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 .
5-769: 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
10-623: The Eastern Collegiate Football Conference after the 2022 season. 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. The NEWMAC currently has 12 full members; all but one are private schools: The NEWMAC had one former full member, which
15-474: 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
20-651: The 2017 season, with Maine Maritime Academy , the United States Merchant Marine Academy and Norwich University as affiliate members. On September 29, 2015, NEWMAC announced the addition of the Catholic University of America as another associate member in football effective July 1, 2017, 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
25-520: 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. In March 2012, NEWMAC announced the addition of Emerson College as
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