Skyline Conference

{{For|the 1930s to 1960s Skyline Conference in the Rocky Mountain states|Skyline Conference (1938–1962)}}

{{Infobox sports league

| name = Skyline Conference

| logo = Skyline Conference logo.jpg

| logo_size = 200

| founded = 1989

| association = NCAA

| division = Division III

| teams = 12

| sports = 17

| mens = 9

| womens = 8

| region = New York

| headquarters = New York, New York

| commissioner = Melissa Reiley

| website = [http://www.skylineconference.org skylineconference.org]

| map = SL-USA-states.png

| map_size = 250

| color = #877050; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}

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}}

The Skyline Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference based in the New York City area that competes in the NCAA's Division III.

The league was originally chartered on May 16, 1989, as a men's basketball conference and now sponsors 17 sports (nine for men and 8 for women). The Skyline Conference sponsors baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's volleyball.

Primarily comprising schools from the New York metropolitan area, the Skyline Conference currently has 11 full-time member schools, as well as five part-time members that compete in men's lacrosse and men's volleyball only.

Prior to the 2007–08 academic year, the league introduced the Skyline Presidents Cup. St. Joseph's (LI) won the first three Presidents Cups (2007–10), followed by Farmingdale State winning in 2010–11. St. Joseph's (LI) collected its fourth Presidents Cup in 2011–12, with Farmingdale State regaining the title in both 2012–13 and 2013–14.

In May 2018, Manhattanville College announced that they would leave the MAC Freedom Conference and return to the Skyline for the 2019–20 academic year. Manhattanville was a charter member of the Skyline before leaving to join the MAC in 2007.{{cite web|title=Manhattanville to Join Skyline Conference in 2019-20 Academic Year|url=http://skylineconference.org/news/2018/5/9/general-manhattanville-to-join-skyline-conference-in-2019-20-academic-year.aspx|website=Skyline Conference|publisher=Skyline Conference|accessdate=May 11, 2018|date=May 9, 2018}}

History

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=Chronological history=

1989 - On May 16, 1989, the Skyline Conference was founded. Charter members included Manhattanville College, the College of Mount Saint Vincent, the State University of New York at Old Westbury, the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the United States Merchant Marine Academy (Merchant Marine) beginning the 1989–90 academic year.
1993 - Mount Saint Mary College joined the Skyline in the 1993–94 academic year.
1994 - Stony Brook left the Skyline to join the Division II ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as an NCAA D-II Independent after the 1993–94 academic year.
1996 - The State University of New York Maritime College joined the Skyline in the 1996–97 academic year.
1998 - Yeshiva University joined the Skyline in the 1998–99 academic year.
1999 - St. Joseph's College of New York at Long Island (now St. Joseph's University Long Island) joined the Skyline in the 1999–2000 academic year.
2000 - Stevens Institute of Technology joined the Skyline in the 2000–01 academic year.
2003 - Centenary College of New Jersey (now Centenary University) and the State University of New York of Farmingdale (also known as Farmingdale State College) joined the Skyline in the 2000–01 academic year.
2006 - Kean University, Montclair State University and Stockton University joined the Skyline as associate members for men's lacrosse in the 2007 spring season (2006-07 academic year).
2007 - Four institutions had left the Skyline to join their respective new home primary conferences: Centenary (N.J.) to the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC; now the Colonial States Athletic Conference or CSAC), Manhattanville and Stevens to the MAC Freedom Conference, and U.S. Merchant Marine to the Landmark Conference) after the 2006–07 academic year.
2007 - Bard College, Polytechnic Institute of New York (later the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, or NYU Poly), the State University of New York at Purchase and The Sage Colleges (women's college Russell Sage College and the co-ed Sage College of Albany) joined the Skyline in the 2007–08 academic year.
2011 - Bard left the Skyline to join the Liberty League after the 2010–11 academic year.
2011 - New Jersey City University and Ramapo College joined the Skyline as associate members for men's volleyball in the 2012 spring season (2011-12 academic year).
2014 - NYU Poly left the Skyline to discontinue its athletics program as it was merged into New York University after the 2013–14 academic year.
2014 - Sarah Lawrence College joined the Skyline in the 2014–15 academic year.
2015 - St. Joseph's College of New York at Brooklyn (now St. Joseph's University Boorklyn) joined the Skyline in the 2015–16 academic year.
2016 - U.S. Merchant Marine re-joined the Skyline in the 2016–17 academic year.
2017 - The Sage Colleges (Russell Sage and Sage [or SCA]) left the Skyline to join the Empire 8 after the 2016–17 academic year.
2017 - New Jersey City and Ramapo left the Skyline as associate members for men's volleyball after the 2017 spring season (2016-17 academic year).
2019 - Manhattanville rejoined the Skyline in the 2019–20 academic year.
2019 - New Jersey City and Ramapo rejoined the Skyline as associate members for men's volleyball in the 2020 spring season (2019-20 academic year).
2025 – New Jersey City men's volleyball will leave the Skyline after the 2025 spring season to join the City University of New York Athletic Conference.{{cite press release |url=https://cunyathletics.com/news/2025/4/15/general-new-jersey-city-university-first-to-join-cunyac-institutions-in-forming-new-and-expanded-division-iii-conference-in-2027.aspx |title=New Jersey City University First to Join CUNYAC Institutions in Forming New and Expanded Division III Conference in 2027 |publisher=City University of New York Athletic Conference |date=April 16, 2025 |access-date=April 22, 2025}}

Member schools

= Current members =

The Skyline currently has 12 full members, all but five are private schools:

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

!Institution

! Location

! Founded

! Affiliation

! Enrollment

! Nickname

! Joined

{{sort|Mount Saint Vincent|University of Mount Saint Vincent}}

| Riverdale, New York

| 1847

| Catholic
{{small|(S.C.N.Y.)}}

| 1,918

| Dolphins

| 1989

{{sort|SUNY Farmingdale|Farmingdale State College}}{{efn|group=full|Also known as the State University of New York at Farmingdale.}}

| East Farmingdale, New York

| 1912

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

| 8,162

| Rams

| 2003

Manhattanville University

| Purchase, New York

| 1841

| Nonsectarian

| 2,700

| Valiants

| 1989;
2019{{efn|group=full|Manhattanville had been a charter member in 1989, but left the Skyline after the 2006–07 school year to join the MAC Freedom Conference before re-joining in the 2019–20 school year.}}

Mount Saint Mary College

| Newburgh, New York

| 1960

| Catholic

| 2,556

| Knights

| 1994

{{sort|SUNY Purchase|Purchase College}}{{efn|group=full|Also known as the State University of New York at Purchase.}}

| Purchase, New York

| 1967

| Public{{efn|group=full|name=SUNY}}

| 4,379

| Panthers

| 2007

Sarah Lawrence College

| Yonkers, New York

| 1926

| Nonsectarian

| 1,782

| Gryphons

| 2014

St. Joseph's University NY–Brooklyn

| Brooklyn, New York

| 1916

| Catholic
{{small|(C.S.J.)}}

| 1,261

| Bears

| 2015

St. Joseph's University NY–Long Island

| Patchogue, New York

| 1971

| Catholic
{{small|(C.S.J.)}}

| 3,893

| Golden Eagles

| 1999

{{sort|SUNY Maritime|Maritime College}}{{efn|group=full|Also known as the State University of New York Maritime College.}}

| Throggs Neck, New York

| 1874

| Public{{efn|group=full|name=SUNY}}

| 1,755

| Privateers

| 1996

{{sort|SUNY Old Westbury| SUNY Old Westbury}}{{efn|group=full|Also known as the State University of New York at Old Westbury.}}

| Old Westbury, New York

| 1965

| Public{{efn|group=full|name=SUNY}}

| 4,364

| Panthers

| 1989

United States Merchant Marine Academy

| Kings Point, New York

| 1942

| Federal

| 910

| Mariners

| 1989;
2016{{efn|group=full|Merchant Marine had been a charter member in 1989, but left the Skyline after the 2006–07 school year to join the Landmark Conference before re-joining in the 2016–17 school year.}}

Yeshiva University

| New York, New York

| 1886

| Orthodox

| 6,744

| Maccabees

| 1998

;Notes:

=Affiliate members=

The Skyline currently has five affiliate members, all public schools. One affiliate will leave at the end of the 2025–26 school year.

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

! Institution

! Location

! Founded

! Affiliation

! Enrollment

! Nickname

! Joined

! Primary
conference

! Skyline
sport

Kean University

| Union, New Jersey

| 1855

| rowspan="5" | Public

| 14,404

| Cougars

| 2006–07

| rowspan="5" | New Jersey (NJAC)

| {{sortname|Men's|lacrosse|nolink=y}}

Montclair State University

| Montclair, New Jersey

| 1908

| 19,464

| Red Hawks

| 2006–07

| {{sortname|Men's|lacrosse|nolink=y}}

bgcolor=pink

| New Jersey City University

| Jersey City, New Jersey

| 1929

| 8,443

| Gothic Knights

| 2019–20{{efn|group=aff|name=MVB|Both New Jersey City and Ramapo had previously competed as affiliate members of the Skyline for men's volleyball from the 2012 to 2017 spring seasons (2011–12 to 2016–17 school years).{{cite press release|url=https://skylineconference.org/news/2019/4/27/mens-volleyball-njcu-ramapo-to-join-as-skylinemvb-affiliate-members-in-2020-campaign.aspx |title=NJCU, Ramapo to Join as #SkylineMVB Affiliate Members in 2020 Campaign |publisher=Skyline Conference |date=April 29, 2019 |accessdate=May 28, 2019}}}}

| {{sortname|Men's|volleyball|nolink=y}}

Ramapo College

| Mahwah, New Jersey

| 1969

| 5,233

| Roadrunners

| 2019–20{{efn|group=aff|name=MVB}}

| {{sortname|Men's|volleyball|nolink=y}}

Stockton University

| Pomona, New Jersey

| 1969

| 8,458

| Ospreys

| 2006–07

| {{sortname|Men's|lacrosse|nolink=y}}

;Notes:

=Former members=

The Skyline had seven former full members, all but one were private schools:

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

! Institution

! Location

! Founded

! Affiliation

! Enrollment

! Nickname

! Joined

! Left

! Current
conference

Bard College

| Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

| 1860

| Episcopal

| 1.958

| Raptors

| 2007–08

| 2010–11

| Liberty

Centenary University

| Hackettstown, New Jersey

| 1867

| United Methodist

| 1,597

| Cyclones

| 2003–04

| 2006–07

| Atlantic East (AEC)

Polytechnic Institute of New York University

| Brooklyn, New York

| 1854

| Nonsectarian

| N/A

| Fighting Jays

| 2007–08

| 2013–14

| N/A{{efn|group=former|NYU Poly was merged into New York University in 2014.}}

The Sage Colleges
Sage College of Albany (coed)
Russell Sage College (women's)

| Albany and
Troy, New York

| 1916

| Nonsectarian

| 2,389

| Gators

| 2007–08

| 2017–18

| Empire 8{{efn|group=former|The Sage Colleges have merged into one, and used the name Russell Sage College since 2020.}}

Stevens Institute of Technology

| Hoboken, New Jersey

| 1870

| Nonsectarian

| 5,260

| Ducks

| 2000–01

| 2006–07

| MAC Freedom

Stony Brook University

| Stony Brook, New York

| 1957

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

| 26,814

| Patriots{{efn|group=former|Stony Brook adopted its current nickname of Seawolves beginning the 1994–95 school year, immediately following the school's departure from the Skyline Conference.}}

| 1989–90

| 1993–94

| CAA
{{small|(NCAA D-I)}}

;Notes:

=Membership timeline=

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Stony Brook left while reclassifying to Division I and the America East Conference.
Manhattanville left to join the MAC Freedom Conference.
Merchant Marine left to join the Landmark Conference and returned in 2016.
Stevens left to join the Empire 8 Conference; it is now in the MAC Freedom.
Centenary (NJ) left to join the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, now known as the Colonial States Athletic Conference
Bard left to join the Liberty League.
NYU Poly became affiliated with New York University in 2008, but retained a separate athletic program until it completely merged into NYU in 2014. NYU competes in the University Athletic Association.
The Kean and Ramapo men's volleyball programs left in 2017 for the Continental Volleyball Conference. Kean remains a men's lacrosse affiliate, and Ramapo returned men's volleyball to the Skyline in 2019.
New Jersey City men's volleyball left in 2017 for independent status, but returned to the Skyline in 2019. NJCU will leave the Skyline in 2025 to become a men's volleyball affiliate of the City University of New York Athletic Conference, which it will fully join in 2027.
The Sage Colleges left in 2017 for the Empire 8. They merged in 2020 and kept the Russell Sage College name.
Manhattanville left in 2007 for the MAC Freedom and returned in 2019.

Sports

The Skyline sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in the following sports:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+ Conference sports !Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	{{yes}}	{{no}}
Basketball	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
Cross Country	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
Golf	{{yes}}	{{no}}
Lacrosse	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
Soccer	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
Softball	{{no}}	{{yes}}
Swimming & Diving	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
Tennis	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
Track and field	{{yes}}	{{yes}}
Volleyball	{{yes}}	{{yes}}

References

External links

{{Official website}}