland State and Robert Morris As Associates Ahead of 2024-25 Return |date=November 7, 2023 |access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref> In November 2023, Robert Morris also announced that it would return to the NEC in football.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Return Engagement: Robert Morris Rejoins NEC As Football Associate Member |url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2023/11/27/FB_RMU_AssociateMember_23.aspx |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=northeastconference.org |language=en}}</ref> Shortly after this, Maryland Eastern Shore announced that it would add men's volleyball in the 2026 season (2025β26 school year) as an NEC associate member, increasing the number of its NEC teams to four. It became the first [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically African-American]] Division I member to announce the addition of that sport.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://umeshawksports.com/news/2023/11/9/mens-volleyball-university-of-maryland-eastern-shore-announces-the-addition-of-mens-volleyball.aspx |title=University of Maryland Eastern Shore announces the addition of men's volleyball |publisher=UMES Hawks |date=November 9, 2023 |access-date=November 11, 2023}}</ref> In April 2024, Sacred Heart announced that it was going to leave NEC men's volleyball and return to the [[Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association]], where it had played that sport before the NEC established its own league.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://eivavolleyball.com/news/2024/4/1/mens-volleyball-sacred-heart-returning-to-eiva-family-in-2025.aspx |title=Sacred Heart returning to EIVA family in 2025 |publisher=Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association |date=April 1, 2024 |access-date=April 8, 2024}}</ref> Also in 2024β25, former full member Monmouth returned to the NEC as an associate member in bowling.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2024/6/10/BOWL_Monmouth_Associate_Rel_2425.aspx |title=NEC Welcomes Monmouth as Women's Bowling Associate Member |publisher=Northeast Conference |date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=June 18, 2024}}</ref> Soon after the start of the 2024β25 academic year, [[Manhattan University]] announced that it was going to add men's volleyball and become an NEC affiliate in 2025β26.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://gojaspers.com/news/2024/7/9/general-manhattan-adds-three-sports-for-2025-2026.aspx |title=Manhattan Adds Three Sports for 2025-2026 |publisher=Manhattan Jaspers |date=July 9, 2024 |access-date=July 20, 2024}}</ref> In response to the departure of Merrimack and Sacred Heart, the NEC announced first in December 2023 that [[NCAA Division I independent schools|D-I independent]] [[Chicago State University]] was going to join the NEC.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2023/12/5/GEN_ChicagoSt_Membership_Announcement_23.aspx |title=Windy City Welcome: Chicago State Roars Into NEC |publisher=Northeast Conference |date=December 5, 2023 |access-date=December 5, 2023}}</ref> A few months later, in April 2024, [[Mercyhurst University]] announced that it was going to transition from Division II and join the NEC, bringing the league to 9 members again, for the 2024-25 season.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2024/4/3/GEN_Mercyhurst_Membership_Announcement_24.aspx |title=Welcome To The Lake Show: Mercyhurst University Accepts Northeast Conference Membership Invite |publisher=Northeast Conference |date=April 4, 2024 |access-date=April 4, 2024}}</ref> On March 25, 2025, Saint Francis University announced it would transition from Division I to [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] following the 2025β26 academic year.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://sfuathletics.com/news/2025/3/25/inside-athletics-saint-francis-university-announces-move-from-ncaa-division-i-athletics-to-division-iii-athletics.aspx |title=Saint Francis University Announces Move from NCAA Division I Athletics to Division III Athletics |publisher=Saint Francis University Athletics |date=March 25, 2025 |access-date=March 25, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/college/2025/03/25/st-francis-red-flash-division-i-move-ncaa-tournament/stories/202503250072|title=Saint Francis Dropping to Division III amid Large-Scale NCAA Changes|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|last=Schnable|first=Abby|date=March 26, 2025|orig-date=First published March 25, 2025|access-date=March 30, 2025}}</ref> On May 6, 2025, the [[University of New Haven]] announced it had accepted an invitation to join the conference and begin its reclassification from [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] starting on July 1, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newhavenchargers.com/news/2025/5/6/general-charging-ahead-university-of-new-haven-accepts-northeast-conference-membership-invite.aspx|title=Charging Ahead: University of New Haven accepts Northeast Conference membership invite|website=newhavenchagers.com|publisher=New Haven Chargers|date=May 6, 2025|access-date=May 6, 2025}}</ref> Currently, a total of 20 affiliate members compete in football, women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's swimming, women's bowling, field hockey, and men's volleyball. ==Member schools== === Full members === ====Current full members==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! Institution ! Location ! Founded ! Joined ! Type ! Enrollment ! Endowment (2022) ! Nickname ! class="unsortable" | Colors |- | '''[[Central Connecticut State University]]''' | [[New Britain, Connecticut]] | 1849 | 1997 | [[Public university|Public]] | 9,546 | $63,000,000 | [[Central Connecticut Blue Devils|Blue Devils]] | {{college color boxes|Central Connecticut Blue Devils}} |- | '''[[Chicago State University]]''' | [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]] | 1867 | 2024 | Public<br />{{small|([[Thurgood Marshall College Fund|TMCF]])}} | {{nts|2620}}<ref>{{cite web |title=CSU Graduate Enrollment Increases 5% |url=https://www.csu.edu/news/Graduate_Enrollment_Increase.htm |publisher=Chicago State University |access-date=September 27, 2021 |date=September 11, 2021}}</ref> | $9,700,000 | [[Chicago State Cougars|Cougars]] | {{college color boxes|Chicago State Cougars}} |- | '''[[Fairleigh Dickinson University]]''' | [[Teaneck, New Jersey]] | 1942 | 1981 | [[Nonsectarian]] | 8,590 | $88,300,000 | [[Fairleigh Dickinson Knights|Knights]] | {{college color boxes|Fairleigh Dickinson Knights}} |- | '''[[Le Moyne College]]''' | [[DeWitt, New York]]{{efn|group=ffm|The campus has a [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]] mailing address, but almost entirely lies within the adjacent town of DeWitt.}} | 1946 | 2023 | [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]]<br />{{small|([[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]])}} | 3,409 | $180,400,000 | [[Le Moyne Dolphins|Dolphins]] | {{college color boxes|Le Moyne Dolphins}} |- | '''[[Long Island University]]'''{{efn|group=cfm|Prior to 2019β20, LIU operated two separate athletic programs, with only that of the school's Brooklyn campus being an NEC member.}} | [[Brooklyn]] and<br>[[Brookville, New York|Brookville]], [[New York (state)|New York]]{{efn|group=cfm|The merged LIU athletic program bases some sports at the Brooklyn campus and others at the Post campus in Brookville, New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://athletics.liu.edu/faqs/ |title=One LIU: Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Long Island University |access-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012014615/http://athletics.liu.edu/faqs/ |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} | 1926 | 1981 | [[Nonsectarian]] | 16,958{{efn|group=cfm|Combined enrollment of the Brooklyn and Post campuses. All LIU varsity sports are open to undergraduates at either campus who meet NCAA eligibility requirements.}} | $367,000,000 | [[LIU Sharks|Sharks]] | {{college color boxes|LIU Sharks}} |- | '''[[Mercyhurst University]]''' | [[Erie, Pennsylvania]] | 1926 | 2024 | [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]]<br />{{small|([[Sisters of Mercy]])}} | {{nts|2759}} | $31,800,000 | [[Mercyhurst Lakers|Lakers]] | {{college color boxes|Mercyhurst Lakers}} |-bgcolor=#ffa0a0 | '''[[Saint Francis University]]'''{{efn|group=cfm|Departing for the [[Presidents' Athletic Conference]] in 2026.}} | [[Loretto, Pennsylvania]] | 1847 | 1981 | [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]]<br />{{small|([[Third Order Regular of Saint Francis of Penance|Franciscan]])}} | 2,111 | $63,000,000 | [[Saint Francis Red Flash|Red Flash]] | {{college color boxes|Saint Francis Red Flash}} |- | '''[[Stonehill College]]''' | [[Easton, Massachusetts]] | 1948 | 2022 | [[Catholic Church in the United States|Catholic]]<br />{{small|([[Congregation of Holy Cross|Holy Cross]])}} | 2,479 | $295,259,814 | [[Stonehill Skyhawks|Skyhawks]] | {{college color boxes|Stonehill Skyhawks}} |- | '''[[Wagner College]]''' | [[Staten Island|Staten Island, New York]] | 1883 | 1981 | [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America|Lutheran]] | 1,762 | $112,000,000 | [[Wagner Seahawks|Seahawks]] | {{college color boxes|Wagner Seahawks}} |} ;Notes: {{notelist|group=cfm}} ====Future full members==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Institution ! Location ! Founded ! Type ! Enrollment ! Endowment ! Nickname ! Joining ! class="unsortable" | Colors ! Current<br />conference |- | '''[[University of New Haven]]''' | [[New Haven, Connecticut]] | 1920 | [[Nonsectarian]] | 7,513 | $94,000,000<ref name="NewHaven">{{cite web|url=chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.newhaven.edu/_resources/documents/about/fast-facts/fast-facts.pdf|title=New Haven Fast Facts|website=newhaven.edu|publisher=University of New Haven|access-date=May 6, 2025}}</ref> | [[New Haven Chargers|Chargers]] | 2025 | {{college color boxes|New Haven Chargers}} | [[Northeast-10 Conference|Northeast-10 (NE10)]]{{efn|group=future|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}}{{efn|group=future|Reclassification will end in 2028β29}} |} ;Notes: {{notelist|group=future}} ====Former full members==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! Institution ! Location ! Founded ! Joined ! Left ! Type ! Nickname ! class="unsortable" | Colors ! Current<br />conference |- | {{sort|Baltimore|'''[[University of Baltimore]]'''}} | [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]] | 1925 | 1981 | 1983 | Public | [[Baltimore Super Bees|Super Bees]] | {{college color boxes|Baltimore Super Bees}} | ''none''{{efn|group=former|The University of Baltimore dropped intercollegiate athletics after the 1982β83 academic year.}} |- | '''[[Bryant University]]''' | [[Smithfield, Rhode Island]] | 1863 | 2008 | 2022 | rowspan=3 |Private | [[Bryant Bulldogs|Bulldogs]] | {{college color boxes|Bryant Bulldogs}} | [[America East Conference|America East]] |- | '''[[Loyola University Maryland|Loyola College]]''' | [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]] | 1852 | rowspan=2 | 1981 | 1989 | [[Loyola Greyhounds|Greyhounds]] | {{college color boxes|Loyola Greyhounds}} | [[Patriot League|Patriot]] |- | '''[[Marist College]]''' | [[Poughkeepsie, New York]] | 1929 | 1997 | [[Marist Red Foxes|Red Foxes]] | {{college color boxes|Marist Red Foxes}} | [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] |- | '''{{sort|UMBC|[[University of Maryland, Baltimore County]]}}''' | [[Catonsville, Maryland]]{{efn|group=former|Mailing address is Baltimore.}} | 1966 | 1998 | 2003 | Public | [[UMBC Retrievers|Retrievers]] | {{college color boxes|UMBC Retrievers}} | [[America East Conference|America East]] |- | '''[[Merrimack College]]'''{{efn|group=former|name=mcsh|Merrimack and Sacred Heart remain in the NEC as affiliate members for field hockey.}} | [[North Andover, Massachusetts]] | 1947 | 2019 | 2024 | rowspan=9 | Private | [[Merrimack Warriors|Warriors]] | {{college color boxes|Merrimack Warriors}} | [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] |- | '''[[Monmouth University]]'''{{efn|group=former|Monmouth returned to the NEC in 2024β25 as an affiliate member in bowling.}} | [[West Long Branch, New Jersey]] | 1933 | 1985 | 2013 | [[Monmouth Hawks|Hawks]] | {{college color boxes|Monmouth Hawks}} | [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]] |- | '''[[Mount St. Mary's University]]''' | [[Emmitsburg, Maryland]]{{efn|group=former|The Mount St. Mary's campus has an Emmitsburg mailing address, but is located in unincorporated [[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick County]].}} | 1808 | 1989 | 2022 | [[Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers|Mountaineers]] | {{college color boxes|Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers}} | rowspan=3 | [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] |- | '''[[Quinnipiac University]]''' | [[Hamden, Connecticut]] | 1929 | 1998 | 2013 | [[Quinnipiac Bobcats|Bobcats]] | {{college color boxes|Quinnipiac Bobcats}} |- | '''[[Rider University]]'''{{efn|group=former|Rider returned to the NEC in 2019β20 as an affiliate member for field hockey.}} | [[Lawrenceville, New Jersey]] | 1865 | 1992 | 1997 | [[Rider Broncs|Broncs]] | {{college color boxes|Rider Broncs}} |- | '''[[Robert Morris University]]'''{{efn|group=former|Robert Morris returned to the NEC in 2024β25 as an affiliate member for football and men's lacrosse.}} | [[Moon Township, Pennsylvania]] | 1921 | 1981 | 2020 | [[Robert Morris Colonials|Colonials]] | {{college color boxes|Robert Morris Colonials}} | [[Horizon League|Horizon]] |- | '''[[Sacred Heart University]]'''{{efn|group=former|name=mcsh}} | [[Fairfield, Connecticut]] | 1963 | 1999 | 2024 | [[Sacred Heart Pioneers|Pioneers]] | {{college color boxes|Sacred Heart Pioneers}} | [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] |- | {{sort|Saint Francis College|'''[[St. Francis College]]'''}} | [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]] | 1858 | rowspan=3 | 1981 | 2023 | [[St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers|Terriers]] | {{college color boxes|St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers}} | ''none''{{efn|group=former|St. Francis Brooklyn dropped intercollegiate athletics after the 2022β23 academic year.}} |- | '''[[Siena College]]''' | [[Loudonville, New York]] | 1937 | 1984 | [[Siena Saints|Saints]] | {{college color boxes|Siena Saints}} | [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] |- | '''[[Towson University]]''' | [[Towson, Maryland]] | 1866 | 1982 | Public | [[Towson Tigers|Tigers]] | {{college color boxes|Towson Tigers}} | [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]] |} ;Notes: {{notelist|group=former}} ===Affiliate members=== ====Current affiliate members==== {|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! Institution ! Location ! Founded ! Joined ! Type ! Enrollment ! Nickname ! class="unsortable" | Colors ! NEC<br />sport(s) ! Primary<br />conference |- | rowspan=3 | '''[[Binghamton University]]''' | rowspan=3 | [[Binghamton, New York]]{{efn|group=aff|The BU campus has a Binghamton mailing address, but mostly lies in the adjacent town of [[Vestal, New York|Vestal]].}} | rowspan=3 | 1946 | rowspan=3 | 2023 | rowspan=3 | Public | rowspan=3 | 16,098 | rowspan=3 | [[Binghamton Bearcats|Bearcats]] | rowspan=3 | {{college color boxes|Binghamton Bearcats}} | {{sortname|Men's|golf|nolink=y}} | rowspan=3 | [[America East Conference|America East]] |- | {{sortname|Men's|tennis|nolink=y}} |- | {{sortname|Women's|tennis|nolink=y}} |- | '''[[Cleveland State University]]''' | [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]] | 1964 | 2024 | Public | 16,418 | [[Cleveland State Vikings|Vikings]] | {{college color boxes|Cleveland State Vikings}} | {{sortname|Men's|lacrosse|nolink=y}} | [[Horizon League|Horizon]] |- | '''[[Coppin State University]]''' | [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]] | 1900 | rowspan=4 | 2022 | Public<br />{{small|([[Historically black colleges and universities|HBCU]])}} | 2,348 | [[Coppin State Eagles|Eagles]] | {{college color boxes|Coppin State Eagles}} | Baseball | [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference|MEAC]] |- | '''[[Daemen University]]''' | [[Amherst, New York]] | 1947 | Private | 2,156 | [[Daemen Wildcats|Wildcats]] | {{college color boxes|Daemen Wildcats}} | {{sortname|Men's|volleyball|nolink=y}} | [[East Coast Conference|ECC]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}} |- | rowspan="4" | '''[[Delaware State University]]''' | rowspan="4" | [[Dover, Delaware]] | rowspan="4" | 1891 | rowspan=4 | Public{{efn|group=aff|Delaware State is officially chartered as a "privately-governed, state-assisted" institution. This status is broadly similar to that of New York State's [[statutory colleges]], most of which are housed at [[Cornell University]], or institutions in Pennsylvania's [[Commonwealth System of Higher Education]].}}<br />{{small|([[Historically black colleges and universities|HBCU]])}} | rowspan="4" | 4,768 | rowspan="4" | [[Delaware State Hornets|Hornets]] | rowspan="4" | {{college color boxes|Delaware State Hornets}} | Baseball | rowspan="4" | [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference|MEAC]] |- | {{sortname|Women's|golf|nolink=y}} |- | rowspan="2" | 2023 | {{sortname|Women's|lacrosse|nolink=y}} |- | {{sortname|Women's|soccer|nolink=y}} |- | {{sort|Detroit Mercy|'''[[University of Detroit Mercy]]'''}} | [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]] | 1877 | 2024 | rowspan=5 | Private | 5,700 | [[Detroit Mercy Titans men's lacrosse|Titans]] | {{college color boxes|Detroit Mercy Titans}} | Menβs Lacrosse | [[Horizon League|Horizon]] |- | rowspan="2" | '''[[Duquesne University]]''' | rowspan="2" | [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] | rowspan="2" | 1878 | 2008 | rowspan="2" | 10,184 | rowspan="2" | [[Duquesne Dukes|Dukes]] | rowspan="2" | {{college color boxes|Duquesne Dukes}} | Football | rowspan="2" | [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]] |- | 2016 | Bowling |- | '''{{sort|Dyouville|[[D'Youville University]]}}''' | [[Buffalo, New York]] | 1946 | 2022 | 1,475 | [[D'Youville University#Athletics|Saints]] | {{college color boxes|D'Youville Saints}} | {{sortname|Men's|volleyball|nolink=y}} | [[East Coast Conference|ECC]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2}} |- | '''[[Fairfield University]]''' | [[Fairfield, Connecticut]] | 1942 | 2019{{efn|group=aff|The Fairfield field hockey team had previously competed in the NEC from the 2004 to 2006 fall seasons (2004β05 to 2006β07 school years).}} | 4,991 | [[Fairfield Stags|Stags]] | {{college color boxes|Fairfield Stags}} | Field hockey | [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] |- | rowspan=7 | '''[[Howard University]]''' | rowspan=7 | [[Washington, D.C.]] | rowspan=7 | 1867 | rowspan=2 | 2020 | rowspan=7 | Private<br />{{small|([[Historically black colleges and universities|HBCU]])}} | rowspan=7 | 10,000 | rowspan=7 | [[Howard Bison|Bison]] &<br />[[Howard Bison|Lady Bison]] | rowspan=7 | {{college color boxes|Howard Bison}} | {{sortname|Men's|swimming & diving|nolink=y}} | rowspan=10 | [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference|MEAC]] |- | {{sortname|Women's|swimming & diving|nolink=y}} |- | rowspan=4 | 2021 | {{sortname|Women's|golf|nolink=y}} |- | {{sortname|Women's|lacrosse|nolink=y}} |- | {{sortname|Men's|soccer|nolink=y}} |- | {{sortname|Women's|soccer|nolink=y}} |- | rowspan=4 | 2022 | {{sortname|Men's|golf|nolink=y}} |- | rowspan=3 | '''[[University of Maryland Eastern Shore]]''' | rowspan=3 | [[Princess Anne, Maryland]]{{efn|group=aff|The UMES campus has a Princess Anne mailing address, but lies in unincorporated [[Somerset County, Maryland|Somerset County]].}} | rowspan=3 | 1886 | rowspan=3 | Public<br />{{small|([[Historically black colleges and universities|HBCU]])}} | rowspan=3 | 2,888 | rowspan=3 | [[Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks|Hawks]] | rowspan=3 | {{college color boxes|Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks}} | Baseball |- | {{sortname|Men's|golf|nolink=y}} |- | {{sortname|Women's|golf|nolink=y}} |- | '''[[Merrimack College]]''' | [[North Andover, Massachusetts]] | 1947 | 2024{{efn|group=aff|Merrimack had been a full NEC member from 2019β20 to 2023β24.}} | rowspan=3 | Private | 3,726 | [[Merrimack Warriors|Warriors]] | {{college color boxes|Merrimack Warriors}} | Field hockey | [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] |- | '''[[Monmouth University]]''' | [[West Long Branch, New Jersey]] | 1933 | 2024{{efn|group=aff|Monmouth had been a full NEC member from 1985β86 to 2012β13.}} | 5,675 | [[Monmouth Hawks|Hawks]] | {{college color boxes|Monmouth Hawks}} | rowspan=2 | Bowling | [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]] |- | '''[[Niagara University]]''' | [[Niagara University|Niagara University, New York]]{{efn|group=aff|The Niagara campus is its own census-designated place and postal entity within the town of [[Lewiston, New York|Lewiston]].}} | 1856 | 2023 | 3,765 | [[Niagara Purple Eagles|Purple Eagles]] | {{college color boxes|Niagara Purple Eagles}} | [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] |- | '''[[Norfolk State University]]''' | [[Norfolk, Virginia]] | 1935 | rowspan=3 | 2022 | rowspan=3 | Public<br />{{small|([[Historically black colleges and universities|HBCU]])}} | 5,601 | [[Norfolk State Spartans|Spartans]] | {{college color boxes|Norfolk State Spartans}} | Baseball | rowspan=3 | [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference|MEAC]] |- | rowspan=2 | '''[[North Carolina Central University]]''' | rowspan=2 | [[Durham, North Carolina]] | rowspan=2 | 1910 | rowspan=2 | 8,011 | rowspan=2 | [[North Carolina Central Eagles|Eagles]] | rowspan=2 | {{college color boxes|North Carolina Central Eagles}} | {{sortname|Men's|golf|nolink=y}} |- | {{sortname|Women's|golf|nolink=y}} |- | '''[[Rider University]]''' | [[Lawrenceville, New Jersey]] | 1865 | 2019{{efn|group=aff|Rider was previously a full member from 1992β93 to 1996β97; while its field hockey team had previously competed in the NEC from the 1998 to 2012 fall seasons (1998β99 to 2012β13 school years).}} | rowspan=4 | Private | 5,790 | [[Rider Broncs|Broncs]] | {{college color boxes|Rider Broncs}} | Field hockey | [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] |- | rowspan=2 | '''[[Robert Morris University]]''' | rowspan=2 | [[Moon Township, Pennsylvania]] | rowspan=2 | 1921 | rowspan=2 | 2024{{efn|group=aff|Robert Morris had been a full NEC member from 1981β82 to 2019β20.}} | rowspan=2 | 4,895 | rowspan=2 | [[Robert Morris Colonials|Colonials]] | rowspan=2 | {{college color boxes|Robert Morris Colonials}} | Football | rowspan=2 | [[Horizon League|Horizon]] |- | {{sortname|Men's|lacrosse|nolink=y}} |- | '''[[Sacred Heart University]]''' | [[Fairfield, Connecticut]] | 1963 | 2024{{efn|group=aff|Sacred Heart had been a full NEC member from 1999β2000 to 2023β24.}} | 5,974 | [[Sacred Heart Pioneers|Pioneers]] | {{college color boxes|Sacred Heart Pioneers}} | Field hockey | [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] |- | '''[[Virginia Military Institute]]<br />(VMI)''' | [[Lexington, Virginia]] | 1839 | 2024 | Public<br />{{small|([[United States senior military college|Senior Military College]])}} | 1,772 | [[VMI Keydets|Keydets]] | {{college color boxes|VMI Keydets}} | {{sortname|Men's|lacrosse|nolink=y}} | [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] |} ;Notes: {{notelist|group=aff}} ====Future affiliate members==== {|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! Institution ! Location ! Founded ! Joining ! Type ! Enrollment ! Nickname ! class="unsortable" | Colors ! NEC<br />sport(s) ! Primary<br />conference ! Current conference<br />in affiliate sport |- | '''[[Manhattan University]]''' | [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale, New York]] | 1853 | 2025 | Private | 4,132 | [[Manhattan Jaspers|Jaspers]] | {{college color boxes|Manhattan Jaspers}} | {{sortname|Men's|volleyball|nolink=y}} | [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] | {{N/A}} |- | '''{{sort|Maryland East|[[University of Maryland Eastern Shore]]}}''' | [[Princess Anne, Maryland]]{{efn|group=futaff|The UMES campus has a Princess Anne mailing address, but lies in unincorporated [[Somerset County, Maryland|Somerset County]].}} | 1888 | 2025 | Public<br>{{small|([[Historically black colleges and universities|HBCU]])}} | 2,888 | [[Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks|Hawks]] | {{college color boxes|Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks}} | {{sortname|Men's|volleyball|nolink=y}} | [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference|MEAC]] | {{N/A}} |} ;Notes: {{notelist|group=futaff}} ====Former affiliate members==== {|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! Institution ! Location ! Founded ! Joined ! Left ! Type ! Nickname ! class="unsortable" | Colors ! NEC<br />sport ! Primary<br />conference ! Conference<br />in former<br />NEC sport |- | '''[[Adelphi University]]''' | [[Garden City, New York]] | 1896 | 2008 | 2015 | Private | [[Adelphi Panthers|Panthers]] | {{college color boxes|Adelphi Panthers}} | Bowling | [[Northeast-10 Conference|Northeast-10]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}} | [[East Coast Conference|ECC]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D2}} |- | {{sort|Albany|'''[[University at Albany, SUNY|University at Albany]]'''}} | [[Albany, New York]] | 1844 | 1999 | 2013 | Public | [[Albany Great Danes|Great Danes]] | {{college color boxes|Albany Great Danes}} | Football | [[America East Conference|America East]] | [[Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference|CAA Football]]{{efn|group=faff|name=CAAFB|CAA Football is technically a separate entity from the all-sports Coastal Athletic Association, though both share the same administration.}} |- | '''[[Caldwell University]]''' | [[Caldwell, New Jersey]] | 1939 | 2014 | 2018 | rowspan="2" | Private | [[Caldwell Cougars|Cougars]] | {{color box|red}} {{color box|gold}} | Bowling | [[Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference|CACC]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D2}} | [[East Coast Conference|ECC]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D2}} |- | '''[[Hobart and William Smith Colleges|Hobart College]]''' | [[Geneva, New York]] | 1822 | 2013 | 2022 | [[Hobart Statesmen men's lacrosse|Statesmen]] | {{college color boxes|Hobart Statesmen}} | {{sortname|Men's|lacrosse|nolink=y}} | [[Liberty League|Liberty]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}} | [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]] |- | '''[[Kutztown University of Pennsylvania]]''' | [[Kutztown, Pennsylvania]] | 1866 | 2008 | 2015 | rowspan=4 | Public | [[Kutztown Golden Bears|Golden Bears]] | {{college color boxes|Kutztown Golden Bears}} | Bowling | rowspan=2 | [[Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference|PSAC]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D2}} | [[East Coast Conference|ECC]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D2}} |- | '''[[Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania]]''' | [[Lock Haven, Pennsylvania]] | 1942 | 2004 | 2010 | [[Lock Haven Bald Eagles|Bald Eagles]] | {{college color boxes|Lock Haven Bald Eagles}} | Field hockey | [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]] |- | '''[[New Jersey City University]]''' | [[Jersey City, New Jersey]] | 1929 | 2009 | 2013 | [[New Jersey City Gothic Knights|Gothic Knights]] | {{color box|green}} {{color box|gold}} | Bowling | [[New Jersey Athletic Conference|NJAC]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D3}} | [[Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference|AMCC]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D3}}<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.amccsports.org/sports/wbowl/2014-15/releases/NJCU_Affiliate_Member_Announcement |title=New Jersey City University Joins AMCC as Affiliate Member in Women's Bowling |publisher=[[Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference]] |date=May 27, 2015 |access-date=June 18, 2018}}</ref> |- | '''[[New Jersey Institute of Technology]]'''<br />'''(NJIT)''' | [[Newark, New Jersey]] | 1881 | 2019<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://northeastconference.org/news/2018/10/19/general-nec-welcomes-njit-as-mens-lacrosse-associate-member.aspx |title=NEC Welcomes NJIT as Men's Lacrosse Associate Member |publisher=Northeast Conference |date=October 19, 2018 |access-date=October 23, 2018}}</ref> | 2020 | [[NJIT Highlanders|Highlanders]] | {{college color boxes|NJIT Highlanders}} | {{sortname|Women's|lacrosse|nolink=y}} | colspan=2 | [[America East Conference|America East]]{{efn|group=faff|NJIT left NEC men's lacrosse after only one season when it became a full member of the [[America East Conference]], which sponsors that sport.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.njithighlanders.com/news/2020/6/12/general-njit-to-join-america-east-conference-as-10th-member-institution.aspx |title=NJIT to Join America East Conference as 10th Member Institution |publisher=NJIT Highlanders |date=June 12, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref>}} |- | {{sort|Saint John's|'''[[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's University]]'''}} | [[Queens|Queens, New York]] | 1870 | 2000 | 2003 | rowspan=4 | Private | [[St. John's Red Storm football|Red Storm]] | {{college color boxes|St. John's Red Storm}} | Football | [[Big East Conference|Big East]] | ''none''{{efn|group=faff|St. John's dropped football after the 2002 fall season (2002β03 school year).}} |- | '''[[Saint Joseph's University]]''' | [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] | 1851 | 2013 | 2022 | [[Saint Joseph's Hawks men's lacrosse|Hawks]] | {{college color boxes|Saint Joseph's Hawks}} | {{sortname|Men's|lacrosse|nolink=y}} | colspan=2 | [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]] |- | '''[[Saint Peter's University]]''' | [[Jersey City, New Jersey]] | 1872 | 2008 | rowspan="2" | 2013 | [[Saint Peter's Peacocks|Peahens]]{{efn|group=faff|When Saint Peter's was an NEC associate member, its men's teams used the nickname Peacocks, with women's teams using Peahens. The university has since adopted Peacocks for all teams.}} | {{college color boxes|Saint Peter's Peacocks}} | Bowling | [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] | ''none''{{efn|group=faff|Saint Peter's dropped bowling after the 2017β18 school year.}} |- | '''[[Siena College]]''' | [[Loudonville, New York]] | 1937 | 1998 | [[Siena Saints|Saints]] | {{college color boxes|Siena Saints}} | Field hockey | [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] | ''none''{{efn|group=faff|Siena dropped field hockey after the 2017 fall season (2017β18 school year).}} |- | '''[[Stony Brook University]]''' | [[Stony Brook, New York]] | 1957 | 1999 | rowspan=3 | 2007 | Public | [[Stony Brook Seawolves|Seawolves]] | {{college color boxes|Stony Brook Seawolves}} | Football | [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]] | [[Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference|CAA Football]]{{efn|group=faff|name=CAAFB}} |- | rowspan="2" | '''[[Virginia Military Institute]]'''<br />'''(VMI)''' | rowspan="2" | [[Lexington, Virginia]] | rowspan="2" | 1839 | rowspan="2" | 2003{{efn|group=faff|The VMI men's swimming program joined the NEC for the 2003β04 school year. The women's swimming team became a varsity program during the 2005β06 school year.}} | rowspan="2" | Public<br />{{small|([[Senior Military College]])}} | rowspan="2" | [[VMI Keydets|Keydets]] | rowspan="2" | {{college color boxes|VMI Keydets}} | {{sortname|Men's|swimming & diving|nolink=y}} | rowspan="2" | [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] | rowspan="2" | [[America East Conference|America East]]{{efn|group=faff|At the time of their membership in the Northeast Conference, VMI was a member of the Big South. In 2014, they became full members of the [[Southern Conference]] (SoCon). In swimming, the Keydets left the NEC to join the league now known as the [[Coastal Collegiate Sports Association]] (CCSA), and have competed in the [[America East Conference]] since the 2017β18 school year.}} |- | {{sortname|Women's|swimming & diving|nolink=y}} |- |} ;Notes: {{notelist|group=faff}} ===Membership timeline=== <timeline> DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1981 till:2031 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:20 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 #> to display a count on left side of graph, use "left:20" to suppress the count, use "left:20"<# Colors = id:barcolor value:rgb(0.99,0.7,0.7) id:line value:black id:bg value:white id:Full value:rgb(0.742,0.727,0.852) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports id:FullxF value:rgb(0.551,0.824,0.777) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football id:AssocF value:rgb(0.98,0.5,0.445) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.5,0.691,0.824) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in some sports, but not all (consider identifying in legend or a footnote) id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference where OtherC1 has already been used, to distinguish the two PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s bar:1 color:FullxF from:1981 till:1982 text:[[Towson University|Towson]] (1981β1982) bar:1 color:OtherC1 from:1982 shift:(100,-4) till:1992 text:[[East Coast Conference (Division I)|East Coast]] bar:1 color:OtherC2 from:1992 till:1995 text:[[Big South Conference|Big South]] bar:1 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:2001 text:[[America East Conference|America East]] bar:1 color:OtherC2 from:2001 till:end text:[[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]] bar:2 color:FullxF from:1981 till:1983 text:[[University of Baltimore|Baltimore]] (1981β1983, then dropped athletics) bar:3 color:FullxF from:1981 till:1984 text:[[Siena College|Siena]] (1981β1984) bar:3 shift:(35) color:OtherC2 from:1984 till:1989 text:[[America East Conference|ECAC North]] bar:3 color:OtherC1 from:1989 till:end text:[[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] bar:4 color:FullxF from:1981 till:1989 text:[[Loyola University Maryland|Loyola (MD)]] (1981β1989) bar:4 color:OtherC1 from:1989 till:2013 text:[[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] bar:4 color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:end text:[[Patriot League]] bar:5 color:FullxF from:1981 till:1997 text:[[Marist College|Marist]] (1981β1997) bar:5 color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:end text:[[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] bar:6 color:FullxF from:1981 till:end text:[[Fairleigh Dickinson University|Fairleigh Dickinson]] (1981βpresent) bar:7 color:FullxF from:1981 till:2019 text:[[Long Island University|Long Island]] (1981βpresent) bar:7 color:Full from:2019 till:end bar:8 color:FullxF from:1981 till:1996 text:[[Robert Morris University|Robert Morris]] (1981β2020) bar:8 color:Full from:1996 till:2020 bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:2020 till:2024 text:[[Horizon League|Horizon]] bar:8 color:AssocF from:2024 till:end text:(football & men's lacrosse; 2024βpresent) bar:9 color:FullxF from:1981 till:2023 text:[[St. Francis College|St. Francis Brooklyn]] (1981β2023, then dropped athletics) bar:10 color:FullxF from:1981 till:1996 text:[[Saint Francis University (Pennsylvania)|Saint Francis (PA)]] (1981β2026) bar:10 color:Full from:1996 till:2026 bar:10 color:OtherC1 from:2026 till:end text:[[Presidents' Athletic Conference|PAC]] (D-III) bar:11 color:FullxF from:1981 till:1996 text:[[Wagner College|Wagner]] (1981βpresent) bar:11 color:Full from:1996 till:end bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1985 text:Independent bar:12 color:FullxF from:1985 till:2013 text:[[Monmouth University|Monmouth]] (1985β2013) bar:12 color:Full from:1996 till:2013 bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:2022 text:[[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:2022 till:2024 text:[[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]] bar:12 color:AssocOS from:2024 till:end text:(bowling; 2024βpresent) bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1989 text:Independent bar:13 color:FullxF from:1989 till:2022 text:[[Mount St. Mary's University|Mount Saint Mary's]] (1989β2022) bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:2022 till:end text:[[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1992 text:[[East Coast Conference (Division I)|ECC]] bar:14 color:FullxF from:1992 till:1997 text:[[Rider University|Rider]] (1992β1997) bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:1998 text:[[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] bar:14 shift:20 color:AssocOS from:1998 till:2013 text:(field hockey; 1998β2013, 2019βpresent) bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:2019 text:[[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] bar:14 color:AssocOS from:2019 till:end bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1990 text:Independent bar:15 color:OtherC2 from:1990 till:1992 text:[[East Coast Conference (Division I)|ECC]] bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:1992 till:1993 text:Ind. bar:15 color:OtherC2 from:1993 till:1994 text:[[East Coast Conference (Division I)|ECC]] bar:15 shift:(10) color:OtherC1 from:1994 till:1996 text:[[Summit League|Mid-Con]] bar:15 color:AssocF from:1996 till:1997 bar:15 color:Full from:1997 till:end text:[[Central Connecticut State University|Central Connecticut]] (1997βpresent) bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1987 text:[[New England Collegiate Conference (Division II)|NECC]] bar:16 color:OtherC2 from:1987 till:1998 text:[[Northeast-10 Conference|NE-10]] bar:16 color:FullxF from:1998 till:2013 text:[[Quinnipiac University|Quinnipiac]] (1998β2013) bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:[[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] bar:17 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1990 text:Independent bar:17 color:OtherC2 from:1990 till:1992 text:[[East Coast Conference (Division I)|ECC]] bar:17 color:OtherC1 from:1992 till:1998 text:[[Big South Conference|Big South]] bar:17 color:FullxF from:1998 till:2003 text:[[University of Maryland, Baltimore County|UMBC]] (1998β2003) bar:17 color:OtherC1 from:2003 till:end text:[[America East Conference|America East]] bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1998 text:[[New England Collegiate Conference (Division II)|NECC]] bar:18 color:AssocF from:1998 till:1999 bar:18 color:Full from:1999 till:2024 text:[[Sacred Heart University|Sacred Heart]] (1999β2024) bar:18 color:AssocOS from:2024 till:end text:[[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] (field hockey; 2024βpresent) bar:19 color:AssocF from:1999 till:2013 text:[[University at Albany, SUNY|Albany]] (1999β2013) bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:[[Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference|CAA Football]] bar:20 color:AssocF from:1999 till:2008 text:[[Stony Brook University|Stony Brook]] (1999β2008) bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:2008 till:2013 text: [[Big South Conference|Big South]] bar:20 color:OtherC2 from:2013 till:end text:[[Colonial Athletic Association Football Conference|CAA Football]] bar:21 color:AssocF from:2000 till:2002 text:[[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's]] (2000β2002) bar:24 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:2008 text:[[Northeast-10 Conference|NE-10]] bar:24 color:FullxF from:2008 till:2009 text:[[Bryant University|Bryant]] (2008β2022) bar:24 color:Full from:2009 till:2022 bar:24 color:OtherC1 from:2022 till:end text:[[America East Conference|AmEast]] bar:25 color:AssocF from:2008 till:end text:[[Duquesne University|Duquesne]] (football 2008βpresent; bowling 2016βpresent) bar:26 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1984 text:Independent bar:26 color:OtherC2 from:1984 till:2019 text:[[Northeast-10 Conference|NE-10]] bar:26 color:Full from:2019 till:2024 text:[[Merrimack College|Merrimack]] (2019β2024) bar:26 shift:25 color:AssocOS from:2024 till:end text:[[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] (field hockey; 2024βpresent) bar:29 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:2022 text:[[Northeast-10 Conference|NE-10]] bar:29 color:Full from:2022 till:end text:[[Stonehill College|Stonehill]] (2022βpresent) bar:30 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1983 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|D-II Ind.]] bar:30 color:OtherC2 from:1983 till:1991 text:Mideast Collegiate Conference bar:30 color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:1992 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|Ind.]] bar:30 color:OtherC2 from:1992 till:1996 text:[[New England Collegiate Conference (Division II)|NECC]] bar:30 color:OtherC1 from:1996 till:2023 text:[[Northeast-10 Conference|NE-10]] bar:30 color:FullxF from:2023 till:end text:[[Le Moyne College|Le Moyne]] (2023βpresent) bar:31 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1984 text:[[NAIA independent schools|NAIA Ind.]] bar:31 color:OtherC2 from:1984 till:1993 text:[[NCAA Division I independent schools|D-I Ind.]] bar:31 shift:(-5) color:OtherC1 from:1993 till:1994 text:[[East Coast Conference (Division I)|ECC]] bar:31 color:OtherC2 from:1994 till:2006 text:[[Summit League|Mid-Continent]] bar:31 color:OtherC1 from:2006 till:2009 text:[[NCAA Division I independent schools|D-I Ind.]] bar:31 color:OtherC2 from:2009 till:2013 text:[[Great West Conference|Great West]] bar:31 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:2022 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] bar:31 color:OtherC2 from:2022 till:2024 text:[[NCAA Division I independent schools|D-I Ind.]] bar:31 color:FullxF from:2024 till:2026 text:[[Chicago State University|Chicago State]] (2024βpresent) bar:31 color:Full from:2026 till:end bar:32 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1993 text:[[NCAA Division III independent schools|D-III Ind.]] bar:32 color:OtherC2 from:1993 till:1995 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|D-II Ind.]] bar:32 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:2008 text:[[Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|GLIAC]] bar:32 color:OtherC2 from:2008 till:2024 text:[[Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference|PSAC]] bar:32 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:[[Mercyhurst University|Mercyhurst]] (2024βpresent) bar:33 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:2000 text:[[New England Collegiate Conference (Division II)|NECC]] bar:33 color:OtherC2 from:2000 till:2002 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|D-II Ind.]] bar:33 color:OtherC1 from:2002 till:2008 text:[[East Coast Conference|ECC (D-II)]] bar:33 color:OtherC2 from:2008 till:2025 text:[[Northeast-10 Conference|NE-10]] bar:33 color:FullxF from:2025 till:2026 text:[[University of New Haven|New Haven]] (2025βpresent) bar:33 color:Full from:2026 till:end bar:N color:powderblue from:1981 till:1988 text:ECAC Metro bar:N color:blue from:1988 till:end text:Northeast (NEC) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:2 start:1981 TextData = fontsize:M textcolor:black pos:(0,30) tabs:(400-center) text:^"Northeast Conference Membership History" #> If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following six options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. {{Font color||{{RGB|190|186|218}}|Full members}} {{Font color||{{RGB|141|211|199}}|Full members (non-football)}} {{Font color||{{RGB|251|128|114}}|Assoc. members (football only)}} {{Font color||{{RGB|128|177|211}}|Assoc. member (list sports)}} {{Font color||{{RGB|255|255|179}}|Other Conference}} {{Font color||{{RGB|253|180|98}}|Other Conference}} <# </timeline> {{Font color||{{RGB|190|186|218}}|Full members }} {{Font color||{{RGB|141|211|199}}|Full members (non-football) }} {{Font color||{{RGB|251|128|114}}|Football Affiliate }} {{Font color||{{RGB|127|176|210}}|Affiliate member (other sports) }} {{Font color||{{RGB|255|255|179}}|Other Conference }} {{Font color||{{RGB|253|180|98}}|Other Conference }} ==Sports== The Northeast Conference currently sponsors championship competition in 11 men's and 13 women's NCAA sanctioned sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northeastconference.org/|title=The Official Site of the Northeast Conference}}</ref> Twelve schools are associate members in 14 of those sports. The most recent change to the NEC sports lineup is the reinstatement of men's lacrosse in 2024β25 after it had been eliminated in 2022. At the same time men's lacrosse was dropped, the NEC added men's volleyball.<ref name=NECMLAX22/> {{see also|Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament}} {{see also|Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament}} {{see also|Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Teams in Northeast Conference competition !Sport||Men's||Women's |- | style="text-align: left" | [[College baseball|Baseball]] || 11 || β |- | style="text-align: left" | [[College basketball|Basketball]] || 9 || 9 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[Ten-pin bowling|Bowling]] || β || 8 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[Cross country running|Cross country]] || 9 || 9 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[Field hockey]] || β || 9 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[College football|Football]] || 8 || β |- | style="text-align: left" | [[Golf]] || 11 || 12 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[College lacrosse|Lacrosse]] || 8 || 10 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[College soccer in the United States|Soccer]] || 9 || 11 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[Softball]] || β || 8 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]] & [[Diving (sport)|Diving]] || 4 || 7 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[Tennis]] || 9 || 9 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[Track and field#Indoor|Track and Field (Indoor)]] || 8 || 8 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[Track and field#Outdoor|Track and Field (Outdoor)]] || 8 || 8 |- | style="text-align: left" | [[Volleyball]] || 5 || 8 |} ;Notes: {{notelist|group=t}} ===Men's sponsored sports by school=== <!--Departing members in pink.--> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:75%;" |- ! School !! Baseball !! Basketball !! Cross<br>Country !! Football !! Golf !! Lacrosse !! Soccer !! Swimming & Diving !! Tennis !! Track & Field<br>(Indoor) !! Track & Field<br>(Outdoor) !! Volleyball !! Total NEC<br>Sports |- | Central Connecticut || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 7 |- | Chicago State || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}}{{efn|group=m|In April 2025, Chicago State hired its first head football coach,<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.gocsucougars.com/news/2025/4/8/chicago-state-introduces-bobby-rome-ii-as-head-football-coach.aspx |title=Chicago State Introduces Bobby Rome II as Head Football Coach |publisher=Chicago State Cougars |date=April 8, 2025 |access-date=April 9, 2025}}</ref> with an expected first season in 2026.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gocsucougars.com/feature/csu-sports-expansion |title=Chicago State Sports Expansion |publisher=Chicago State Cougars |access-date=February 12, 2025}}</ref>}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}}{{efn|group=m|Chicago State men's tennis is playing in the [[Horizon League]] in the 2024β25 season before moving to the NEC in 2025.<ref name="csutennis">{{cite press release |url=https://www.gocsucougars.com/news/2024/7/1/general-chicago-state-officially-enters-the-northeast-conference.aspx|title=Chicago State Officially Enters the Northeast Conference |quote=The full NEC conference membership will be for 13 of CSU's men's and women's sports while men's and women's tennis will remain in the Horizon League for one more season. |publisher=Chicago State Cougars Athletics |date=July 1, 2024 |access-date=October 16, 2024}}</ref> }} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 6 |- | Fairleigh Dickinson || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9 |- | Le Moyne || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 10 |- | LIU || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 12 |- | Mercyhurst || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 8 |- | Saint Francis || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9 |- | Stonehill || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 8 |- | Wagner || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 10 |- ! '''Totals''' || 7+4{{efn|group=m|Affiliate members Coppin State, Delaware State, UMES, and Norfolk State}} || 9 || 9 || 6+2{{efn|group=m|Affiliate members Duquesne and Robert Morris}} || 7+4{{efn|group=m|Affiliate members Binghamton, Howard, UMES, and North Carolina Central}} || 4+4{{efn|group=m|Affiliate members Cleveland State, Detroit Mercy, Robert Morris, and VMI}} || 8+1{{efn|group=m|name=hu|Affiliate member Howard}} || 3+1{{efn|group=m|name=hu}} || 7+1{{efn|group=m|Affiliate member Binghamton}} || 8 || 8 || 3+2{{efn|group=m|Affiliate members Daemen and D'Youville. Manhattan and UMES to join as men's volleyball affiliates in 2025.}} || 76+19 |- !colspan=14|Future member |- | New Haven || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 8 |} ;Notes: {{notelist|group=m}} '''Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Northeast Conference which are played by NEC schools:''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! School !! Fencing{{efn|group=mn|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 fencing, LIU and Wagner field both men's and women's squads, while Fairleigh Dickinson fields only a women's squad.}} !! Ice Hockey !! Water Polo !! Wrestling |- | LIU || IND || [[NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)|Independent]] || β || [[Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association|EIWA]] |- | Mercyhurst || β || [[Atlantic Hockey America|AHA]] || [[Collegiate Water Polo Association|CWPA]] || [[NCAA Division I independent schools#Wrestling|IND]] |- | Stonehill || β || [[NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)|Independent]] || β || β |- | Wagner || IND || β || [[Collegiate Water Polo Association|CWPA]] || β |} ;Notes: {{notelist|group=mn}} ===Women's sponsored sports by school=== <!--Departing members in pink.--> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:75%;" |- ! School !! Basketball !! Bowling !! Cross<br>Country !! Field Hockey !! Golf !! Lacrosse !! Soccer !! Softball !! Swimming & Diving !! Tennis !! Track & Field<br>(Indoor) !! Track & Field<br>(Outdoor)!! Volleyball !! Total NEC<br>Sports |- | Central Connecticut || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9 |- | Chicago State || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}}{{efn|group=w|Chicago State women's tennis is playing in the [[Horizon League]] in the 2024β25 season before moving to the NEC in 2025.<ref name="csutennis" />}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 7 |- | Fairleigh Dickinson || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11 |- | Le Moyne || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11 |- | LIU || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 13 |- | Mercyhurst || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || 10 |- | Saint Francis || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 12 |- | Stonehill || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 12 |- | Wagner || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || 12 |- ! '''Totals''' || 9 || 5+3{{efn|group=w|Affiliate members Duquesne, Monmouth, and Niagara}} || 9 || 5+4{{efn|group=w|Affiliate members Fairfield, Merrimack, Rider, and Sacred Heart}} || 8+4{{efn|group=w|Affiliate members Delaware State, Howard, UMES, and North Carolina Central}} || 8+2{{efn|group=w|name=dh|Affiliate members Delaware State and Howard}} || 9+2{{efn|group=w|name=dh}} || 8 || 6+1{{efn|group=w|Affiliate member Howard}} || 7+1{{efn|group=w|Affiliate member Binghamton}} || 8 || 8 || 8 || 97+17 |- !colspan=15|Future member |- | New Haven || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11 |} ;Notes: {{notelist|group=w}} '''Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Northeast Conference which are played by NEC schools:''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! School !! Acrobatics &<br>Tumbling{{efn|group=wn|name=Emerging|Part of the [[NCAA Emerging Sports for Women]] program.}} !! Equestrian{{efn|group=wn|name=Emerging}} !! Fencing{{efn|group=wn|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 four NEC members that sponsor the sport, LIU and Sacred Heart have both men's and women's squads (with LIU having added men's fencing in 2022β23), and Fairleigh Dickinson and Wagner field only women's squads. Wagner will add a men's squad to its existing women's squad in 2023β24.}} !! Gymnastics !! Ice Hockey !! Rowing !! Rugby{{efn|group=wn|name=Emerging}} !! Stunt{{efn|group=wn|name=Emerging}} !! Triathlon{{efn|group=wn|name=Emerging}} !! Water Polo |- | Chicago State || β || β || β || β || β || β || β || β || IND{{efn|group=wn|name=WTri|The NCAA considers all triathlon schools that do not compete in the sport within a recognized NCAA conference to be independents.}} || β |- | Fairleigh Dickinson || β || β || [[National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association|NIWFA]] || β || β || β || β || β || β || β |- | LIU || <abbr title="Independent">IND</abbr>{{efn|group=wn|The NCAA considers all acrobatics & tumbling schools that do not compete in the sport within a recognized NCAA conference to be independents.}} || β || <abbr title="Independent">IND</abbr> || [[East Atlantic Gymnastics League|EAGL]] || [[New England Women's Hockey Alliance|NEWHA]] || β || β || β || β || [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] |- | Mercyhurst || β || β || β || β || [[Atlantic Hockey America|AHA]] || IND || β || IND || β || [[Collegiate Water Polo Association|CWPA]] |-bgcolor=lightgray | New Haven || β || β || - || β || β || β || IND || β || β || β |- | Saint Francis || β || β || - || β || β || β || β || β || β || [[Collegiate Water Polo Association|CWPA]] |- | Stonehill || β || IND{{efn|group=wn|name=Weq|The NCAA considers all equestrian schools that do not compete in the sport within a recognized NCAA conference to be independents.}} || β || β || [[New England Women's Hockey Alliance|NEWHA]] || β || β || β || β || β |- | Wagner || β || β || [[National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association|NIWFA]] || β || β || β || β || β || IND{{efn|group=wn|name=WTri}} || [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]] |} In addition to the above, Fairleigh Dickinson and Sacred Heart count their female cheerleaders (but not male cheerleaders) as varsity athletes. ;Notes: {{notelist|group=wn}} ==Basketball champions== ===Men's basketball champions=== {{See also|List of Northeast Conference men's basketball regular season champions}} {{See also|Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament}} {{See also|Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year}} {{See also|Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year}} {| class="wikitable" |- !Season !Regular Season Champion !Tournament champion |- |[[1982 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1982]] |Fairleigh Dickinson (12β3) |Robert Morris |- |[[1983 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1983]] |Robert Morris (12β2) |Robert Morris |- |[[1984 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1984]] |Long Island (11β5) |Long Island |- |[[1985 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1985]] |Marist (11β3) |Fairleigh Dickinson |- |[[1986 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1986]] |Fairleigh Dickinson (13β3) |Marist |- |[[1987 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1987]] |Marist (15β1) |Marist |- |[[1988 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1988]] |Fairleigh Dickinson (13β3) |Fairleigh Dickinson |- |[[1989 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1989]] |Robert Morris (12β4) |Robert Morris |- |[[1990 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1990]] |Robert Morris (12β4) |Robert Morris |- |[[1991 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1991]] |Saint Francis (PA) (13β3) |Saint Francis (PA) |- |[[1992 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1992]] |Robert Morris (12β4) |Robert Morris |- |[[1993 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1993]] |Rider (14β4) |Rider |- |[[1994 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1994]] |Rider (14β4) |Rider |- |[[1995 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1995]] |Rider (13β5) |Mount Saint Mary's |- |[[1996 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1996]] |Mount Saint Mary's (16β2) |Monmouth |- |[[1997 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1997]] |Long Island (15β3) |Long Island |- |[[1998 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1998]] |Long Island (14β2) |Fairleigh Dickinson |- |[[1999 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|1999]] |UMBC (17β3) |Mount Saint Mary's |- |[[2000 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2000]] |Central Connecticut St. (15β3) |Central Connecticut St. |- |[[2001 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2001]] |St. Francis (NY) (16β4) |Monmouth |- |[[2002 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2002]] |Central Connecticut St. (19β1) |Central Connecticut St. |- |[[2003 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2003]] |Wagner (14β4) |Wagner |- |[[2004 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2004]] |Monmouth{{dagger}} and St. Francis (NY) (12β6) |Monmouth |- |[[2005 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2005]] |Monmouth (14β4) |Fairleigh Dickinson |- |[[2006 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2006]] |Fairleigh Dickinson (14β4) |Monmouth |- |[[2007 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2007]] |Central Connecticut St. (16β2) |Central Connecticut St. |- |[[2008 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2008]] |Robert Morris (16β2) |Mount Saint Mary's |- |[[2009 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2009]] |Robert Morris (15β3) |Robert Morris |- |[[2010 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2010]] |Quinnipiac (15β3) |Robert Morris |- |[[2011 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2011]] |Long Island (16β2) |Long Island |- |[[2012 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2012]] |Long Island (16β2) |Long Island |- |[[2013 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2013]] |Robert Morris (14β4) |Long Island |- |[[2014 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2014]] |Robert Morris (14β2) |Mount Saint Mary's |- |[[2015 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2015]] |St. Francis Brooklyn (15β3) |Robert Morris |- |[[2016 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2016]] |Wagner (13-5) |Fairleigh Dickinson |- |[[2017 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2017]] |Mount Saint Mary's (14-4) |Mount Saint Mary's |- | [[2018 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2018]] |Wagner (14-4) | LIU Brooklyn |- | [[2019 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2019]] | Saint Francis (PA){{dagger}} and Fairleigh Dickinson (12β6) | Fairleigh Dickinson |- | [[2020 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2020]] | Merrimack (14β4){{efn|group=mbc|Merrimack was ineligible for the NEC tournament due to being in its first transitional year (of four) from NCAA Division II.}} | Robert Morris |- | [[2021 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2021]] | Wagner (13β5) | Mount St. Mary's |- | [[2022 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2022]] | Bryant (16β2) | Bryant |- | [[2023 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2023]] | Merrimack (12β4) | Merrimack{{efn|group=mbc|Starting with the 2023 edition, NEC tournament eligibility was extended to transitional D-I members effective with the third year of the transition, making fourth-year transitional member Merrimack tournament-eligible. However, it remained ineligible for the NCAA tournament. Merrimack's opponent in the NEC final, [[2022β23 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team|Fairleigh Dickinson]], received the NEC automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.}} |- | [[2024 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2024]] | Central Connecticut St.{{dagger}} and Merrimack (13β3) | Wagner |- | [[2025 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2025]] | Central Connecticut St. (14β2) | Saint Francis |} {{notelist|group=mbc}} :<span style="font-size: 0.9em;">{{dagger}} No. 1 seed in NEC tournament</span> ===Women's basketball champions=== {{See also|Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament}} {{See also|Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year}} {{See also|Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year}} {| class="wikitable" |- !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 (PA) |- |1996-97 |Saint Francis (PA) |Saint Francis (PA) |- |1997-98 |Saint Francis (PA) |Saint Francis (PA) |- |1998-99 |Mount St. Mary's |Saint Francis (PA) |- |1999-00 |Saint Francis (PA) |Saint Francis (PA) |- |2000-01 |Mount St. Mary's |Long Island |- |2001-02 |Saint Francis (PA) |Saint Francis (PA) |- |2002-03 |Saint Francis (PA) |Saint Francis (PA) |- |2003-04 |Saint Francis (PA) |Saint Francis (PA) |- |2004-05 |Saint Francis (PA) |Saint Francis (PA) |- |2005-06 |Sacred Heart |Sacred Heart |- |2006-07 |Long Island, 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 (PA) |- |2010-11 |Saint Francis (PA) |Saint Francis (PA) |- |2011-12 |Sacred Heart |Sacred Heart |- |2012-13 |Quinnipiac |Quinnipiac |- |2013-14 |Robert Morris |Robert Morris |- |2014-15 |Bryant/Central Connecticut |[[2014β15 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers women's basketball team|St. Francis Brooklyn]] |- |2015-16 |Sacred Heart |Robert Morris |- |2016-17 |Robert Morris |Robert Morris |- |2017-18 |Saint Francis (PA) |Saint Francis (PA) |- |2018β19 |Robert Morris |Robert Morris |- | 2019β20 | Robert Morris | ''None; tournament canceled in progress due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19]]'' |- | 2020-21 | Mount St. Maryβs | Mount St. Maryβs |- | 2021-22 | Fairleigh Dickinson | Mount St. Maryβs |- | 2022-23 | Fairleigh Dickinson | Sacred Heart |- | 2023-24 | Sacred Heart | Sacred Heart |- | 2024-25 | Fairleigh Dickinson | Fairleigh Dickinson |} ==Football champions== <div style="float:left; width:30%;"> ===Football champions=== * 1996 β Robert Morris/Monmouth * 1997 β Robert Morris * 1998 β Monmouth/Robert Morris * 1999 β Robert Morris * 2000 β Robert Morris * 2001 β Sacred Heart * 2002 β Albany * 2003 β Monmouth/Albany * 2004 β Monmouth/Central Connecticut * 2005 β Stony Brook/Central Connecticut * 2006 β Monmouth * 2007 β Albany * 2008 β Albany * 2009 β Central Connecticut * 2010 β Robert Morris/Central Connecticut * 2011 β Albany/Duquesne * 2012 β Wagner/Albany * 2013 β Sacred Heart/Duquesne * 2014 β Sacred Heart/Wagner * 2015 β Duquesne * 2016 β Saint Francis (PA)/Duquesne * 2017 β Central Connecticut * 2018 β Duquesne/Sacred Heart * 2019 - Central Connecticut * 2020 - Sacred Heart * 2021 - Sacred Heart * 2022 - Saint Francis (PA) * 2023 - Duquesne * 2024 - Central Connecticut/Duquesne </div><div style="float:right; width:70%;"> ===Most conference championships=== * 7 β Central Connecticut (4 shared) * 7 β Duquesne (5 shared) * 6 β Albany (3 shared) * 6 β Robert Morris (3 shared) * 6 β Sacred Heart (3 shared) * 5 β Monmouth (4 shared) * 2 β Saint Francis (PA) (1 shared) * 2 β Wagner (2 shared) * 1 β Stony Brook (1 shared) </div>{{Clear}} ==Baseball champions== The NEC has held a tournament for baseball since 1993.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://northeastconference.org/sports/2011/9/22/baseball_490.aspx?id=118175 | title=NEC Baseball History }}</ref> {{See also|Northeast Conference baseball tournament}} {| class="wikitable" |- !Season !Regular Season Champion !Season !Tournament champion |- |1987 || Fairleigh Dickinson || || |- |1988|| Fairleigh Dickinson || || |- |1989|| Monmouth || || |- |1990|| Long Island Brooklyn || || |- |1991|| Monmouth || || |- |1992|| St. Francis (NY) || || |- |1993|| Fairleigh Dickinson || 1993 || St. Francis (NY) |- |1994|| Rider/Fairleigh Dickinson|| 1994 || Rider |- |1995|| Rider || 1995 || Rider |- |1996|| Monmouth/Rider|| 1996 || Rider |- |1997|| Marist || 1997 || Marist |- |1998|| St. Francis (NY)/Monmouth|| 1998 || Monmouth |- |1999|| FDU (North Division)<br>Monmouth (South Division)|| 1999 || Monmouth |- |2000|| Long Island Brooklyn (North Division)<br>UMBC (South Division)|| 2000|| Wagner |- |2001|| CCSU/St. Francis (NY) (North Division)<br>Monmouth/UMBC (South Division) || 2001 || UMBC |- |2002|| Monmouth || 2002|| Central Connecticut State |- |2003|| Central Connecticut State|| 2003|| Central Connecticut State |- |2004|| Central Connecticut State|| 2004|| Central Connecticut State |- |2005|| Quinnipiac || 2005 || Quinnipiac |- |2006|| Central Connecticut State || 2006 || Sacred Heart |- |2007|| Quinnipiac/Mt. St. Mary's || 2007|| Monmouth |- |2008|| Monmouth || 2008|| Mount St. Mary's |- |2009|| Wagner || 2009 || Monmouth |- |2010|| Bryant || 2010 || Central Connecticut State |- |2011|| Monmouth || 2011 || Sacred Heart |- |2012|| Bryant || 2012 || Sacred Heart |- |2013|| Bryant || 2013|| Bryant |- |2014|| Bryant || 2014|| Bryant |- |2015|| Bryant|| 2015|| Sacred Heart |- |2016|| Bryant || 2016|| Bryant |- |2017|| Bryant || 2017|| Central Connecticut State |- |2018|| Bryant || 2018|| LIU Brooklyn |- |2019||Bryant || 2019|| Central Connecticut State |- |2021|| Bryant || 2021|| Central Connecticut State |- |2022|| Long Island || 2022|| Long Island |- |2023|| Central Connecticut State || 2023|| Central Connecticut State |- |2024|| Sacred Heart || 2024 || Long Island |} ==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): ;Non-conference *'''Constitution State Rivalry''': Central Connecticut vs. Sacred Heart (non-conference starting in 2024β25) *'''Garden State Rivalry''': Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Monmouth (non-conference since 2013β14) *'''Governor's Cup''': Sacred Heart vs. Quinnipiac (non-conference since 2013β14, MAAC rivalry in 2024β25) *'''Keystone Clash''': Saint Francis (PA) vs. Robert Morris (non-conference since 2020β21, will be discontinued in 2026-27) *'''NYβMD Showdown''': Wagner vs. Mount St. Mary's (non-conference since 2022β23) ;Discontinued *'''[[Battle of Brooklyn (college rivalry)|Battle of Brooklyn]]''': LIU vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (St. Francis Brooklyn dropped athletics after the 2022β23 academic year.) ==Brenda Weare Commissioner's Cup== The NEC Commissioner's Cup was instituted during the 1986β87 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 2012β13 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. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Overall !! Men's !! Women's |- | 2023β24 || Sacred Heart || Merrimack || Sacred Heart |- | 2022-23 || Sacred Heart || Merrimack || Sacred Heart |- | 2021-22 || LIU || LIU || LIU |- | 2020-21 || LIU || Bryant || LIU |- | 2019-20 || Not Awarded || Not Awarded || Not Awarded |- | 2018-19 || Sacred Heart || Bryant || Sacred Heart |- | 2017-18 || Saint Francis (PA) || Bryant || Saint Francis (PA) |- | 2016-17 || Sacred Heart || Bryant || Sacred Heart |- | 2015-16 || Sacred Heart || Bryant || Sacred Heart |- | 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== <!-- Departing members in pink. Future members in gray. --> {| class="sortable wikitable" |- {{CollegePrimaryHeader|border=2|team=Northeast Conference | School | Football stadium | Capacity | Basketball arena | Capacity | Baseball stadium | Capacity }} |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Central Connecticut Blue Devils |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Central Connecticut Blue Devils|{{color|white|'''Central Connecticut'''}}]] | [[Arute Field]] | 5,500 | [[William H. Detrick Gymnasium]] | 3,200 | [[CCSU Baseball Field]] | {{N/A}} |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Chicago State Cougars |color=#fff}}"| [[Chicago State Cougars|{{color|white|'''Chicago State'''}}]] | colspan=2 align=center | ''Non-football school through 2025'' | [[Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center|Jones Convocation Center]] | 7,000 | colspan=2 align=center | ''Non-baseball school'' |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Duquesne Dukes |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Duquesne Dukes|{{color|white|'''Duquesne'''}}]] | [[Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field]] | 2,200 | colspan="4" align=center| ''Football (and bowling)-only member'' |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Fairleigh Dickinson Knights |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Fairleigh Dickinson Knights|{{color|white|'''Fairleigh Dickinson'''}}]] | colspan="2" align=center| ''Non-football school'' | [[Bogota Savings Bank Center]] | 5,000 | [[Naimoli Family Baseball Complex]] | 500 |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Le Moyne Dolphins |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Le Moyne Dolphins|{{color|white|'''Le Moyne'''}}]] | colspan="2" align=center | ''Non-football school'' | [[Ted Grant Court]] | 2,637 | Dick Rockwell Field | {{N/A}} |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|LIU Sharks |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[LIU Sharks|{{color|white|'''LIU'''}}]] | [[Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium]] | 6,000 | [[Steinberg Wellness Center]] | 3,000 | [[LIU Baseball Stadium]] | {{N/A}} |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Mercyhurst Lakers|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Mercyhurst Lakers|{{color|white|'''Mercyhurst'''}}]] | [[Saxon Stadium]] | 2,300 | [[Mercyhurst Athletic Center]] | 1,800 | Mercyhurst Baseball Field | 1,000 |-bgcolor=lightgray | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|New Haven Chargers|color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[New Haven Chargers|{{color|white|'''New Haven'''}}]] | [[Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium]] | 3,500 | Jeffrey P. Hazell Athletics Center | 1,500 | Frank Vieira Field | {{N/A}} |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Robert Morris Colonials |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Robert Morris Colonials|{{color|white|'''Robert Morris'''}}]] | [[Joe Walton Stadium]] | 3,000 | colspan="4" align=center| ''Football (and men's lacrosse)-only member'' |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Saint Francis Red Flash |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Saint Francis Red Flash|{{color|white|'''Saint Francis'''}}]] | [[DeGol Field]] | 3,450 | [[DeGol Arena]] | 3,500 | colspan="2" align=center| ''Non-baseball school'' |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Stonehill Skyhawks |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Stonehill Skyhawks|{{color|white|'''Stonehill'''}}]] | [[W.B. Mason Stadium]] | 2,400 | [[Merkert Gymnasium]] | 1,560 | [[Lou Gorman Field]] | {{N/A}} |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wagner Seahawks |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Wagner Seahawks|{{color|white|'''Wagner'''}}]] | [[Wagner College Stadium]] | 3,500 | [[Spiro Sports Center]] | 2,500 | [[SIUH Community Park]] | 7,171 |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- {{CollegePrimaryHeader|border=2|col1span=5|team=Northeast Conference | Baseball affiliates }} {{CollegePrimaryHeader|border=2|team=Northeast Conference | School | Stadium | Capacity }} |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Coppin State Eagles |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Coppin State Eagles baseball|{{color|white|'''Coppin State'''}}]] | [[Joe Cannon Stadium]] | 1,500 |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Delaware State Hornets |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Delaware State Hornets baseball|{{color|white|'''Delaware State'''}}]] | [[Soldier Field (Dover, Delaware)|Soldier Field]] | 500 |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks baseball|{{color|white|'''Maryland Eastern Shore'''}}]] | [[Hawk Stadium]] | 1,000<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Baseball Quick Facts|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mdes/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/quick_facts/quick_facts.pdf|work=grfx.CSTV.com|publisher=UMES Sports Information Department|access-date=November 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233614/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mdes/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/quick_facts/quick_facts.pdf|archive-date=December 30, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center; {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Norfolk State Spartans |color=#FFFFFF}}"| [[Norfolk State Spartans baseball|{{color|white|'''Norfolk State'''}}]] | [[Marty L. Miller Field]] | 1,500<ref>{{cite web|title=Marty L. Miller Field|url=http://www.nsuspartans.com/sports/2007/10/25/GEN_1025075104.aspx?|work=NSUSpartans.com|access-date=November 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119024152/http://nsuspartans.com/sports/2007/10/25/GEN_1025075104.aspx|archive-date=November 19, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |} ;Notes {{notelist|group=f}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons cat}} * {{Official website}} {{Northeast Conference navbox}} {{NCAA Division I all-sports conferences}} {{NCAA Division I FCS conference navbox}} [[Category:Northeast Conference| ]] [[Category:Northeastern United States]] [[Category:Sports in the Eastern United States]] [[Category:Sports organizations established in 1981]]
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