:New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference

{{Infobox sports league

| name = New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference

| color = #012e57; {{box-shadow border|a|#c2c3c5|2px}}

| font_color = #FFFFFF

| logo = NEWMAC logo.png

| logo_size = 200

| founded = {{start date and age|1985}}

| association = NCAA

| division = Division III

| teams = 12 full, 4 affiliate

| sports = 19

| men's = 8

| women's = 11

| region = New England

| formerly = New England Women's 8
New England Women's 6

| headquarters = Westwood, Massachusetts

| commissioner = Patrick B. Summers

| since = 2011

| website = {{url|https://newmacsports.com/ | newmacsports.com}}

| map = NEWAMC-USA-states.png

| map_size = 200

}}

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.

History

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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.{{Cite web|title=About the NEWMAC|url=https://www.newmacsports.com/information/about/index|work=NEWMACSports.com|publisher=NEWMAC|language=en}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.newmacsports.com/landing/2014-15_News/footballannouncement|title=NEWMAC to Sponsor Football Beginning in 2017|author=Brian Magoffin|date=April 8, 2015}} On September 29, 2015, NEWMAC announced the addition of the Catholic University of America as another associate member in football effective July 1, 2017,{{cite press release|url=http://www.newmacsports.com/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/catholic|title=NEWMAC Adds Eighth Football Member Catholic University|publisher=NEWMAC|date=September 29, 2015}} 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.{{cite news |author1=Riley Demarell |title=Maritime Football Set to Join the NEWMAC for 2023 Season |url=https://maritimeathletics.com/news/2021/6/23/maritime-football-set-to-join-the-newmac-for-2023-season.aspx |access-date=July 6, 2021 |publisher=SUNY Maritime College Privateers Athletics |date=June 23, 2021}}

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.{{cite press release |url=https://www.landmarkconference.org/general/2021-22/releases/14102022-landmark-expansion |title=Landmark Membership to Expand; Lycoming & Wilkes to Join in '23 |publisher=Landmark Conference |date=February 10, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2022}}

=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, beginning the 1985–86 academic year.
1988 - The NEW-6 has been rebranded as the New England Women's 8 Conference (NEW-8), beginning the 1988–89 academic year.
1988 - Mount Holyoke College and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) joined the NEW-8 in the 1988–89 academic year.
1995 - Brandeis left the NEW-8 to fully align along with its men's sports in the University Athletic Association (UAA) after the 1994–95 academic year.
1995 - Clark University joined the NEW-8 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), beginning 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 in the 1998–99 academic year.
2012 - Simmons University joined the NEWMAC as an associate member for rowing in the 2012–13 academic year.
2013 - Emerson College joined the NEWMAC in 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, beginning 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, beginning the 2017 fall season (2017–18 academic year).
2019 - Massachusetts Maritime left the NEWMAC as an associate member for men's lacrosse after the 2019 spring season (2018–19 academic year).
2023 - Catholic (D.C.) left the NEWMAC as an associate member for football to join the Landmark Conference after the 2022 fall season (2022–23 academic year); as it had announced that it will sponsor that sport beginning the 2023 fall season (2023–24 academic year).
2023 - Salve Regina University joined the NEWMAC in the 2023–24 academic year.
2023 - The State University of New York Maritime College joined the NEWMAC as an associate member for football in the 2023 fall season (2023–24 academic year).

Member schools

= Current members =

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! Institution

! Location

! Founded

! Affiliation

! Undergraduate
Enrollment

! Acceptance
Rate{{cite web|url=http://www.go4ivy.com/colleges/newmac-colleges|title=NEWMAC Colleges|website=Go4Ivy|access-date=April 26, 2021}}

! 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{{efn|group=full|name=women|This institution is a women's college, therefore it does not compete in men's sports.}}

| South Hadley, Massachusetts

| 1837

| Nonsectarian

| 2,200

| 55%

| Lyons

| 1987

Salve Regina University

| Newport, Rhode Island

| 1934

| Roman Catholic
{{small|(R.S.M.)}}

| 2,872

| 73%

| Seahawks

| 2023

Smith College{{efn|group=full|name=women}}

| 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{{efn|group=full|name=women}}

| 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:

= Former member =

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! Institution

! Location

! Founded

! Affiliation

! Undergraduate
Enrollment

! Nickname

! Joined

! Left

! Current
conference

Brandeis University{{efn|group=former|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.}}

| Waltham, Massachusetts

| 1948

| Private

| 3,591

| Judges

| 1985

| 1995

| University (UAA)

;Notes:

= Affiliate members =

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! Institution

! Location

! Founded

! Affiliation

! Enrollment

! Nickname

! Joined

! Primary
conference

! NEWMAC
sport

{{sort|SUNY Maritime|State University of New York Maritime College}}

| The Bronx, New York

| 1874

| Public{{efn|group=affiliate|name=SUNY|Part of the State University of New York System.}}

| 1,671

| Privateers

| 2023

| Skyline

| football

Norwich University

| Northfield, Vermont

| 1819

| Military

| 3,400

| Cadets

| 2017

| Great Northeast (GNAC)

| football

Simmons University

| Boston, Massachusetts

| 1899

| Nonsectarian

| 4,933

| Sharks

| 2013

| Great Northeast (GNAC)

| women's rowing

{{sort|Merchant Marine|United States Merchant Marine Academy}}
(Merchant Marine)

| Kings Point, New York

| 1943

| Federal

| 1,011

| Mariners

| 2017

| Skyline

| football

;Notes:

= Former affiliate members =

The NEWMAC had three former affiliate members:

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! Institution

! Location

! Founded

! Affiliation

! Enrollment

! Nickname

! Joined

! Left

! NEWMAC
sport

! Current
primary conference

| Washington, D.C.

| 1887

| Catholic
{{small|(Pontifical)}}

| 6,725

| Cardinals

| 2017

| 2023

| football

| Landmark

Maine Maritime Academy{{cite web | url=https://www.d3football.com/notables/2023/01/maine-maritime-return-join-ccc-2025 | title=Maine Maritime to return, join CCC in 2025 | date=9 January 2023 }}

| Castine, Maine

| 1941

| Public

| 900

| Mariners

| 2017

| 2020

| football

| North Atlantic (NAC)

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

| Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

| 1891

| Public

| 1,637

| Buccaneers

| 2005

| 2019

| men's lacrosse

| Massachusetts (MASCAC)

=Membership timeline=

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Sports

The NEWMAC sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in the following sports:

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Basketball	{{center\|{{Y}}}}	{{center\|{{Y}}}}
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Field hockey		{{center\|{{Y}}}}
Football	{{center\|{{Y}}}}
Lacrosse	{{center\|{{Y}}}}	{{center\|{{Y}}}}
Rowing		{{center\|{{Y}}}}
Soccer	{{center\|{{Y}}}}	{{center\|{{Y}}}}
Softball		{{center\|{{Y}}}}
Swimming & Diving	{{center\|{{Y}}}}	{{center\|{{Y}}}}
Tennis	{{center\|{{Y}}}}	{{center\|{{Y}}}}
Track and field	{{center\|{{Y}}}}	{{center\|{{Y}}}}
Volleyball		{{center\|{{Y}}}}

References

External links

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