Northeast Conference

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

History

The conference was named the ECAC Metro Conference when it was established in 1981. The original eleven member schools were Fairleigh Dickinson University, the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University (whose athletic program has now merged with that of LIU's Post campus into a single athletic program), Loyola College in Maryland (left in 1989), Marist College (left in 1997), Robert Morris University (left in 2020), St. Francis College (NY) (left in 2023), Saint Francis College (PA) (leaving in 2026), Siena College (left in 1984), Towson State University (left in 1982), the University of Baltimore (left in 1983) and Wagner College.<ref>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>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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>Template:Cite press release</ref>

Additional changes were announced in 2018 and took effect with the 2019–20 school year. First, on September 10, the NEC announced it would add Merrimack.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Then, on October 3, Long Island University announced that it would combine its two existing athletic programs—NEC member LIU Brooklyn and the Division II program at LIU Post—into a single Division I program under the LIU name. The new LIU program, nicknamed Sharks,<ref name="LIU Sharks">Template:Cite press release</ref> maintains LIU Brooklyn's previous memberships in Division I and the NEC.<ref>Template:Cite press release</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>Template:Cite press release</ref> Mount St. Mary's leaving for the MAAC,<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> and Stonehill arriving from NCAA Division II.<ref>Template:Cite press release</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The number of sports dropped to 22 after the 2012–13 school year, when the conference dropped field hockey. The departure of Monmouth and Quinnipiac to become all-sports members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) in July 2013 gave the MAAC four full members that sponsored the sport; the other two were NEC single-sport affiliates Rider and Siena. The MAAC then decided to add field hockey as a sponsored sport for the 2013 season,<ref>Template:Cite press release</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 members—full members Bryant, LIU, Merrimack, Sacred Heart, and Wagner, plus associate members Fairfield and Rider.<ref name="FH return">Template:Cite press release</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 2020–21 with full members Bryant, LIU, Mount St. Mary's, St. Francis Brooklyn, and Wagner plus incoming associate member Howard.<ref name=Howard>Template:Cite press release</ref>

In 2022–23, the NEC added one sport and dropped another. On September 30, 2021, the NEC announced that it would begin sponsoring men's volleyball in 2022–23 with six members.<ref name=NECMVB>Template:Cite press release</ref> Before the end of the 2021–22 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>Template:Cite press release</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>Template:Cite press release</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>Template:Cite news</ref> and eventually joined the America East in time for the 2023 season.<ref>Template:Cite press release</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>Template:Cite press release</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 2023–24.<ref>Template:Cite press release</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">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Le Moyne was announced as SFC's replacement that May.

The NEC added two affiliate members in 2023–24—Binghamton University in men's golf plus men's and women's tennis,<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> and Niagara University in bowling. Niagara added that sport for 2023–24 by effectively absorbing the bowling program of Medaille University, a nearby Division III school that closed at the end of the 2022–23 school year.<ref>Template:Cite press release</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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 2024–25 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>Template:Cite press release</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>Template:Cite press release</ref> In November 2023, Robert Morris also announced that it would return to the NEC in football.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Shortly after this, Maryland Eastern Shore announced that it would add men's volleyball in the 2026 season (2025–26 school year) as an NEC associate member, increasing the number of its NEC teams to four. It became the first historically African-American Division I member to announce the addition of that sport.<ref>Template:Cite press release</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>Template:Cite press release</ref> Also in 2024–25, former full member Monmouth returned to the NEC as an associate member in bowling.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> Soon after the start of the 2024–25 academic year, Manhattan University announced that it was going to add men's volleyball and become an NEC affiliate in 2025–26.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

In response to the departure of Merrimack and Sacred Heart, the NEC announced first in December 2023 that D-I independent Chicago State University was going to join the NEC.<ref>Template:Cite press release</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>Template:Cite press release</ref>

On March 25, 2025, Saint Francis University announced it would transition from Division I to Division III following the 2025–26 academic year.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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 Division II starting on July 1, 2025.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Endowment (2022)	Nickname	Colors
Central Connecticut State University	New Britain, Connecticut	1849	1997	Public	9,546	$63,000,000	Blue Devils	Template:College color boxes
Chicago State University	Chicago, Illinois	1867	2024	Public Template:Small	Template:Nts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	$9,700,000	Cougars	Template:College color boxes
Fairleigh Dickinson University	Teaneck, New Jersey	1942	1981	Nonsectarian	8,590	$88,300,000	Knights	Template:College color boxes
Le Moyne College	DeWitt, New YorkTemplate:Efn	1946	2023	Catholic Template:Small	3,409	$180,400,000	Dolphins	Template:College color boxes
Long Island UniversityTemplate:Efn	Brooklyn and Brookville, New YorkTemplate:Efn	1926	1981	Nonsectarian	16,958Template:Efn	$367,000,000	Sharks	Template:College color boxes
Mercyhurst University	Erie, Pennsylvania	1926	2024	Catholic Template:Small	Template:Nts	$31,800,000	Lakers	Template:College color boxes
Saint Francis UniversityTemplate:Efn	Loretto, Pennsylvania	1847	1981	Catholic Template:Small	2,111	$63,000,000	Red Flash	Template:College color boxes
Stonehill College	Easton, Massachusetts	1948	2022	Catholic Template:Small	2,479	$295,259,814	Skyhawks	Template:College color boxes
Wagner College	Staten Island, New York	1883	1981	Lutheran	1,762	$112,000,000	Seahawks	Template:College color boxes

Notes

Future full members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Endowment	Nickname	Joining	Colors	Current conference
University of New Haven	New Haven, Connecticut	1920	Nonsectarian	7,513	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Chargers	2025	Template:College color boxes	Northeast-10 (NE10)Template:EfnTemplate:Efn

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Former full members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Nickname	Colors	Current conference
Template:Sort	Baltimore, Maryland	1925	1981	1983	Public	Super Bees	Template:College color boxes	noneTemplate:Efn
Bryant University	Smithfield, Rhode Island	1863	2008	2022	Private	Bulldogs	Template:College color boxes	America East
Loyola College	Baltimore, Maryland	1852	1981	1989		Greyhounds	Template:College color boxes	Patriot
Marist College	Poughkeepsie, New York	1929		1997		Red Foxes	Template:College color boxes	MAAC
Template:Sort	Catonsville, MarylandTemplate:Efn	1966	1998	2003	Public	Retrievers	Template:College color boxes	America East
Merrimack CollegeTemplate:Efn	North Andover, Massachusetts	1947	2019	2024	Private	Warriors	Template:College color boxes	MAAC
Monmouth UniversityTemplate:Efn	West Long Branch, New Jersey	1933	1985	2013		Hawks	Template:College color boxes	CAA
Mount St. Mary's University	Emmitsburg, MarylandTemplate:Efn	1808	1989	2022		Mountaineers	Template:College color boxes	MAAC
Quinnipiac University	Hamden, Connecticut	1929	1998	2013		Bobcats	Template:College color boxes
Rider UniversityTemplate:Efn	Lawrenceville, New Jersey	1865	1992	1997		Broncs	Template:College color boxes
Robert Morris UniversityTemplate:Efn	Moon Township, Pennsylvania	1921	1981	2020		Colonials	Template:College color boxes	Horizon
Sacred Heart UniversityTemplate:Efn	Fairfield, Connecticut	1963	1999	2024		Pioneers	Template:College color boxes	MAAC
Template:Sort	Brooklyn, New York	1858	1981	2023		Terriers	Template:College color boxes	noneTemplate:Efn
Siena College	Loudonville, New York	1937		1984		Saints	Template:College color boxes	MAAC
Towson University	Towson, Maryland	1866		1982	Public	Tigers	Template:College color boxes	CAA

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Affiliate members

Current affiliate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	NEC sport(s)	Primary conference
Binghamton University	Binghamton, New YorkTemplate:Efn	1946	2023	Public	16,098	Bearcats	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	America East
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Cleveland State University	Cleveland, Ohio	1964	2024	Public	16,418	Vikings	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	Horizon
Coppin State University	Baltimore, Maryland	1900	2022	Public Template:Small	2,348	Eagles	Template:College color boxes	Baseball	MEAC
Daemen University	Amherst, New York	1947		Private	2,156	Wildcats	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	ECCTemplate:Efn
Delaware State University	Dover, Delaware	1891		PublicTemplate:Efn Template:Small	4,768	Hornets	Template:College color boxes	Baseball	MEAC
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Template:Sort	Detroit, Michigan	1877	2024	Private	5,700	Titans	Template:College color boxes	Men’s Lacrosse	Horizon
Duquesne University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1878	2008		10,184	Dukes	Template:College color boxes	Football	Atlantic 10
			2016					Bowling
Template:Sort	Buffalo, New York	1946	2022		1,475	Saints	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	ECCTemplate:Efn
Fairfield University	Fairfield, Connecticut	1942	2019Template:Efn		4,991	Stags	Template:College color boxes	Field hockey	MAAC
Howard University	Washington, D.C.	1867	2020	Private Template:Small	10,000	Bison & Lady Bison	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	MEAC
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University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Princess Anne, MarylandTemplate:Efn	1886		Public Template:Small	2,888	Hawks	Template:College color boxes	Baseball
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Merrimack College	North Andover, Massachusetts	1947	2024Template:Efn	Private	3,726	Warriors	Template:College color boxes	Field hockey	MAAC
Monmouth University	West Long Branch, New Jersey	1933	2024Template:Efn		5,675	Hawks	Template:College color boxes	Bowling	CAA
Niagara University	Niagara University, New YorkTemplate:Efn	1856	2023		3,765	Purple Eagles	Template:College color boxes		MAAC
Norfolk State University	Norfolk, Virginia	1935	2022	Public Template:Small	5,601	Spartans	Template:College color boxes	Baseball	MEAC
North Carolina Central University	Durham, North Carolina	1910			8,011	Eagles	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname
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Rider University	Lawrenceville, New Jersey	1865	2019Template:Efn	Private	5,790	Broncs	Template:College color boxes	Field hockey	MAAC
Robert Morris University	Moon Township, Pennsylvania	1921	2024Template:Efn		4,895	Colonials	Template:College color boxes	Football	Horizon
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Sacred Heart University	Fairfield, Connecticut	1963	2024Template:Efn		5,974	Pioneers	Template:College color boxes	Field hockey	MAAC
Virginia Military Institute (VMI)	Lexington, Virginia	1839	2024	Public Template:Small	1,772	Keydets	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	SoCon

Notes

Future affiliate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joining	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors	NEC sport(s)	Primary conference	Current conference in affiliate sport
Manhattan University	Riverdale, New York	1853	2025	Private	4,132	Jaspers	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	MAAC	Template:N/A
Template:Sort	Princess Anne, MarylandTemplate:Efn	1888	2025	Public Template:Small	2,888	Hawks	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	MEAC	Template:N/A

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Former affiliate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Left	Type	Nickname	Colors	NEC sport	Primary conference	Conference in former NEC sport
Adelphi University	Garden City, New York	1896	2008	2015	Private	Panthers	Template:College color boxes	Bowling	Northeast-10Template:Efn	ECCTemplate:Efn
Template:Sort	Albany, New York	1844	1999	2013	Public	Great Danes	Template:College color boxes	Football	America East	CAA FootballTemplate:Efn
Caldwell University	Caldwell, New Jersey	1939	2014	2018	Private	Cougars	Template:Color box Template:Color box	Bowling	CACCTemplate:Efn	ECCTemplate:Efn
Hobart College	Geneva, New York	1822	2013	2022		Statesmen	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	LibertyTemplate:Efn	Atlantic 10
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	Kutztown, Pennsylvania	1866	2008	2015	Public	Golden Bears	Template:College color boxes	Bowling	PSACTemplate:Efn	ECCTemplate:Efn
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania	1942	2004	2010		Bald Eagles	Template:College color boxes	Field hockey		Atlantic 10
New Jersey City University	Jersey City, New Jersey	1929	2009	2013		Gothic Knights	Template:Color box Template:Color box	Bowling	NJACTemplate:Efn	AMCCTemplate:Efn<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)	Newark, New Jersey	1881	2019<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>	2020		Highlanders	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	America EastTemplate:Efn
Template:Sort	Queens, New York	1870	2000	2003	Private	Red Storm	Template:College color boxes	Football	Big East	noneTemplate:Efn
Saint Joseph's University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1851	2013	2022		Hawks	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	Atlantic 10
Saint Peter's University	Jersey City, New Jersey	1872	2008	2013		PeahensTemplate:Efn	Template:College color boxes	Bowling	MAAC	noneTemplate:Efn
Siena College	Loudonville, New York	1937	1998			Saints	Template:College color boxes	Field hockey	MAAC	noneTemplate:Efn
Stony Brook University	Stony Brook, New York	1957	1999	2007	Public	Seawolves	Template:College color boxes	Football	CAA	CAA FootballTemplate:Efn
Virginia Military Institute (VMI)	Lexington, Virginia	1839	2003Template:Efn		Public Template:Small	Keydets	Template:College color boxes	Template:Sortname	SoCon	America EastTemplate:Efn
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Membership timeline

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  bar:26 shift:25 color:AssocOS from:2024 till:end text:MAAC (field hockey; 2024–present)

  bar:29 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:2022 text:NE-10
  bar:29 color:Full from:2022 till:end text:Stonehill (2022–present)

  bar:30 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1983 text:D-II Ind.
  bar:30 color:OtherC2 from:1983 till:1991 text:Mideast Collegiate Conference
  bar:30 color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:1992 text:Ind.
  bar:30 color:OtherC2 from:1992 till:1996 text:NECC
  bar:30 color:OtherC1 from:1996 till:2023 text:NE-10
  bar:30 color:FullxF from:2023 till:end text:Le Moyne (2023–present)

  bar:31 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1984 text:NAIA Ind.
  bar:31 color:OtherC2 from:1984 till:1993 text:D-I Ind.
  bar:31 shift:(-5) color:OtherC1 from:1993 till:1994 text:ECC
  bar:31 color:OtherC2 from:1994 till:2006 text:Mid-Continent
  bar:31 color:OtherC1 from:2006 till:2009 text:D-I Ind.
  bar:31 color:OtherC2 from:2009 till:2013 text:Great West
  bar:31 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:2022 text:WAC
  bar:31 color:OtherC2 from:2022 till:2024 text:D-I Ind.
  bar:31 color:FullxF from:2024 till:2026 text:Chicago State (2024–present)
  bar:31 color:Full from:2026 till:end

  bar:32 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:1993 text:D-III Ind.
  bar:32 color:OtherC2 from:1993 till:1995 text:D-II Ind.
  bar:32 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:2008 text:GLIAC
  bar:32 color:OtherC2 from:2008 till:2024 text:PSAC
  bar:32 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:Mercyhurst (2024–present)

  bar:33 color:OtherC1 from:1981 till:2000 text:NECC
  bar:33 color:OtherC2 from:2000 till:2002 text:D-II Ind.
  bar:33 color:OtherC1 from:2002 till:2008 text:ECC (D-II) 
  bar:33 color:OtherC2 from:2008 till:2025 text:NE-10
  bar:33 color:FullxF from:2025 till:2026 text:New Haven (2025–present)
  bar:33 color:Full from:2026 till:end

  bar:N color:powderblue from:1981 till:1988 text:ECAC Metro
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Sports

The Northeast Conference currently sponsors championship competition in 11 men's and 13 women's NCAA sanctioned sports.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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 2024–25 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/>

Teams in Northeast Conference competition

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	11	–
Basketball	9	9
Bowling	–	8
Cross country	9	9
Field hockey	–	9
Football	8	–
Golf	11	12
Lacrosse	8	10
Soccer	9	11
Softball	–	8
Swimming & Diving	4	7
Tennis	9	9
Track and Field (Indoor)	8	8
Track and Field (Outdoor)	8	8
Volleyball	5	8

Notes

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Volleyball	Total NEC Sports
Central Connecticut	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	7
Chicago State	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	6
Fairleigh Dickinson	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	9
Le Moyne	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	10
LIU	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	12
Mercyhurst	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	8
Saint Francis	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	9
Stonehill	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	8
Wagner	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	10
Totals	7+4Template:Efn	9	9	6+2Template:Efn	7+4Template:Efn	4+4Template:Efn	8+1Template:Efn	3+1Template:Efn	7+1Template:Efn	8	8	3+2Template:Efn	76+19
Future member
New Haven	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	8

Notes

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

School	FencingTemplate:Efn	Ice Hockey	Water Polo	Wrestling
LIU	IND	Independent	—	EIWA
Mercyhurst	—	AHA	CWPA	IND
Stonehill	–	Independent	–	–
Wagner	IND	—	CWPA	—

Notes

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Bowling	Cross Country	Field Hockey	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Softball	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Volleyball	Total NEC Sports
Central Connecticut	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	9
Chicago State	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	7
Fairleigh Dickinson	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	11
Le Moyne	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	11
LIU	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	13
Mercyhurst	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	10
Saint Francis	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	12
Stonehill	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	12
Wagner	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	12
Totals	9	5+3Template:Efn	9	5+4Template:Efn	8+4Template:Efn	8+2Template:Efn	9+2Template:Efn	8	6+1Template:Efn	7+1Template:Efn	8	8	8	97+17
Future member
New Haven	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	11

Notes

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

School	Acrobatics & TumblingTemplate:Efn	EquestrianTemplate:Efn	FencingTemplate:Efn	Gymnastics	Ice Hockey	Rowing	RugbyTemplate:Efn	StuntTemplate:Efn	TriathlonTemplate:Efn	Water Polo
Chicago State	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	INDTemplate:Efn	—
Fairleigh Dickinson	—	—	NIWFA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
LIU	INDTemplate:Efn	—	IND	EAGL	NEWHA	—	—	—	—	MAAC
Mercyhurst	—	—	—	—	AHA	IND	—	IND	—	CWPA
New Haven	—	—	-	—	—	—	IND	—	—	—
Saint Francis	—	—	-	—	—	—	—	—	—	CWPA
Stonehill	—	INDTemplate:Efn	—	—	NEWHA	—	—	—	—	—
Wagner	—	—	NIWFA	—	—	—	—	—	INDTemplate:Efn	MAAC

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

Notes

Basketball champions

Men's basketball champions

Season	Regular Season Champion	Tournament champion
1982	Fairleigh Dickinson (12–3)	Robert Morris
1983	Robert Morris (12–2)	Robert Morris
1984	Long Island (11–5)	Long Island
1985	Marist (11–3)	Fairleigh Dickinson
1986	Fairleigh Dickinson (13–3)	Marist
1987	Marist (15–1)	Marist
1988	Fairleigh Dickinson (13–3)	Fairleigh Dickinson
1989	Robert Morris (12–4)	Robert Morris
1990	Robert Morris (12–4)	Robert Morris
1991	Saint Francis (PA) (13–3)	Saint Francis (PA)
1992	Robert Morris (12–4)	Robert Morris
1993	Rider (14–4)	Rider
1994	Rider (14–4)	Rider
1995	Rider (13–5)	Mount Saint Mary's
1996	Mount Saint Mary's (16–2)	Monmouth
1997	Long Island (15–3)	Long Island
1998	Long Island (14–2)	Fairleigh Dickinson
1999	UMBC (17–3)	Mount Saint Mary's
2000	Central Connecticut St. (15–3)	Central Connecticut St.
2001	St. Francis (NY) (16–4)	Monmouth
2002	Central Connecticut St. (19–1)	Central Connecticut St.
2003	Wagner (14–4)	Wagner
2004	MonmouthTemplate:Dagger and St. Francis (NY) (12–6)	Monmouth
2005	Monmouth (14–4)	Fairleigh Dickinson
2006	Fairleigh Dickinson (14–4)	Monmouth
2007	Central Connecticut St. (16–2)	Central Connecticut St.
2008	Robert Morris (16–2)	Mount Saint Mary's
2009	Robert Morris (15–3)	Robert Morris
2010	Quinnipiac (15–3)	Robert Morris
2011	Long Island (16–2)	Long Island
2012	Long Island (16–2)	Long Island
2013	Robert Morris (14–4)	Long Island
2014	Robert Morris (14–2)	Mount Saint Mary's
2015	St. Francis Brooklyn (15–3)	Robert Morris
2016	Wagner (13-5)	Fairleigh Dickinson
2017	Mount Saint Mary's (14-4)	Mount Saint Mary's
2018	Wagner (14-4)	LIU Brooklyn
2019	Saint Francis (PA)Template:Dagger and Fairleigh Dickinson (12–6)	Fairleigh Dickinson
2020	Merrimack (14–4)Template:Efn	Robert Morris
2021	Wagner (13–5)	Mount St. Mary's
2022	Bryant (16–2)	Bryant
2023	Merrimack (12–4)	MerrimackTemplate:Efn
2024	Central Connecticut St.Template:Dagger and Merrimack (13–3)	Wagner
2025	Central Connecticut St. (14–2)	Saint Francis

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Women's basketball champions

Year	Regular Season Champions	Tournament champions
1986-87	Monmouth	Monmouth
1987-88	Monmouth	Robert Morris
1988-89	Wagner	Wagner
1989-90	Mount St. Mary's	Fairleigh Dickinson
1990-91	Mount St. Mary's	Robert Morris
1991-92	Mount St. Mary's	Fairleigh Dickinson
1992-93	Fairleigh Dickinson/Mount St. Mary's	Mount St. Mary's
1993-94	Mount St. Mary's	Mount St. Mary's
1994-95	Mount St. Mary's	Mount St. Mary's
1995-96	Mount St. Mary's	Saint Francis (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	St. Francis Brooklyn
2015-16	Sacred Heart	Robert Morris
2016-17	Robert Morris	Robert Morris
2017-18	Saint Francis (PA)	Saint Francis (PA)
2018–19	Robert Morris	Robert Morris
2019–20	Robert Morris	None; tournament canceled in progress due to COVID-19
2020-21	Mount St. Mary’s	Mount St. Mary’s
2021-22	Fairleigh Dickinson	Mount St. Mary’s
2022-23	Fairleigh Dickinson	Sacred Heart
2023-24	Sacred Heart	Sacred Heart
2024-25	Fairleigh Dickinson	Fairleigh Dickinson

Football champions

Football champions

• 1996 – Robert Morris/Monmouth
• 1997 – Robert Morris
• 1998 – Monmouth/Robert Morris
• 1999 – Robert Morris
• 2000 – Robert Morris
• 2001 – Sacred Heart
• 2002 – Albany
• 2003 – Monmouth/Albany
• 2004 – Monmouth/Central Connecticut
• 2005 – Stony Brook/Central Connecticut
• 2006 – Monmouth
• 2007 – Albany
• 2008 – Albany
• 2009 – Central Connecticut
• 2010 – Robert Morris/Central Connecticut
• 2011 – Albany/Duquesne
• 2012 – Wagner/Albany
• 2013 – Sacred Heart/Duquesne
• 2014 – Sacred Heart/Wagner
• 2015 – Duquesne
• 2016 – Saint Francis (PA)/Duquesne
• 2017 – Central Connecticut
• 2018 – Duquesne/Sacred Heart
• 2019 - Central Connecticut
• 2020 - Sacred Heart
• 2021 - Sacred Heart
• 2022 - Saint Francis (PA)
• 2023 - Duquesne
• 2024 - Central Connecticut/Duquesne

Most conference championships

• 7 – Central Connecticut (4 shared)
• 7 – Duquesne (5 shared)
• 6 – Albany (3 shared)
• 6 – Robert Morris (3 shared)
• 6 – Sacred Heart (3 shared)
• 5 – Monmouth (4 shared)
• 2 – Saint Francis (PA) (1 shared)
• 2 – Wagner (2 shared)
• 1 – Stony Brook (1 shared)

Baseball champions

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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) Monmouth (South Division)	1999	Monmouth
2000	Long Island Brooklyn (North Division) UMBC (South Division)	2000	Wagner
2001	CCSU/St. Francis (NY) (North Division) 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
2025	Long Island	2025	Central Connecticut State

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 2024–25)
• Garden State Rivalry: Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Monmouth (non-conference since 2013–14)
• Governor's Cup: Sacred Heart vs. Quinnipiac (non-conference since 2013–14, MAAC rivalry in 2024–25)
• Keystone Clash: Saint Francis (PA) vs. Robert Morris (non-conference since 2020–21, will be discontinued in 2026-27)
• NY–MD Showdown: Wagner vs. Mount St. Mary's (non-conference since 2022–23)

Discontinued

• Battle of Brooklyn: LIU vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (St. Francis Brooklyn dropped athletics after the 2022–23 academic year.)

Brenda Weare Commissioner's Cup

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

Year	Overall	Men's	Women's
2023–24	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

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External links

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