Northeast-10 Conference

Northeast-10 Conference
NE-10
Established	1980
Association	NCAA
Division	Division II
Members	15 (14 in 2019)
Sports fielded	24 men's: 12 women's: 12
Region	Northeastern United States
Headquarters	Mansfield, Massachusetts
Commissioner	Julie Ruppert
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

Northeast-10 Conference

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Location of NE-10 members: full and 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 will be merged with LIU Brooklyn's existing team in that sport, and the LIU Post football team will become the new LIU football team, competing as a Division I FCS team in the Northeast Conference.^[3]

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

Membership timeline

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

Conference facilities

Presidents' Cup Champions

Sports

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	10
Le Moyne	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Merrimack	Y	Y	Y	Y			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	9
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	15	15	15	9	10	6	12	14	7	10	11	11	135
Affiliate Members
Long Island-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	Y	12
Le Moyne	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Merrimack	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
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	10
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	10
Stonehill	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Totals	15	15	13	9	14	15	15	10	13	11	12	15	157
Affiliate Members
Long Island-Post			Y										1

Championships

References

External links

• Official website