United Volleyball Conference
{{Infobox sports league
| name = United Volleyball Conference
| founded = August 31, 2010
| association = NCAA
| division = Division III
| teams = 8
| sports = 1
| headquarters = Rochester, New York
| commissioner = Chuck Mitrano
| since = 2010
| website = [http://www.theuvc.org/ TheUVC.org]
}}
The United Volleyball Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III men's volleyball conference located in the northeastern United States.{{cite web|url=http://theuvc.org/|title=United Volleyball Conference|publisher=United Volleyball Conference|access-date=October 4, 2017}} Formed in August 2010 with play starting in January 2011, the conference operates out of the same offices as the all-sports Empire 8 league, though the two remain separate entities.{{cite press release|url=https://theuvc.org/documents/2013/1/4//UVC_Announcement.pdf |title=United Volleyball Conference Forms; Begins Competition This Season |publisher=United Volleyball Conference |date=August 31, 2010 |access-date=January 21, 2019}}
Teams
=Current members=
The league currently has 8 members.
Note that because NCAA men's volleyball is a spring sport, the year of joining is the calendar year before the first season of competition.
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!Institution !Location !Founded !Joined !Type !Enrollment{{efn|group=m|Undergraduate enrollment.}} !Nickname !Primary |
| Elmira College
| 1855 | 2010 | Private | 1,170 | Empire 8 |
| Hobart College
| 1797 | 2024 | Episcopal | 905 | Liberty |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology
| 1861 | 2013 | Private | 4,602 | NEWMAC |
| Nazareth University
| 1924 | 2010 | Private | 2,034 | Empire 8 |
| {{sort|New Paltz|State University of New York at New Paltz}} (New Paltz)
| 1828 | 2010 | Public | 6,717 | Hawks | SUNYAC |
| {{sort|NYU|New York University}} (NYU)
| 1831 | 2010 | Private | 26,733 | Violets | UAA |
| {{sort|Saint John Fisher|St. John Fisher University}}
| 1948 | 2017 | Private | 2,700 | Empire 8 |
| Vassar College
| 1861 | 2010 | Private | 2,450 | Brewers | Liberty |
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=Former members=
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!Institution !Location !Joined !Left !Type !Nickname !Current |
| Bard College
| Annandale-on-Hudson, New York | 1860 | 2010 | Private | Raptors | NECC |
| {{sort|Dyouville|D'Youville College}}
| 2010 | 2014 | Private | Spartans | AMCC |
| Hilbert College
| 2010 | 2014 | Private | Hawks | AMCC |
| Medaille College
| 2010 | 2014 | Private | None{{efn|group=m|Medaille closed in August 2023.}} |
| Penn State Erie, The Behrend College (Penn State Behrend)
| 2011 | 2017 | Lions | AMCC |
| {{sort|Sage|The Sage Colleges}} (Sage){{efn|group=m|The Sage Colleges, which were recognized by the UVC, NCAA, and the state of New York as a single institution, consolidated its three colleges as one and rebranded as Russell Sage College in July 2020. Russell Sage consisted of three components—the formerly women-only namesake college, the coeducational Sage College of Albany (SCA), and the Sage Graduate Schools. In the context of the UVC, Russell Sage's team consists predominantly of former SCA students, since SCA was the only RSC component that enrolled male undergraduates.}}
| Albany, New York{{efn|Russell Sage has campuses in both Albany and Troy, New York, but the former SCA operated only in Albany.}} | 2017 | 2020 | Private | Gators | NECC |
| Stevens Institute of Technology (Stevens)
| 2010 | 2019 | Private | Ducks | MAC |
| {{sort|SUNY IT|State University of New York Institute of Technology}} (SUNY IT){{efn|group=fm|Merged into the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, aka SUNY Poly, in 2014. SUNY Poly inherited the former SUNY IT athletic program.}}
| 2010 | 2013 | Public | Wildcats | NECC |
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Championship history
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!Season !Regular season !Tournament |
| 2011
| Stevens (East) | Nazareth |
| 2012
| NYU (East){{efn|group=c|name=Top}} | Nazareth |
| 2013
| Nazareth | Nazareth |
| 2014
| Nazareth | New Paltz |
| 2015
| Stevens | Stevens |
| 2016
| New Paltz | New Paltz |
| 2017
| Vassar | NYU |
| 2018
| Stevens,{{efn|group=c|name=Top}} New Paltz | Stevens |
| 2019
| Stevens,{{efn|group=c|name=Top}} New Paltz | New Paltz |
| 2020
| None | Canceled |
| 2021
| New Paltz | Vassar |
| 2022
| New Paltz | St. John Fisher |
| 2023
| Vassar | Vassar |
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://theuvc.org/ United Volleyball Conference website]
- [https://www.ncaa.org/ National Collegiate Athletic Association website]
- [https://www.ncaa.org/sports/mens-volleyball NCAA men's volleyball]
- [https://www.ncaa.org/d3 NCAA Division III]
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