Editing Centennial Conference (section)

{{Short description|NCAA Division III athletic conference}}
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{{Infobox sports league
| name            = Centennial Conference
| title           = Centennial Conference
| logo            = Centennial conference ncaa logo.png
| logo_size       = 150
| founded         = {{start date and age|1981}}
| association     = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]
| division        = [[NCAA Division III|Division III]]
| teams           = 11 chartered members, 6 associate members
| sports          = 24
| mens            = 12
| womens          = 12
| region          = [[Mid-Atlantic states|Mid-Atlantic]]
| headquarters    = [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| commissioner    = Portia Hoeg<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.centennial.org/information/directory/bios/Portia_Hoeg?view=bio|title = Centennial Conference Athletics}}</ref>
| website         = [http://www.centennial.org centennial.org]
| map             = CC-USA-states.png
| map_size        = 250
| color           = #000000; {{box-shadow border|a|#c5cfd8|2px}}
| font_color      = #FFFFFF
}}

The '''Centennial Conference''' is an [[List of NCAA conferences|intercollegiate athletic conference]] which competes in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s [[NCAA Division III|Division III]]. Chartered member teams are located in [[Maryland]] and [[Pennsylvania]]; associate members are also located in New York and Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Centennial Conference Membership |url=https://www.centennial.org/members/index |access-date=May 18, 2023 |website=Centennial Conference Athletics}}</ref> 

Eleven private colleges compose the Centennial Conference. Five of its 11 members of the Centennial Conference rank among the top 50 national liberal arts colleges and [[Johns Hopkins University]] is ranked sixth among national universities.

On average, Centennial members sponsor 19 varsity teams. Conference members have won seventeen NCAA team titles: [[Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins]] women's cross country (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021), [[Gettysburg College|Gettysburg]] women's lacrosse (2011, 2017, 2018), [[Haverford College|Haverford]] men's cross country (2010), [[Franklin & Marshall]] women's lacrosse (2007, 2009), [[Ursinus College|Ursinus]] field hockey (2006), [[Washington College|Washington]] men's lacrosse (1998), and Washington men's tennis (1994, 1997).