New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference

New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
Formerly	New England Women's 8; New England Women's 6
Association	NCAA
Founded	1985
Commissioner	Patrick B. Summers (since 2011)
Sports fielded	19;
Division	Division III
No. of teams	11 full, 6 affiliate (7 in 2023)
Headquarters	Westwood, Massachusetts
Region	New England
Official website	newmacsports.com
Locations

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 and Massachusetts.

History

New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference full members

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Locations of NEWMAC full members, 2021-2022

Full Football Playing Member

Full Non-Football Playing Member

Full Women's College member (all a part of Seven Sisters)

Former full member

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 football affiliate, the Catholic University of America, will depart after the 2022–23 season.[5]

New England Women's and Men's
Athletic Conference affiliate members

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Locations of NEWMAC members, 2021-2022

Football Affiliate

Women's Rowing Affiliate

Future Football Affiliate (joining 2023-24)

Former Affiliate

Chronological timeline

1985 - The NEWMAC was established as the New England Women's 6 Conference (NEW-6). Charter members included Babson College, Brandeis University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Smith College, Wellesley College and Wheaton College, effective beginning the 1985–86 academic year.
1988 - The NEW-6 has been rebranded as the New England Women's 8 Conference (NEW-8), effective in the 1988–89 academic year.
1988 - Mount Holyoke College and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) joined the NEW-8, effective in the 1988–89 academic year.
1995 - Brandeis left the NEW-8 to fully align with its men's sports in the University Athletic Association (UAA), effective after the 1994–95 academic year.
1995 - Clark University joined the NEW-8, effective in the 1995–96 academic year.
1998 - The NEW-8 offered men's sports and was rebranded as the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), effective in the 1998–99 academic year.
1998 - Springfield College and the United States Coast Guard Academy (Coast Guard) were the 1st schools with men's and women's sports to join the newly branded NEWMAC, effective in the 1998–99 academic year.
2012 - Simmons University joined the NEWMAC as an associate member for rowing, effective in the 2012–13 academic year.
2013 - Emerson College joined the NEWMAC, effective the 2013–14 academic year.
2013 - The NEWMAC had absorbed the Pilgrim Lacrosse League to re-add men's lacrosse as a sponsored sport, while having the addition of Massachusetts Maritime Academy as an associate member for that sport, effective in the 2014 spring season (2013-14 academic year).
2015 - The NEWMAC added football as a sponsored sport, while having the additions as associate members for that sport: Maine Maritime Academy, Norwich University, the United States Merchant Marine Academy and the Catholic University of America, effective beginning the 2017 fall season (2017-18 academic year).
2019 - Massachusetts Maritime left the NEWMAC as an associate member for men's lacrosse, effective after the 2019 spring season (2018-19 academic year).
2022 - The Catholic University of America announced that it will leave the NEWMAC as an associate member for football to join the Landmark Conference, as it had announced that it will sponsor that sport beginning the 2023 fall season (2023–24 academic year), effective after the 2022 fall season (2022–23 academic year).
2022 - The State University of New York Maritime College will join the NEWMAC as an associate member for football, effective in the 2023 fall season (2023-24 academic year).
2022 - Salve Regina University will join the NEWMAC, effective the 2023–24 academic year.

Member schools

Current members

The NEWMAC currently has 11 full members; all but one are private schools:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Undergraduate Enrollment	Acceptance Rate[6]	Nickname	Joined
Babson College	Wellesley, Massachusetts	1919	Nonsectarian	2,350	26%	Beavers	1985
Clark University	Worcester, Massachusetts	1887	Nonsectarian	2,242	54%	Cougars	1995
Emerson College	Boston, Massachusetts	1880	Nonsectarian	4,113	33%	Lions	2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Cambridge, Massachusetts	1861	Nonsectarian	4,638	8%	Engineers	1985
Mount Holyoke College[lower-alpha 1]	South Hadley, Massachusetts	1837	Nonsectarian	2,200	55%	Lyons	1987
Smith College[lower-alpha 1]	Northampton, Massachusetts	1871	Nonsectarian	2,100	42%	Pioneers	1985
Springfield College	Springfield, Massachusetts	1885	Nonsectarian	2,228	68%	Pride	1998
United States Coast Guard Academy (Coast Guard)	New London, Connecticut	1876	Federal/Military	1,049	18%	Bears	1998
Wellesley College[lower-alpha 1]	Wellesley, Massachusetts	1870	Nonsectarian	2,383	30%	Blue	1985
Wheaton College	Norton, Massachusetts	1834	Nonsectarian	1,701	70%	Lyons	1985
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)	Worcester, Massachusetts	1865	Nonsectarian	4,892	44%	Engineers	1987

Notes

This institution is a women's college, therefore it does not compete in men's sports.

Future member

The NEWMAC will have one new full member, which will also be a private school:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Undergraduate Enrollment	Nickname	Joining	Current conference conference
Salve Regina University[7]	Newport, Rhode Island	1934	Roman Catholic (Sisters of Mercy)	2,872	Seahawks	2023-24	Commonwealth Coast Conference

Former member

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

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Undergraduate Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current conference
Brandeis University[lower-alpha 1]	Waltham, Massachusetts	1948	Private	3,591	Judges	1985–86	1994–95	University (UAA)

Notes

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, effective in the 1995–96 school year.[1]

Affiliate members

The NEWMAC currently has four affiliate members, all but two are private schools:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Primary conference	NEWMAC sport
Maine Maritime Academy[8]	Castine, Maine	1941	Public	900	Mariners	2017–18	North Atlantic (NAC)	football
Norwich University	Northfield, Vermont	1819	Military	3,400	Cadets	2017–18	Great Northeast (GNAC)	football
Simmons University	Boston, Massachusetts	1899	Nonsectarian	4,933	Sharks	2013–14	Great Northeast (GNAC)	women's rowing
United States Merchant Marine Academy (Merchant Marine)	Kings Point, New York	1943	Federal	1,011	Mariners	2017–18	Skyline	football

Future affiliate member

The NEWMAC will have one new affiliate member, which is a public school:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joining	Primary conference	NEWMAC sport
State University of New York Maritime College	The Bronx, New York	1874	Public	1,671	Privateers	2023–24	Skyline	football

Former affiliate member

The NEWMAC had two former affiliate members:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	NEWMAC sport	Current conference
The Catholic University of America	Washington, D.C.	1887	Catholic Pontifical	6,725	Cardinals	2017–18	2022-23	Football	Landmark
Massachusetts Maritime Academy	Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts	1891	Public	1,637	Buccaneers	2005–06	2018–19	Men's Lacrosse	Massachusetts (MASCAC)

Membership timeline

Sports

The NEWMAC sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in the following sports:

**Conference sports**
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	Y
Basketball	Y	Y
Cross Country	Y	Y
Field hockey		Y
Football	Y
Lacrosse	Y	Y
Rowing		Y
Soccer	Y	Y
Softball		Y
Swimming & Diving	Y	Y
Tennis	Y	Y
Track and field	Y	Y
Volleyball		Y

References

"About the NEWMAC". NEWMACSports.com. NEWMAC.
Brian Magoffin (April 8, 2015). "NEWMAC to Sponsor Football Beginning in 2017".
"NEWMAC Adds Eighth Football Member Catholic University" (Press release). NEWMAC. September 29, 2015.
Riley Demarell (June 23, 2021). "Maritime Football Set to Join the NEWMAC for 2023 Season". SUNY Maritime College Privateers Athletics. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
"Landmark Membership to Expand; Lycoming & Wilkes to Join in '23" (Press release). Landmark Conference. February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
"NEWMAC Colleges". Go4Ivy. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
"NEWMAC Welcomes Salve Regina University as Newest Member Effective July 1, 2023". 13 July 2022.
"Maine Maritime to return, join CCC in 2025". 9 January 2023.

External links

Official website

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[women-7] This institution is a women's college, therefore it does not compete in men's sports.

[9] 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, effective in the 1995–96 school year.[1]

[AboutNEWMAC-1] "About the NEWMAC". NEWMACSports.com. NEWMAC.

[2] Brian Magoffin (April 8, 2015). "NEWMAC to Sponsor Football Beginning in 2017".

[3] "NEWMAC Adds Eighth Football Member Catholic University" (Press release). NEWMAC. September 29, 2015.

[4] Riley Demarell (June 23, 2021). "Maritime Football Set to Join the NEWMAC for 2023 Season". SUNY Maritime College Privateers Athletics. Retrieved July 6, 2021.

[5] "Landmark Membership to Expand; Lycoming & Wilkes to Join in '23" (Press release). Landmark Conference. February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

[6] "NEWMAC Colleges". Go4Ivy. Retrieved April 26, 2021.

[8] "NEWMAC Welcomes Salve Regina University as Newest Member Effective July 1, 2023". 13 July 2022.

[10] "Maine Maritime to return, join CCC in 2025". 9 January 2023.

New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
Current full members	Babson Beavers Clark Cougars Coast Guard Bears Emerson Lions MIT Engineers Mount Holyoke Lyons Smith Pioneers Springfield Pride Wellesley Blue Wheaton Lyons WPI Engineers
Current football affiliate members	Catholic Cardinals Maine Maritime Mariners Merchant Marine Mariners Norwich Cadets SUNY Maritime Privateers (joining in 2023)
Current women's rowing affiliate member	Simmons Sharks
Future full member	Salve Regina Seahawks
Future affiliate member	SUNY Maritime Privateers
Former full member	Brandeis Judges
Former affiliate member	Massachusetts Maritime Buccaneers