New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference

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New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
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FormerlyNew England Women's 8
New England Women's 6
Association NCAA
Founded1985
CommissionerPatrick B. Summers (since 2011)
Sports fielded
  • 19
Division Division III
No. of teams12 full, 4 affiliate
Headquarters Westwood, Massachusetts
Region New England
Official website newmacsports.com
Locations
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The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

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History

New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference full members
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The NEWMAC was established in 1998, when the former New England Women's 8 Conference (NEW 8) voted to begin sponsoring conference play and championships for men. At this time, the conference expanded its membership to include Springfield College and the United States Coast Guard Academy.

The NEW 8 began play in 1985-86 as the New England Women's 6 Conference (NEW 6). Charter members were Babson College, Brandeis University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Smith College, Wellesley College and Wheaton College. Mount Holyoke College and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) joined in 1988 and the name was changed to the NEW 8 Conference. At the conclusion of the 1994–95 academic year, Brandeis University withdrew from the NEW 8 to join the University Athletic Association (where its men's sports competed at that time) and Clark University accepted membership, keeping the NEW 8's membership at eight institutions. [1]

In March 2012, NEWMAC announced the addition of Emerson College as the 11th full member of the league starting in the 2013–14 academic year. With the addition of Emerson the NEWMAC began re-sponsoring the sport of men's lacrosse, adding an affiliate member, Massachusetts Maritime Academy. In July 2012, the conference welcomed Simmons College as an affiliate member to compete in the sport of rowing.

In April 2015, the conference office announced it would begin sponsoring football in the 2017 season, with Maine Maritime Academy, the United States Merchant Marine Academy and Norwich University as affiliate members. [2] On September 29, 2015, NEWMAC announced the addition of the Catholic University of America as another associate member in football effective July 1, 2017, [3] and on June 23, 2021, the conference added the State University of New York Maritime College (SUNY Maritime) as its new football affiliate in 2023, leaving the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference after the 2022 season. [4]

In February 2022, the Landmark Conference announced that it would begin sponsoring football starting in the 2023–24 season, thus the Catholic University of America, a NEWMAC football affiliate, departed after the 2022–23 season. [5]

Chronological timeline

Member schools

Current members

The NEWMAC currently has 12 full members; all but one are private schools:

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationUndergraduate
Enrollment
Acceptance
Rate [6]
NicknameJoined
Babson College Wellesley, Massachusetts 1919Nonsectarian2,35026% Beavers 1985
Clark University Worcester, Massachusetts 1887Nonsectarian2,24254% Cougars 1995
Emerson College Boston, Massachusetts 1880Nonsectarian4,11333% Lions 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT)
Cambridge, Massachusetts 1861Nonsectarian4,6388% Engineers 1985
Mount Holyoke College [a] South Hadley, Massachusetts 1837Nonsectarian2,20055% Lyons 1987
Salve Regina University Newport, Rhode Island 1934 Roman Catholic
(R.S.M.)
2,87273% Seahawks 2023
Smith College [a] Northampton, Massachusetts 1871Nonsectarian2,10042% Pioneers 1985
Springfield College Springfield, Massachusetts 1885Nonsectarian2,22868% Pride 1998
United States Coast Guard Academy
(Coast Guard)
New London, Connecticut 1876 Federal/Military 1,04918% Bears 1998
Wellesley College [a] Wellesley, Massachusetts 1870Nonsectarian2,38330% Blue 1985
Wheaton College Norton, Massachusetts 1834Nonsectarian1,70170% Lyons 1985
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
(WPI)
Worcester, Massachusetts 1865Nonsectarian4,89244% Engineers 1987
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 This institution is a women's college, therefore it does not compete in men's sports.

Former member

The NEWMAC had one former full member, which was also a private school:

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationUndergraduate
Enrollment
NicknameJoinedLeftCurrent
conference
Brandeis University [a] Waltham, Massachusetts 1948Private3,591 Judges 19851995 University (UAA)
Notes
  1. Brandeis's women's athletics programs were in the NEWMAC while their men's athletics programs were in the University Athletic Association (UAA). Ever since, the women's athletics programs moved over to the UAA in the 1995–96 school year. [1]

Affiliate members

The NEWMAC currently has four affiliate members, half of them are private schools:

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoinedPrimary
conference
NEWMAC
sport
State University of New York Maritime College The Bronx, New York 1874Public [a] 1,671 Privateers 2023 Skyline football
Norwich University Northfield, Vermont 1819 Military 3,400 Cadets 2017 Great Northeast (GNAC) football
Simmons University Boston, Massachusetts 1899Nonsectarian4,933 Sharks 2013 Great Northeast (GNAC) women's rowing
United States Merchant Marine Academy
(Merchant Marine)
Kings Point, New York 1943 Federal 1,011 Mariners 2017 Skyline football
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Former affiliate members

The NEWMAC had three former affiliate members:

InstitutionLocationFoundedAffiliationEnrollmentNicknameJoinedLeftNEWMAC
sport
Current
primary conference
The Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. 1887 Catholic
(Pontifical)
6,725 Cardinals 20172023football Landmark
Maine Maritime Academy [7] Castine, Maine 1941Public900 Mariners 20172020football North Atlantic (NAC)
Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts 1891Public1,637 Buccaneers 20052019men's lacrosse Massachusetts (MASCAC)

Membership timeline

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Merchant Marine
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Catholic
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Salve Regina UniversityState University of New York Maritime CollegeNorwich UniversityUnited States Merchant Marine AcademyMaine Maritime AcademyThe Catholic University of AmericaSimmons CollegeMassachusetts Maritime AcademyEmerson CollegeSpringfield College (Massachusetts)United States Coast Guard AcademyClark UniversityWorcester Polytechnic InstituteMount Holyoke CollegeWheaton College (Massachusetts)Wellesley CollegeSmith CollegeMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyBrandeis UniversityBabson CollegeNew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference

Sports

The NEWMAC sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in the following sports:

Conference sports
SportMen'sWomen's
Baseball
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Basketball
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Cross Country
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Field hockey
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Football
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Lacrosse
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Rowing
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Soccer
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Softball
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Swimming & Diving
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Tennis
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Track and field
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Volleyball
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  3. "NEWMAC Adds Eighth Football Member Catholic University" (Press release). NEWMAC. September 29, 2015.
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