Northeast-10 Conference

Northeast-10 Conference
Association	NCAA
Commissioner	Julie Ruppert
Sports fielded	24 men's: 12; women's: 12; ;
Division	Division II
Region	Northeastern United States
Official website	www.northeast10.org
Locations

The Northeast-10 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)’s Division II level. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. It is the only Division II collegiate hockey conference in the United States.

History

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Adelphi

Post

Mercy

Molloy

St. Thomas Aquinas

Stonehill

Southern New Hampshire

Southern Connecticut State

Saint Rose

Saint Michael's

Saint Anselm

Pace

New Haven

Le Moyne

Franklin Pierce

Bentley

Assumption

American Int'l

Location of NE-10 members:

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affiliate

The original 1980 conference was called the "Northeast 7" as the colleges were American International College, Assumption College, Bentley College, Bryant College, the University of Hartford, Springfield College, and Stonehill College. In 1981, Saint Anselm College was the eighth team to join and the resulting "NE-8" stayed this way until 1984 when the University of Hartford left and Merrimack College joined.

The “Northeast-10” name came about in 1987 when Saint Michael's College and Quinnipiac College joined the league.^[1] The conference remained stable until 1995 when Springfield College left for Division III. The league stayed at ten members as Le Moyne College joined the league in 1996 from the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) and briefly expanded to eleven when Pace University joined in 1997 from the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference (NYCAC). Quinnipiac moved to the Division I Northeast Conference (NEC) to again return the membership to ten.

The last major expansion took place prior to 2000, when five new schools joined the fold. Franklin Pierce College, Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU; formerly New Hampshire College), the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell), and Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) were joined by the College of Saint Rose giving the NE-10 15 members. In 2008, Bryant University announced it would begin the five-year process that would make them a full Division I member by 2012; at the same time the NE-10 announced that it had given a bid to University of New Haven and they had accepted. In December 2007, Adelphi University announced it had joined the league and began playing in 2009–10. To start the 2008–09 academic year the NE-10 still had 15 members and expanded to 16 in 2009-10.

With that major expansion, the NE-10 now stands as the second-largest NCAA Division II conference in the nation. The strength in numbers was the guiding force in the addition and strengthening of a number of championship sports the league now offers. However, because the NE-10 is the sole Division II hockey league, its postseason champion cannot compete for the NCAA national hockey championship.

On July 1, 2013, UMass Lowell left the NE-10 to join the Division I America East Conference. With the departure of UMass Lowell, the Northeast-10 Conference has 15 remaining members.

Since the addition of those five institutions, the league has added football, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field as championship sports. While the expansion has added championships in certain sports, it has also increased the championship opportunities for countless student-athletes with the expansion of postseason tournaments for sports such as field hockey, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's lacrosse, and baseball.

The expansion continued in 2003–04 as the conference added another three championships to its diverse menu – men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, and men's ice hockey – the only Division II ice hockey conference in the nation. The conference also continued to expand in the classroom. Each year, the NE-10 honors a record number of scholar athletes to the Commissioner's Honor Roll.

The most recent changes to the conference membership, both taking effect with the 2019–20 school year, were announced in 2018. First, Merrimack announced that it would begin a transition to Division I and join the Northeast Conference (the same move that Bryant made in 2008).^[2] Then, Long Island University announced that it would unify its two athletic programs—the Division I LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and the Division II LIU Post Pioneers, the latter of which was a NE-10 affiliate member in field hockey and football at the time of announcement—into a single D-I athletic program under the LIU name. As such, the LIU Post field hockey team was merged with LIU Brooklyn's previously existing team in that sport, and the LIU Post football team became the new LIU football team, competing as a Division I FCS team in the Northeast Conference.^[3] Thus, the NE-10 now has a total of 14 member schools.

David Brunk, the first full-time commissioner in league history, announced in April he was resigning July 1, 2007 to take over the Peach Belt Conference. Brunk had been commissioner since 1998. Julie Ruppert became the next full-time commissioner in June 2008, becoming the first female Division II commissioner in the country.

Member schools

Current members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined
Adelphi University	Garden City, New York	1896	Private (Nonsectarian)	8,110	Panthers	2009
American International College	Springfield, Massachusetts	1885	Private (Nonsectarian)	3,177	Yellow Jackets	1980
Assumption University	Worcester, Massachusetts	1904	Private (Catholic)	2,753	Greyhounds	1980
Bentley University	Waltham, Massachusetts	1917	Private (Nonsectarian)	5,497	Falcons	1980
Franklin Pierce University	Rindge, New Hampshire	1962	Private (Nonsectarian)	2,871	Ravens	2000
Le Moyne College	Syracuse, New York	1946	Private (Catholic)	3,533	Dolphins	1996
University of New Haven	West Haven, Connecticut	1920	Private (Nonsectarian)	6,400	Chargers	2008
Pace University	Pleasantville, New York	1906	Private (Nonsectarian)	12,772	Setters	1997
Saint Anselm College	Goffstown, New Hampshire	1889	Private (Benedictines\|Catholic)	1,945	Hawks	1981
Saint Michael's College	Colchester, Vermont	1904	Private (Society of Saint Edmund\|Catholic)	2,437	Purple Knights	1987
College of Saint Rose	Albany, New York	1920	Private (Catholic)	4,863	Golden Knights	2000
Southern Connecticut State University	New Haven, Connecticut	1893	Public	12,326	Owls	2000
Southern New Hampshire University	Manchester, New Hampshire	1932	Private (Nonsectarian)	3,913^[a]	Penmen	2000
Stonehill College	Easton, Massachusetts	1948	Private (Catholic)	2,386	Skyhawks	1980

^ Residential enrollment only. SNHU also has approximately 87,000 online students.

Affiliate members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Sport	Primary conference
Mercy College	Dobbs Ferry, New York	1950	Private (Nonsectarian)	11,295	Mavericks	2019	field hockey	East Coast
Molloy College	Rockville Center, New York	1955	Private (Catholic)	4,900	Lions	2019	field hockey	East Coast
Post University	Waterbury, Connecticut	1890	Private (For-profit)	7,317	Eagles	2019	ice hockey	CACC
St. Thomas Aquinas College	Sparkill, New York	1952	Private (Catholic)	2,400	Spartans	2019	field hockey	East Coast

Former members

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current Conference
Bryant University	Smithfield, Rhode Island	1863	Private (Nonsectarian)	Bulldogs	1980	2008	Northeast (NCAA D-I)
University of Massachusetts Lowell	Lowell, Massachusetts	1894	Public	River Hawks	2000	2013	America East (NCAA D-I)
University of Hartford	West Hartford, Connecticut	1877	Private (Nonsectarian)	Hawks	1980	1984	America East (NCAA D-I)
Quinnipiac University	Hamden, Connecticut	1929	Private (Nonsectarian)	Bobcats	1987	1998	Metro Atlantic (NCAA D-I)
Springfield College	Springfield, Massachusetts	1885	Private (Nonsectarian)	Pride	1980	1995	NEWMAC (NCAA D-III)
Merrimack College	North Andover, Massachusetts	1947	Private (Catholic)	Warriors	1984	2019	Northeast (NCAA D-I)

Former affiliate members


Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Nickname	Joined	Left	Sport	Primary conference while in NE-10	Current primary conference
LIU Post	Brookville, New York	1954	Private (Nonsectarian)	Pioneers	2001 2013	2008 2019	football (2001–2008; 2013–2019) field hockey (2013–2019)	East Coast	Northeast (NCAA D-I) (as LIU Sharks)

Membership timeline

Full member (all sports) Full member (non-football) Associate member (football-only) Associate member (sport)

Conference facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena	Capacity
Adelphi	Non-football school		Center for Recreation & Sport	2,200
American International	Ronald J. Abdow Field	4,000	Butova Gymnasium	2,500
Assumption	Greyhound Stadium	1,200	Andrew Laska Gymnasium	1,200
Bentley	Bentley Athletic Field	4,800	Dana Center	2,600
Franklin Pierce	Sodexo Field	500	Franklin Pierce Fieldhouse	1,200
Le Moyne	Non-football school		Henninger Athletic Center	2,500
New Haven	Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium	3,500	Charger Gymnasium	1,500
Pace	Pace Stadium	1,500	Goldstein Fitness Center	2,400
Saint Anselm	Grappone Stadium	4,500	Stoutenburgh Gymnasium	1,200
Saint Michael's	Non-football school		Ross Sports Center	2,500
Saint Rose	Non-football school		Daniel P. Nolan Gymnasium	1,000
Southern Connecticut State	Jess Dow Field	6,000	James Moore Fieldhouse	2,800
Southern New Hampshire	Non-football school		Stan Spirou Fieldhouse	2,000
Stonehill	W.B. Mason Stadium	2,400	Merkert Gymnasium	2,200

Presidents' Cup Champions

Year	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
1985	Springfield	Bryant	St. Anselm
1986	Springfield	Bryant	Bentley
1987	Springfield	Bentley	Bryant
1988	Springfield	Bentley	Bryant
1989	Springfield	Bentley	Bryant
1990	Springfield	Bentley	Merrimack
1991	Springfield	Bentley	Merrimack
1992	Springfield	Bentley	Quinnipiac
1993	Springfield	Bentley	Quinnipiac
1994	Springfield	Bentley	Quinnipiac
1995	Springfield	Bentley	Quinnipiac
1996	Bentley	Quinnipiac	St. Anselm
1997	Bentley	Quinnipiac	Merrimack
1998	Bentley	Quinnipiac	Merrimack
1999	Bentley	Merrimack	St. Anselm
2000	Merrimack	Bentley	Assumption
2001	Bentley	Merrimack	Assumption
2002	Bryant	Bentley	Southern Connecticut State
2003	Bryant	Bentley	UMass Lowell
2004	Bryant	Bentley	UMass Lowell
2005	Bryant	Bentley	Stonehill
2006	Bryant	Stonehill	Bentley
2007	Bryant	Bentley	Stonehill
2008	Bryant	Bentley	Stonehill
2009	Bentley	Stonehill	UMass Lowell
2010	Stonehill	Bentley	Adelphi
2011	Stonehill	Bentley	Southern Connecticut State
2012	Stonehill	Southern Connecticut State	Bentley
2013	Adelphi	Bentley	Stonehill
2014	Adelphi	Stonehill	Bentley
2015	Stonehill	Adelphi	Assumption
2016	Adelphi	Bentley	Stonehill
2017	Adelphi	Stonehill	Merrimack
2018	Merrimack	Adelphi	Stonehill
2019	Merrimack	Adelphi	Assumption

Sports

A divisional format is used for baseball, basketball (M / W), and softball.
Northeast Assumption Bentley Franklin Pierce Saint Anselm Saint Michael's Southern New Hampshire Stonehill	Southwest Adelphi American International Le Moyne New Haven Pace Saint Rose Southern Connecticut

**Conference sports**
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	Y
Basketball	Y	Y
Cross Country	Y	Y
Field Hockey		Y
Football	Y
Golf	Y	Y
Ice Hockey	Y
Lacrosse	Y	Y
Soccer	Y	Y
Softball		Y
Swimming & Diving	Y	Y
Tennis	Y	Y
Track & Field Indoor	Y	Y
Track & Field Outdoor	Y	Y
Volleyball		Y

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross Country	Football	Golf	Ice Hockey	Lacrosse	Soccer	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field Indoor	Track & Field Outdoor	Total NE-10 Sports
Adelphi	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
American International	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y			Y	Y	9
Assumption	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	11
Bentley	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Franklin Pierce	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	11
Le Moyne	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
New Haven	Y	Y	Y	Y				Y			Y	Y	7
Pace	Y	Y	Y	Y			Y		Y				6
Saint Anselm	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y			9
Saint Michael's	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y			9
Saint Rose	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	9
Southern Connecticut State	Y	Y	Y	Y				Y	Y		Y	Y	8
Southern New Hampshire	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y		Y			8
Stonehill	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y		Y	Y	Y	9
Totals	14	14	14	9	10	7	11	13	7	9	10	10	128
Affiliate Members
Post						Y							1

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross Country	Field Hockey	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Softball	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field Indoor	Track & Field Outdoor	Volleyball	Total NE-10 Sports
Adelphi	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
American International	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Assumption	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Bentley	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Franklin Pierce	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Le Moyne	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
New Haven	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Pace	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y				Y	8
Saint Anselm	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y		Y			Y	8
Saint Michael's	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y			Y	9
Saint Rose	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Southern Connecticut State	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	10
Southern New Hampshire	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Stonehill	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	^[a]	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Totals	14	14	15	8	14	14	14	8	12	11	11	14	149
Affiliate Members
Mercy			Y										1
Molloy			Y										1
St. Thomas Aquinas			Y										1

^ Stonehill will add women's swimming & diving in 2020–21.

Other sponsored sports by school

School	Men		Women				Co-ed
School	Ice Hockey ^[a]	Wrestling	Bowling ^[a]	Gymnastics ^[a]	Ice Hockey ^[a]	Rowing	Skiing ^[a]
Adelphi			ECC
American International	AHA	IND
Assumption						IND
Bentley	AHA
Franklin Pierce					NEWHA	IND
Saint Anselm					NEWHA
Saint Michael's					NEWHA		EISA
Southern Connecticut State				ECAC
Stonehill					^[b]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e De facto Division I sport. The NCAA conducts combined national championships open to Division I and Division II members in both men's and women's ice hockey. All NE-10 schools with women's ice hockey teams play at this level, as do two of the conference's men's teams. Single national championship meets open to members of all three NCAA divisions are held in bowling, women's gymnastics, and skiing.
^ Stonehill will add women's ice hockey in 2021–22, with that team joining the other NE-10 women's programs in the New England Women's Hockey Alliance.^[4]

Championships

References

^ http://www.northeast10.org/information/about_ne10/timeline
^ "Merrimack College Accepts Invitation to Join Northeast Conference" (Press release). Northeast Conference. September 7, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
^ "Long Island University Announces Unification Into One LIU Division I Program" (Press release). LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds. October 3, 2018. Archived from the original on October 11, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
^ "Stonehill to Add Women's Ice Hockey; Accepts Invitation to Join NEWHA" (Press release). New England Women's Hockey Alliance. December 9, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2020.

External links

Official website

[4] Residential enrollment only. SNHU also has approximately 87,000 online students.

[5] Stonehill will add women's swimming & diving in 2020–21.

[D1-6] De facto Division I sport. The NCAA conducts combined national championships open to Division I and Division II members in both men's and women's ice hockey. All NE-10 schools with women's ice hockey teams play at this level, as do two of the conference's men's teams. Single national championship meets open to members of all three NCAA divisions are held in bowling, women's gymnastics, and skiing.

[8] Stonehill will add women's ice hockey in 2021–22, with that team joining the other NE-10 women's programs in the New England Women's Hockey Alliance.^[4]

[1] ttp://www.northeast10.org/information/about_ne10/timeline

[2] "Merrimack College Accepts Invitation to Join Northeast Conference" (Press release). Northeast Conference. September 7, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

[3] "Long Island University Announces Unification Into One LIU Division I Program" (Press release). LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds. October 3, 2018. Archived from the original on October 11, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[7] "Stonehill to Add Women's Ice Hockey; Accepts Invitation to Join NEWHA" (Press release). New England Women's Hockey Alliance. December 9, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2020.

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v t e Northeast-10 Conference
Members	Adelphi Panthers American International Yellow Jackets Assumption Greyhounds Bentley Falcons Franklin Pierce Ravens New Haven Chargers Pace Setters Saint Anselm Hawks Saint Michael's Purple Knights Southern Connecticut Owls Southern New Hampshire Penmen
Affiliate members	Mercy Mavericks (field hockey) Molloy Lions (field hockey) Post Eagles (men's ice hockey, football) Staten Island Dolphins (men's & women's swimming & diving) St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans (field hockey)

v t e NCAA Division II all-sports conferences
Atlantic	Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Mountain East Conference Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Independent — Salem University
Central	Great American Conference Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
East	Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference East Coast Conference Northeast-10 Conference
Midwest	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Great Lakes Valley Conference Great Midwest Athletic Conference
South	Gulf South Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Sunshine State Conference
South Central	Lone Star Conference Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Southeast	Conference Carolinas Peach Belt Conference South Atlantic Conference
West	California Collegiate Athletic Association Great Northwest Athletic Conference Pacific West Conference
Division II	Independents

v t e NCAA Division II football conferences
Super Region 1	Great Midwest Athletic Conference Mountain East Conference Northeast-10 Conference Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Super Region 2	Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Conference Carolinas (starting in 2025) Gulf South Conference South Atlantic Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Super Region 3	Great American Conference Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Great Lakes Valley Conference Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Super Region 4	Lone Star Conference Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Division II	Independents
NCAA	Conferences Institutions Football (Championship, Bowl Games)