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The High Point Panthers are the 16 varsity athletic teams that represent High Point University (HPU) in High Point, North Carolina, United States. All of HPU's varsity teams compete at the NCAA Division I level. All sports except men's lacrosse compete in the Big South Conference. The men's lacrosse team joined the Southern Conference July 1, 2014. The Panthers joined Division I in 1999, after having been NCAA Division II and being members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) prior to 1992. HPU was a founding member of the North State Conference, which is now the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas.
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The 2010–13 Colonial Athletic Association realignment refers to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) dealing with several proposed and actual conference expansion and reduction plans among various NCAA conferences and institutions from 2010 to 2013. Some moves affected only the all-sports CAA; others affected only CAA Football, the technically separate football league administered by the all-sports CAA; and still others affected both sides of the CAA. Moves that involved the overall CAA were part of a much larger NCAA conference realignment.
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- ↑ "Lacrosse". Atlantic Sun Conference. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ↑ "Women's Lacrosse Standings". Big South Conference. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ↑ "HPU women's lacrosse continues preparation for debut season".
- ↑ "Longwood Set to Host National Lacrosse Conference Tournament".
- ↑ "Longwood Claims NLC Championship with 17-9 Win over Davidson".
- ↑ "HPU women's lacrosse wins the NLC Championship in overtime".
