Northeast Conference

D-1 college athletic conference

Not to be confused with North Eastern Athletic Conference, Northeastern Conference, or Northeast-10 Conference.

Northeast Conference

Formerly| Eastern College Athletic Conference Metro (1981–1988)
Association| NCAA
Founded| 1981
Commissioner| Noreen Morris (since 2010)
Sports fielded|

* 25
* men's: 12
* women's: 13

Division| Division I
Subdivision| FCS
No. of teams| 10 (9 in 2026)
Headquarters| Bridgewater, New Jersey
Region| Northeast, Illinois
Official website| northeastconference.org
Locations

The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Participating schools are located principally in the Northeastern United States, from which the conference derives its name.

## History

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LIU

Le Moyne

Wagner

FDU

CCSU

Saint Francis

Stonehill

Chicago State

Mercyhurst

New Haven

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NEC Member locations
– Full member
– Departing Full member

The conference was named the ECAC Metro Conference when it was established in 1981. The original eleven member schools were Fairleigh Dickinson University, the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University (whose athletic program has now merged with that of LIU's Post campus into a single athletic program), Loyola College in Maryland (left in 1989), Marist College (left in 1997), Robert Morris University (left in 2020), St. Francis College (NY) (left in 2023), Saint Francis College (PA) (leaving in 2026), Siena College (left in 1984), Towson State University (left in 1982), the University of Baltimore (left in 1983) and Wagner College.[1]

The conference's name was changed to its present form on August 1, 1988.[2] Other names considered were Big North, Great North, North Shore, Northern, Northeastern, Eastern and Eastern Private Intercollegiate.[3]

The Northeast Conference has admitted new members ten times since 1981. The expansions and additions from the original charter members were: in 1985 (Monmouth University, which left in 2013), in 1989 (Mount St. Mary's University, which left in 2022), in 1992 (Rider University, which left in 1997), in 1997 (Central Connecticut State University), in 1998 (Quinnipiac University which left in 2013, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County which left in 2003), in 1999 (Sacred Heart University, which left in 2024), in 2008 (Bryant University, which also left in 2022), in 2019 (Merrimack College, which also left in 2024), in 2022 (Stonehill College), in 2023 (Le Moyne College), 2024 (Chicago State University and Mercyhurst University) and in 2025 (University of New Haven). The Northeast Conference's full membership was its largest at 12 in 2008 with the addition of Bryant University.[4] It then dropped to 10 in 2013 with the departure of Monmouth and Quinnipiac for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), returned to 11 with the 2019 addition of Merrimack, and again dropped to 10 in 2020 with the departure of Robert Morris for the Horizon League. The conference dropped to 9 members in 2022 with the departure of Bryant and Mount St. Mary's, respectively for the America East Conference and the MAAC, plus the addition of Stonehill. On March 20, 2023, St. Francis Brooklyn announced that all intercollegiate sports would be dropped effective at the end of the 2022-23 season, dropping the NEC down to 8 full members. This was followed on May 10, 2023 by the announcement that Le Moyne College would begin a transition from Division II and join the NEC on July 1.[5]

Additional changes were announced in 2018 and took effect with the 2019–20 school year. First, on September 10, the NEC announced it would add Merrimack.[6] Then, on October 3, Long Island University announced that it would combine its two existing athletic programs—NEC member LIU Brooklyn and the Division II program at LIU Post—into a single Division I program under the LIU name. The new LIU program, nicknamed Sharks,[7] maintains LIU Brooklyn's previous memberships in Division I and the NEC.[8] Another recent change took place on July 1, 2020, when charter member Robert Morris left to join the Horizon League. The next changes in membership were on July 1, 2022, with Bryant leaving for the America East Conference,[9] Mount St. Mary's leaving for the MAAC,[10] and Stonehill arriving from NCAA Division II.[11]

The Northeast Conference has a total of 9 full members in 24 championship sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's bowling, men's and women's cross country, women's field hockey, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's indoor track & field, women's lacrosse, men's and women's outdoor track & field, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's volleyball.

Men's lacrosse became the league's 23rd sport for the 2011 season.[12] The number of sports dropped to 22 after the 2012–13 school year, when the conference dropped field hockey. The departure of Monmouth and Quinnipiac to become all-sports members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) in July 2013 gave the MAAC four full members that sponsored the sport; the other two were NEC single-sport affiliates Rider and Siena. The MAAC then decided to add field hockey as a sponsored sport for the 2013 season,[13] and all of the NEC's remaining field hockey programs eventually joined the MAAC except for Saint Francis (PA), which joined the Atlantic 10 Conference. The NEC reinstated field hockey as a sponsored sport for the 2019 season with seven members—full members Bryant, LIU, Merrimack, Sacred Heart, and Wagner, plus associate members Fairfield and Rider.[14] Saint Francis (PA) rejoined the NEC in field hockey during the 2021-22 season. A more recent addition to the NEC's sports roster was men's swimming & diving, added for 2020–21 with full members Bryant, LIU, Mount St. Mary's, St. Francis Brooklyn, and Wagner plus incoming associate member Howard.[15]

In 2022–23, the NEC added one sport and dropped another. On September 30, 2021, the NEC announced that it would begin sponsoring men's volleyball in 2022–23 with six members.[16] Before the end of the 2021–22 school year, the NEC announced that two Division II schools from the Buffalo, New York area, Daemen and D'Youville, would also become part of the new men's volleyball league.[17] In a May 9, 2022 Twitter post, NEC commissioner Noreen Morris indicated that the NEC would shut down its men's lacrosse league after the then-ongoing 2022 season. The NEC had already lost two full members that sponsored the sport, and would eventually lose its two affiliate members in that sport when the Atlantic 10 Conference announced it would launch a men's lacrosse league in the 2023 season.[18] Three of the remaining four NEC men's lacrosse programs became affiliate members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The other program, Merrimack, was in talks with several lacrosse-sponsoring conferences for affiliate membership,[19] and eventually joined the America East in time for the 2023 season.[20]

In July 2022, the Northeast Conference announced a partnership with the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in which MEAC schools sponsoring baseball and men's and women's golf would become affiliate members in their respective sports beginning in the 2022-23 season.[21] That September, the NEC announced that MEAC member Delaware State, which had just joined NEC baseball and women's golf, would add women's lacrosse and women's soccer to its NEC membership in 2023–24.[22]

In March 2023, St. Francis College (Brooklyn) announced that it would discontinue its athletic programs at the end of the spring 2023 schedule.[23] Le Moyne was announced as SFC's replacement that May.

The NEC added two affiliate members in 2023–24—Binghamton University in men's golf plus men's and women's tennis,[24] and Niagara University in bowling. Niagara added that sport for 2023–24 by effectively absorbing the bowling program of Medaille University, a nearby Division III school that closed at the end of the 2022–23 school year.[25]

In October 2023, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference announced that Merrimack and Sacred Heart were going to join the conference for the 2024-25 season.[26] This announcement came on the heels of the announcement that the NEC was going to support men's lacrosse as a conference sponsored sport for the 2024–25 academic year, after having to discontinue it two years earlier due to the lack of sponsoring members. The original plan was for full members Le Moyne, LIU, Merrimack, Sacred Heart, and Wagner to be joined by two new associate members, the University of Detroit Mercy and the Virginia Military Institute (VMI).[27] The departure of Merrimack and Sacred Heart left the number of men's lacrosse programs in the conference with less than the 6 member minimum required for an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament. The NEC announced in November 2023 that Cleveland State University and former full member Robert Morris were going to join the league as men's lacrosse associates.[28] In November 2023, Robert Morris also announced that it would return to the NEC in football.[29] Shortly after this, Maryland Eastern Shore announced that it would add men's volleyball in the 2026 season (2025–26 school year) as an NEC associate member, increasing the number of its NEC teams to four. It became the first historically African-American Division I member to announce the addition of that sport.[30] In April 2024, Sacred Heart announced that it was going to leave NEC men's volleyball and return to the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, where it had played that sport before the NEC established its own league.[31] Also in 2024–25, former full member Monmouth returned to the NEC as an associate member in bowling.[32] Soon after the start of the 2024–25 academic year, Manhattan University announced that it was going to add men's volleyball and become an NEC affiliate in 2025–26.[33]

In response to the departure of Merrimack and Sacred Heart, the NEC announced first in December 2023 that D-I independent Chicago State University was going to join the NEC.[34] A few months later, in April 2024, Mercyhurst University announced that it was going to transition from Division II and join the NEC, bringing the league to 9 members again, for the 2024-25 season.[35]

On March 25, 2025, Saint Francis University announced it would transition from Division I to Division III following the 2025–26 academic year.[36][37]

On May 6, 2025, the University of New Haven announced it had accepted an invitation to join the conference and begin its reclassification from Division II starting on July 1, 2025.[38]

Currently, a total of 20 affiliate members compete in football, women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's swimming, women's bowling, field hockey, and men's volleyball.

## Member schools

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### Full members

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#### Current full members

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Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Joined  | Type  | Enrollment  | Endowment (2022)  | Nickname  | Colors

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Central Connecticut State University | New Britain, Connecticut | 1849  | 1997  | Public | 9,546  | $63,000,000  | Blue Devils |
Chicago State University | Chicago, Illinois | 1867  | 2024  | Public
(TMCF) | 2,620[39] | $9,700,000  | Cougars |
Fairleigh Dickinson University | Teaneck, New Jersey | 1942  | 1981  | Nonsectarian | 8,590  | $88,300,000  | Knights |
Le Moyne College | DeWitt, New York[a] | 1946  | 2023  | Catholic
(Jesuit) | 3,409  | $180,400,000  | Dolphins |
Long Island University[b] | Brooklyn and
Brookville, New York[c] | 1926  | 1981  | Nonsectarian | 16,958[d] | $367,000,000  | Sharks |
Mercyhurst University | Erie, Pennsylvania | 1926  | 2024  | Catholic
(Sisters of Mercy) | 2,759 | $31,800,000  | Lakers |
University of New Haven | West Haven, Connecticut | 1920  | 2025  | Nonsectarian | 7,513  | $94,000,000  | Chargers |
Saint Francis University[e] | Loretto, Pennsylvania | 1847  | 1981  | Catholic
(Franciscan) | 2,111  | $63,000,000  | Red Flash |
Stonehill College | Easton, Massachusetts | 1948  | 2022  | Catholic
(Holy Cross) | 2,479  | $295,259,814  | Skyhawks |
Wagner College | Staten Island, New York | 1883  | 1981  | Lutheran | 1,762  | $112,000,000  | Seahawks |

Notes

1. ^ The campus has a Syracuse mailing address, but almost entirely lies within the adjacent town of DeWitt.
2. ^ Prior to 2019–20, LIU operated two separate athletic programs, with only that of the school's Brooklyn campus being an NEC member.
3. ^ The merged LIU athletic program bases some sports at the Brooklyn campus and others at the Post campus in Brookville, New York.[40]
4. ^ Combined enrollment of the Brooklyn and Post campuses. All LIU varsity sports are open to undergraduates at either campus who meet NCAA eligibility requirements.
5. ^ Departing for the Presidents' Athletic Conference in 2026.

#### Former full members

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Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Joined  | Left  | Type  | Nickname  | Colors  | Current
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University of Baltimore | Baltimore, Maryland | 1925  | 1981  | 1983  | Public  | Super Bees |  | none[a]
Bryant University | Smithfield, Rhode Island | 1863  | 2008  | 2022  | Private  | Bulldogs |  | America East
Loyola College | Baltimore, Maryland | 1852  | 1981  | 1989  | Greyhounds |  | Patriot
Marist College | Poughkeepsie, New York | 1929  | 1997  | Red Foxes |  | MAAC
University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Catonsville, Maryland[b] | 1966  | 1998  | 2003  | Public  | Retrievers |  | America East
Merrimack College[c] | North Andover, Massachusetts | 1947  | 2019  | 2024  | Private  | Warriors |  | MAAC
Monmouth University[d] | West Long Branch, New Jersey | 1933  | 1985  | 2013  | Hawks |  | CAA
Mount St. Mary's University | Emmitsburg, Maryland[e] | 1808  | 1989  | 2022  | Mountaineers |  | MAAC
Quinnipiac University | Hamden, Connecticut | 1929  | 1998  | 2013  | Bobcats |
Rider University[f] | Lawrenceville, New Jersey | 1865  | 1992  | 1997  | Broncs |
Robert Morris University[g] | Moon Township, Pennsylvania | 1921  | 1981  | 2020  | Colonials |  | Horizon
Sacred Heart University[c] | Fairfield, Connecticut | 1963  | 1999  | 2024  | Pioneers |  | MAAC
St. Francis College | Brooklyn, New York | 1858  | 1981  | 2023  | Terriers |  | none[h]
Siena College | Loudonville, New York | 1937  | 1984  | Saints |  | MAAC
Towson University | Towson, Maryland | 1866  | 1982  | Public  | Tigers |  | CAA

Notes

1. ^ The University of Baltimore dropped intercollegiate athletics after the 1982–83 academic year.
2. ^ Mailing address is Baltimore.
3. ^ a b Merrimack and Sacred Heart remain in the NEC as affiliate members for field hockey.
4. ^ Monmouth returned to the NEC in 2024–25 as an affiliate member in bowling.
5. ^ The Mount St. Mary's campus has an Emmitsburg mailing address, but is located in unincorporated Frederick County.
6. ^ Rider returned to the NEC in 2019–20 as an affiliate member for field hockey.
7. ^ Robert Morris returned to the NEC in 2024–25 as an affiliate member for football and men's lacrosse.
8. ^ St. Francis Brooklyn dropped intercollegiate athletics after the 2022–23 academic year.

### Affiliate members

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#### Current affiliate members

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Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Joined  | Type  | Enrollment  | Nickname  | Colors  | NEC
sport(s)  | Primary
conference

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Binghamton University | Binghamton, New York[a] | 1946  | 2023  | Public  | 16,098  | Bearcats |  | Men's golf | America East
Men's tennis
Women's tennis
Cleveland State University | Cleveland, Ohio | 1964  | 2024  | Public  | 16,418  | Vikings |  | Men's lacrosse | Horizon
Coppin State University | Baltimore, Maryland | 1900  | 2022  | Public
(HBCU) | 2,348  | Eagles |  | Baseball  | MEAC
Daemen University | Amherst, New York | 1947  | Private  | 2,156  | Wildcats |  | Men's volleyball | ECC[b]
Delaware State University | Dover, Delaware | 1891  | Public[c]
(HBCU) | 4,768  | Hornets |  | Baseball  | MEAC
Women's golf
2023  | Women's lacrosse
Women's soccer
University of Detroit Mercy | Detroit, Michigan | 1877  | 2024  | Private  | 5,700  | Titans |  | Men’s Lacrosse  | Horizon
Duquesne University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1878  | 2008  | 10,184  | Dukes |  | Football  | Atlantic 10
2016  | Bowling
D'Youville University | Buffalo, New York | 1946  | 2022  | 1,475  | Saints |  | Men's volleyball | ECC[b]
Fairfield University | Fairfield, Connecticut | 1942  | 2019[d] | 4,991  | Stags |  | Field hockey  | MAAC
Howard University | Washington, D.C. | 1867  | 2020  | Private
(HBCU) | 10,000  | Bison &
Lady Bison |  | Men's swimming & diving | MEAC
Women's swimming & diving
2021  | Women's golf
Women's lacrosse
Men's soccer
Women's soccer
2022  | Men's golf
Manhattan University | Riverdale, New York | 1853  | 2025  | Private  | 4,132  | Jaspers |  | Men's volleyball | MAAC
University of Maryland Eastern Shore | Princess Anne, Maryland[e] | 1886  | 2022  | Public
(HBCU) | 2,888  | Hawks |  | Baseball  | MEAC
Men's golf
Women's golf
2025  | Men's volleyball
Merrimack College | North Andover, Massachusetts | 1947  | 2024[f] | Private  | 3,726  | Warriors |  | Field hockey  | MAAC
Monmouth University | West Long Branch, New Jersey | 1933  | 2024[g] | 5,675  | Hawks |  | Bowling  | CAA
Niagara University | Niagara University, New York[h] | 1856  | 2023  | 3,765  | Purple Eagles |  | MAAC
Norfolk State University | Norfolk, Virginia | 1935  | 2022  | Public
(HBCU) | 5,601  | Spartans |  | Baseball  | MEAC
North Carolina Central University | Durham, North Carolina | 1910  | 8,011  | Eagles |  | Men's golf
Women's golf
Rider University | Lawrenceville, New Jersey | 1865  | 2019[i] | Private  | 5,790  | Broncs |  | Field hockey  | MAAC
Robert Morris University | Moon Township, Pennsylvania | 1921  | 2024[j] | 4,895  | Colonials |  | Football  | Horizon
Men's lacrosse
Sacred Heart University | Fairfield, Connecticut | 1963  | 2024[k] | 5,974  | Pioneers |  | Field hockey  | MAAC
Virginia Military Institute
(VMI) | Lexington, Virginia | 1839  | 2024  | Public
(Senior Military College) | 1,772  | Keydets |  | Men's lacrosse | SoCon

Notes

1. ^ The BU campus has a Binghamton mailing address, but mostly lies in the adjacent town of Vestal.
2. ^ a b Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
3. ^ Delaware State is officially chartered as a "privately-governed, state-assisted" institution. This status is broadly similar to that of New York State's statutory colleges, most of which are housed at Cornell University, or institutions in Pennsylvania's Commonwealth System of Higher Education.
4. ^ The Fairfield field hockey team had previously competed in the NEC from the 2004 to 2006 fall seasons (2004–05 to 2006–07 school years).
5. ^ The UMES campus has a Princess Anne mailing address, but lies in unincorporated Somerset County.
6. ^ Merrimack had been a full NEC member from 2019–20 to 2023–24.
7. ^ Monmouth had been a full NEC member from 1985–86 to 2012–13.
8. ^ The Niagara campus is its own census-designated place and postal entity within the town of Lewiston.
9. ^ Rider was previously a full member from 1992–93 to 1996–97; while its field hockey team had previously competed in the NEC from the 1998 to 2012 fall seasons (1998–99 to 2012–13 school years).
10. ^ Robert Morris had been a full NEC member from 1981–82 to 2019–20.
11. ^ Sacred Heart had been a full NEC member from 1999–2000 to 2023–24.

#### Former affiliate members

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Institution  | Location  | Founded  | Joined  | Left  | Type  | Nickname  | Colors  | NEC
sport  | Primary
conference  | Conference
in former
NEC sport

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Adelphi University | Garden City, New York | 1896  | 2008  | 2015  | Private  | Panthers |  | Bowling  | Northeast-10[a] | ECC[a]
University at Albany | Albany, New York | 1844  | 1999  | 2013  | Public  | Great Danes |  | Football  | America East | CAA Football[b]
Caldwell University | Caldwell, New Jersey | 1939  | 2014  | 2018  | Private  | Cougars |  | Bowling  | CACC[a] | ECC[a]
Hobart College | Geneva, New York | 1822  | 2013  | 2022  | Statesmen |  | Men's lacrosse | Liberty[c] | Atlantic 10
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | Kutztown, Pennsylvania | 1866  | 2008  | 2015  | Public  | Golden Bears |  | Bowling  | PSAC[a] | ECC[a]
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania | Lock Haven, Pennsylvania | 1942  | 2004  | 2010  | Bald Eagles |  | Field hockey  | Atlantic 10
New Jersey City University | Jersey City, New Jersey | 1929  | 2009  | 2013  | Gothic Knights |  | Bowling  | NJAC[c] | AMCC[c][41]
New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT) | Newark, New Jersey | 1881  | 2019[42] | 2020  | Highlanders |  | Women's lacrosse | America East[d]
St. John's University | Queens, New York | 1870  | 2000  | 2003  | Private  | Red Storm |  | Football  | Big East | none[e]
Saint Joseph's University | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1851  | 2013  | 2022  | Hawks |  | Men's lacrosse | Atlantic 10
Saint Peter's University | Jersey City, New Jersey | 1872  | 2008  | 2013  | Peahens[f] |  | Bowling  | MAAC | none[g]
Siena College | Loudonville, New York | 1937  | 1998  | Saints |  | Field hockey  | MAAC | none[h]
Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, New York | 1957  | 1999  | 2007  | Public  | Seawolves |  | Football  | CAA | CAA Football[b]
Virginia Military Institute
(VMI) | Lexington, Virginia | 1839  | 2003[i] | Public
(Senior Military College) | Keydets |  | Men's swimming & diving | SoCon | America East[j]
Women's swimming & diving

Notes

1. ^ a b c d e f Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
2. ^ a b CAA Football is technically a separate entity from the all-sports Coastal Athletic Association, though both share the same administration.
3. ^ a b c Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.
4. ^ NJIT left NEC men's lacrosse after only one season when it became a full member of the America East Conference, which sponsors that sport.[43]
5. ^ St. John's dropped football after the 2002 fall season (2002–03 school year).
6. ^ When Saint Peter's was an NEC associate member, its men's teams used the nickname Peacocks, with women's teams using Peahens. The university has since adopted Peacocks for all teams.
7. ^ Saint Peter's dropped bowling after the 2017–18 school year.
8. ^ Siena dropped field hockey after the 2017 fall season (2017–18 school year).
9. ^ The VMI men's swimming program joined the NEC for the 2003–04 school year. The women's swimming team became a varsity program during the 2005–06 school year.
10. ^ At the time of their membership in the Northeast Conference, VMI was a member of the Big South. In 2014, they became full members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). In swimming, the Keydets left the NEC to join the league now known as the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA), and have competed in the America East Conference since the 2017–18 school year.

### Membership timeline

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Full members Full members (non-football) Football Affiliate Affiliate member (other sports) Other Conference Other Conference

## Sports

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The Northeast Conference currently sponsors championship competition in 11 men's and 13 women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[44] Twelve schools are associate members in 14 of those sports.

The most recent change to the NEC sports lineup is the reinstatement of men's lacrosse in 2024–25 after it had been eliminated in 2022. At the same time men's lacrosse was dropped, the NEC added men's volleyball.[19]

See also: Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

See also: Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

See also: Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

Teams in Northeast Conference competition  Sport | Men's | Women's

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Baseball | 11 | –
Basketball | 9 | 9
Bowling | – | 8
Cross country | 9 | 9
Field hockey | – | 9
Football | 8 | –
Golf | 11 | 12
Lacrosse | 8 | 10
Soccer | 9 | 11
Softball | – | 8
Swimming & Diving | 4 | 7
Tennis | 9 | 9
Track and Field (Indoor) | 8 | 8
Track and Field (Outdoor) | 8 | 8
Volleyball | 7 | 8

Notes

### Men's sponsored sports by school

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School | Baseball | Basketball | Cross
Country | Football | Golf | Lacrosse | Soccer | Swimming & Diving | Tennis | Track & Field
(Indoor) | Track & Field
(Outdoor) | Volleyball | Total NEC
Sports

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Central Connecticut | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | 7
Chicago State | No | Yes | Yes | No[a] | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 7
Fairleigh Dickinson | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9
Le Moyne | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 10
LIU | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 12
Mercyhurst | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | 8
New Haven | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | 8
Saint Francis | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9
Stonehill | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 8
Wagner | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 10
Totals | 7+4[b] | 9 | 9 | 6+2[c] | 7+4[d] | 4+4[e] | 8+1[f] | 3+1[f] | 8+1[g] | 8 | 8 | 3+4[h] | 77+21

Notes

1. ^ In April 2025, Chicago State hired its first head football coach,[45] with an expected first season in 2026.[46]
2. ^ Affiliate members Coppin State, Delaware State, UMES, and Norfolk State
3. ^ Affiliate members Duquesne and Robert Morris
4. ^ Affiliate members Binghamton, Howard, UMES, and North Carolina Central
5. ^ Affiliate members Cleveland State, Detroit Mercy, Robert Morris, and VMI
6. ^ a b Affiliate member Howard
7. ^ Affiliate member Binghamton
8. ^ Affiliate members Daemen, D'Youville, Manhattan, and UMES.

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Northeast Conference which are played by NEC schools:

School | Fencing[a] | Ice Hockey | Water Polo | Wrestling

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LIU | IND | Independent | — | EIWA
Mercyhurst | — | AHA | CWPA | IND
Stonehill | – | Independent | – | –
Wagner | IND | — | CWPA | —

Notes

1. ^ Fencing is a coeducational sport, with schools having men's and women's squads and all individual matches involving members of the same sex. Of the three NEC members that sponsor fencing, LIU and Wagner field both men's and women's squads, while Fairleigh Dickinson fields only a women's squad.

### Women's sponsored sports by school

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School | Basketball | Bowling | Cross
Country | Field Hockey | Golf | Lacrosse | Soccer | Softball | Swimming & Diving | Tennis | Track & Field
(Indoor) | Track & Field
(Outdoor) | Volleyball | Total NEC
Sports

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Central Connecticut | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9
Chicago State | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8
Fairleigh Dickinson | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 11
Le Moyne | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 11
LIU | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 13
Mercyhurst | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | 10
New Haven | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 11
Saint Francis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 12
Stonehill | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 12
Wagner | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 12
Totals | 9 | 5+3[a] | 9 | 5+4[b] | 8+4[c] | 8+2[d] | 9+2[d] | 8 | 6+1[e] | 9+1[f] | 8 | 8 | 8 | 98+17

Notes

1. ^ Affiliate members Duquesne, Monmouth, and Niagara
2. ^ Affiliate members Fairfield, Merrimack, Rider, and Sacred Heart
3. ^ Affiliate members Delaware State, Howard, UMES, and North Carolina Central
4. ^ a b Affiliate members Delaware State and Howard
5. ^ Affiliate member Howard
6. ^ Affiliate member Binghamton

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Northeast Conference which are played by NEC schools:

School | Acrobatics &
Tumbling[a] | Equestrian[a] | Fencing[b] | Gymnastics | Ice Hockey | Rowing | Rugby[a] | Stunt[a] | Triathlon[a] | Water Polo

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Chicago State | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | IND[c] | —
Fairleigh Dickinson | — | — | NIWFA | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
LIU | IND[d] | — | IND | EAGL | NEWHA | — | — | — | — | MAAC
Mercyhurst | — | — | — | — | AHA | IND | — | IND | — | CWPA
New Haven | — | — | - | — | — | — | IND | — | — | —
Saint Francis | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | CWPA
Stonehill | — | IND[e] | — | — | NEWHA | — | — | — | — | —
Wagner | — | — | NIWFA | — | — | — | — | — | IND[c] | MAAC

In addition to the above, Fairleigh Dickinson counts their female cheerleaders (but not male cheerleaders) as varsity athletes.

Notes

1. ^ a b c d e Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.
2. ^ Fencing is a coeducational sport, with schools having men's and women's squads and all individual matches involving members of the same sex. Of the four NEC members that sponsor the sport, LIU and Sacred Heart have both men's and women's squads (with LIU having added men's fencing in 2022–23), and Fairleigh Dickinson and Wagner field only women's squads. Wagner will add a men's squad to its existing women's squad in 2023–24.
3. ^ a b The NCAA considers all triathlon schools that do not compete in the sport within a recognized NCAA conference to be independents.
4. ^ The NCAA considers all acrobatics & tumbling schools that do not compete in the sport within a recognized NCAA conference to be independents.
5. ^ The NCAA considers all equestrian schools that do not compete in the sport within a recognized NCAA conference to be independents.

## Basketball champions

[edit]

### Men's basketball champions

[edit]

See also: List of Northeast Conference men's basketball regular season champions

See also: Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament

See also: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

See also: Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

Season  | Regular Season Champion  | Tournament champion

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1982 | Fairleigh Dickinson (12–3)  | Robert Morris
1983 | Robert Morris (12–2)  | Robert Morris
1984 | Long Island (11–5)  | Long Island
1985 | Marist (11–3)  | Fairleigh Dickinson
1986 | Fairleigh Dickinson (13–3)  | Marist
1987 | Marist (15–1)  | Marist
1988 | Fairleigh Dickinson (13–3)  | Fairleigh Dickinson
1989 | Robert Morris (12–4)  | Robert Morris
1990 | Robert Morris (12–4)  | Robert Morris
1991 | Saint Francis (PA) (13–3)  | Saint Francis (PA)
1992 | Robert Morris (12–4)  | Robert Morris
1993 | Rider (14–4)  | Rider
1994 | Rider (14–4)  | Rider
1995 | Rider (13–5)  | Mount Saint Mary's
1996 | Mount Saint Mary's (16–2)  | Monmouth
1997 | Long Island (15–3)  | Long Island
1998 | Long Island (14–2)  | Fairleigh Dickinson
1999 | UMBC (17–3)  | Mount Saint Mary's
2000 | Central Connecticut St. (15–3)  | Central Connecticut St.
2001 | St. Francis (NY) (16–4)  | Monmouth
2002 | Central Connecticut St. (19–1)  | Central Connecticut St.
2003 | Wagner (14–4)  | Wagner
2004 | Monmouth† and St. Francis (NY) (12–6)  | Monmouth
2005 | Monmouth (14–4)  | Fairleigh Dickinson
2006 | Fairleigh Dickinson (14–4)  | Monmouth
2007 | Central Connecticut St. (16–2)  | Central Connecticut St.
2008 | Robert Morris (16–2)  | Mount Saint Mary's
2009 | Robert Morris (15–3)  | Robert Morris
2010 | Quinnipiac (15–3)  | Robert Morris
2011 | Long Island (16–2)  | Long Island
2012 | Long Island (16–2)  | Long Island
2013 | Robert Morris (14–4)  | Long Island
2014 | Robert Morris (14–2)  | Mount Saint Mary's
2015 | St. Francis Brooklyn (15–3)  | Robert Morris
2016 | Wagner (13-5)  | Fairleigh Dickinson
2017 | Mount Saint Mary's (14-4)  | Mount Saint Mary's
2018 | Wagner (14-4)  | LIU Brooklyn
2019 | Saint Francis (PA)† and Fairleigh Dickinson (12–6)  | Fairleigh Dickinson
2020 | Merrimack (14–4)[a] | Robert Morris
2021 | Wagner (13–5)  | Mount St. Mary's
2022 | Bryant (16–2)  | Bryant
2023 | Merrimack (12–4)  | Merrimack[b]
2024 | Central Connecticut St.† and Merrimack (13–3)  | Wagner
2025 | Central Connecticut St. (14–2)  | Saint Francis

1. ^ Merrimack was ineligible for the NEC tournament due to being in its first transitional year (of four) from NCAA Division II.
2. ^ Starting with the 2023 edition, NEC tournament eligibility was extended to transitional D-I members effective with the third year of the transition, making fourth-year transitional member Merrimack tournament-eligible. However, it remained ineligible for the NCAA tournament. Merrimack's opponent in the NEC final, Fairleigh Dickinson, received the NEC automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

† No. 1 seed in NEC tournament

### Women's basketball champions

[edit]

See also: Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament

See also: Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year

See also: Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year

Year  | Regular Season Champions  | Tournament champions

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1986-87  | Monmouth  | Monmouth
1987-88  | Monmouth  | Robert Morris
1988-89  | Wagner  | Wagner
1989-90  | Mount St. Mary's  | Fairleigh Dickinson
1990-91  | Mount St. Mary's  | Robert Morris
1991-92  | Mount St. Mary's  | Fairleigh Dickinson
1992-93  | Fairleigh Dickinson/Mount St. Mary's  | Mount St. Mary's
1993-94  | Mount St. Mary's  | Mount St. Mary's
1994-95  | Mount St. Mary's  | Mount St. Mary's
1995-96  | Mount St. Mary's  | Saint Francis (PA)
1996-97  | Saint Francis (PA)  | Saint Francis (PA)
1997-98  | Saint Francis (PA)  | Saint Francis (PA)
1998-99  | Mount St. Mary's  | Saint Francis (PA)
1999-00  | Saint Francis (PA)  | Saint Francis (PA)
2000-01  | Mount St. Mary's  | Long Island
2001-02  | Saint Francis (PA)  | Saint Francis (PA)
2002-03  | Saint Francis (PA)  | Saint Francis (PA)
2003-04  | Saint Francis (PA)  | Saint Francis (PA)
2004-05  | Saint Francis (PA)  | Saint Francis (PA)
2005-06  | Sacred Heart  | Sacred Heart
2006-07  | Long Island, Robert Morris and Sacred Heart  | Robert Morris
2007-08  | Quinnipiac and Robert Morris  | Robert Morris
2008-09  | Sacred Heart  | Sacred Heart
2009-10  | Robert Morris  | Saint Francis (PA)
2010-11  | Saint Francis (PA)  | Saint Francis (PA)
2011-12  | Sacred Heart  | Sacred Heart
2012-13  | Quinnipiac  | Quinnipiac
2013-14  | Robert Morris  | Robert Morris
2014-15  | Bryant/Central Connecticut  | St. Francis Brooklyn
2015-16  | Sacred Heart  | Robert Morris
2016-17  | Robert Morris  | Robert Morris
2017-18  | Saint Francis (PA)  | Saint Francis (PA)
2018–19  | Robert Morris  | Robert Morris
2019–20  | Robert Morris  | None; tournament canceled in progress due to COVID-19
2020-21  | Mount St. Mary’s  | Mount St. Mary’s
2021-22  | Fairleigh Dickinson  | Mount St. Mary’s
2022-23  | Fairleigh Dickinson  | Sacred Heart
2023-24  | Sacred Heart  | Sacred Heart
2024-25  | Fairleigh Dickinson  | Fairleigh Dickinson

## Football champions

[edit]

### Football champions

[edit]

* 1996 – Robert Morris/Monmouth
* 1997 – Robert Morris
* 1998 – Monmouth/Robert Morris
* 1999 – Robert Morris
* 2000 – Robert Morris
* 2001 – Sacred Heart
* 2002 – Albany
* 2003 – Monmouth/Albany
* 2004 – Monmouth/Central Connecticut
* 2005 – Stony Brook/Central Connecticut
* 2006 – Monmouth
* 2007 – Albany
* 2008 – Albany
* 2009 – Central Connecticut
* 2010 – Robert Morris/Central Connecticut
* 2011 – Albany/Duquesne
* 2012 – Wagner/Albany
* 2013 – Sacred Heart/Duquesne
* 2014 – Sacred Heart/Wagner
* 2015 – Duquesne
* 2016 – Saint Francis (PA)/Duquesne
* 2017 – Central Connecticut
* 2018 – Duquesne/Sacred Heart
* 2019 - Central Connecticut
* 2020 - Sacred Heart
* 2021 - Sacred Heart
* 2022 - Saint Francis (PA)
* 2023 - Duquesne
* 2024 - Central Connecticut/Duquesne

### Most conference championships

[edit]

* 7 – Central Connecticut (4 shared)
* 7 – Duquesne (5 shared)
* 6 – Albany (3 shared)
* 6 – Robert Morris (3 shared)
* 6 – Sacred Heart (3 shared)
* 5 – Monmouth (4 shared)
* 2 – Saint Francis (PA) (1 shared)
* 2 – Wagner (2 shared)
* 1 – Stony Brook (1 shared)

## Baseball champions

[edit]

The NEC has held a tournament for baseball since 1993.[47]

See also: Northeast Conference baseball tournament

Season  | Regular Season Champion  | Season  | Tournament champion

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1987 | Fairleigh Dickinson |  |
1988 | Fairleigh Dickinson |  |
1989 | Monmouth |  |
1990 | Long Island Brooklyn |  |
1991 | Monmouth |  |
1992 | St. Francis (NY) |  |
1993 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 1993 | St. Francis (NY)
1994 | Rider/Fairleigh Dickinson | 1994 | Rider
1995 | Rider | 1995 | Rider
1996 | Monmouth/Rider | 1996 | Rider
1997 | Marist | 1997 | Marist
1998 | St. Francis (NY)/Monmouth | 1998 | Monmouth
1999 | FDU (North Division)
Monmouth (South Division) | 1999 | Monmouth
2000 | Long Island Brooklyn (North Division)
UMBC (South Division) | 2000 | Wagner
2001 | CCSU/St. Francis (NY) (North Division)
Monmouth/UMBC (South Division) | 2001 | UMBC
2002 | Monmouth | 2002 | Central Connecticut State
2003 | Central Connecticut State | 2003 | Central Connecticut State
2004 | Central Connecticut State | 2004 | Central Connecticut State
2005 | Quinnipiac | 2005 | Quinnipiac
2006 | Central Connecticut State | 2006 | Sacred Heart
2007 | Quinnipiac/Mt. St. Mary's | 2007 | Monmouth
2008 | Monmouth | 2008 | Mount St. Mary's
2009 | Wagner | 2009 | Monmouth
2010 | Bryant | 2010 | Central Connecticut State
2011 | Monmouth | 2011 | Sacred Heart
2012 | Bryant | 2012 | Sacred Heart
2013 | Bryant | 2013 | Bryant
2014 | Bryant | 2014 | Bryant
2015 | Bryant | 2015 | Sacred Heart
2016 | Bryant | 2016 | Bryant
2017 | Bryant | 2017 | Central Connecticut State
2018 | Bryant | 2018 | LIU Brooklyn
2019 | Bryant | 2019 | Central Connecticut State
2021 | Bryant | 2021 | Central Connecticut State
2022 | Long Island | 2022 | Long Island
2023 | Central Connecticut State | 2023 | Central Connecticut State
2024 | Sacred Heart | 2024 | Long Island
2025 | Long Island | 2025 | Central Connecticut State

## NEC rivalries

[edit]

Before the 2013 departure of Monmouth and Quinnipiac, the NEC had 6 rivalry matchups in the conference; which is most prevalent during NEC's men's and women's basketball "Rivalry Week." The concept of playing back-to-back games against a local rival the same week is the only one of its kind among the nation's 31 NCAA Division I conferences. The pre-2013 NEC rivalries are as follows (with the current NEC team listed first in the matchups that are now non-conference):

Non-conference

* Constitution State Rivalry: Central Connecticut vs. Sacred Heart (non-conference starting in 2024–25)
* Garden State Rivalry: Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Monmouth (non-conference since 2013–14)
* Governor's Cup: Sacred Heart vs. Quinnipiac (non-conference since 2013–14, MAAC rivalry in 2024–25)
* Keystone Clash: Saint Francis (PA) vs. Robert Morris (non-conference since 2020–21, will be discontinued in 2026-27)
* NY–MD Showdown: Wagner vs. Mount St. Mary's (non-conference since 2022–23)

Discontinued

* Battle of Brooklyn: LIU vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (St. Francis Brooklyn dropped athletics after the 2022–23 academic year.)

## Brenda Weare Commissioner's Cup

[edit]

The NEC Commissioner's Cup was instituted during the 1986–87 season with Long Island winning the inaugural award. Cup points are awarded in each NEC sponsored sport. For men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, football, women's bowling, softball, men's and women's lacrosse, and baseball, the final regular season standings are used to determine Cup points. Starting with the 2012–13 season, the Conference began awarding three bonus points to the NEC Tournament champion in those sports. In all other sports, points are awarded based on the finish at NEC Championship events.

Year | Overall | Men's | Women's

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2024–25 | LIU | LIU | Saint Francis (PA)
2023–24 | Sacred Heart | Merrimack | Sacred Heart
2022-23 | Sacred Heart | Merrimack | Sacred Heart
2021-22 | LIU | LIU | LIU
2020-21 | LIU | Bryant | LIU
2019-20 | Not Awarded | Not Awarded | Not Awarded
2018-19 | Sacred Heart | Bryant | Sacred Heart
2017-18 | Saint Francis (PA) | Bryant | Saint Francis (PA)
2016-17 | Sacred Heart | Bryant | Sacred Heart
2015-16 | Sacred Heart | Bryant | Sacred Heart
2014-15 | Bryant | Bryant | Sacred Heart
2013-14 | Bryant | Bryant | Saint Francis (PA)
2012-13 | Monmouth | Monmouth | Saint Francis (PA)
2011-12 | Sacred Heart | Monmouth | Sacred Heart
2010-11 | Sacred Heart | Sacred Heart | Sacred Heart
2009-10 | Sacred Heart | Monmouth | Sacred Heart
2008-09 | Sacred Heart | Sacred Heart | Sacred Heart
2007-08 | Sacred Heart | Monmouth | Sacred Heart
2006-07 | Monmouth | Monmouth | Sacred Heart
2005-06 | Monmouth | Monmouth | Long Island
2004-05 | Monmouth | Monmouth | Saint Francis (PA)
2003-04 | Monmouth | Monmouth | Sacred Heart
2002-03 | UMBC | Monmouth | UMBC
2001-02 | UMBC | Monmouth | UMBC
2000-01 | UMBC | UMBC | UMBC
1999-2000 | UMBC | UMBC | UMBC
1998-99 | UMBC | Monmouth | UMBC
1997-98 | Monmouth |  |
1996-97 | Mount St. Mary's |  |
1995-96 | Mount St. Mary's |  |
1994-95 | Mount St. Mary's |  |
1993-94 | Fairleigh Dickinson |  |
1992-93 | Fairleigh Dickinson |  |
1991-92 | Fairleigh Dickinson |  |
1990-91 | Monmouth |  |
1989-90 | Fairleigh Dickinson |  |
1988-89 | Fairleigh Dickinson |  |
1987-88 | Fairleigh Dickinson |  |
1986-87 | Long Island |  |

## Facilities

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School  | Football stadium  | Capacity  | Basketball arena  | Capacity  | Baseball stadium  | Capacity

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Central Connecticut | Arute Field | 5,500  | William H. Detrick Gymnasium | 3,200  | CCSU Baseball Field | —
Chicago State | Future football member in 2026, Stadium location TBD | Jones Convocation Center | 7,000  | Non-baseball school
Duquesne | Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field | 2,200  | Football (and bowling)-only member
Fairleigh Dickinson | Non-football school | Bogota Savings Bank Center | 5,000  | Naimoli Family Baseball Complex | 500
Le Moyne | Ted Grant Court | 2,637  | Dick Rockwell Field  | —
LIU | Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium | 6,000  | Steinberg Wellness Center | 3,000  | LIU Baseball Stadium | —
Mercyhurst | Saxon Stadium | 2,300  | Mercyhurst Athletic Center | 1,800  | Mercyhurst Baseball Field  | 1,000
New Haven | Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium | 3,500  | Jeffrey P. Hazell Athletics Center  | 1,500  | Frank Vieira Field  | —
Robert Morris | Joe Walton Stadium | 3,000  | Football (and men's lacrosse)-only member
Saint Francis | DeGol Field | 3,450  | DeGol Arena | 3,500  | Non-baseball school
Stonehill | W.B. Mason Stadium | 2,400  | Merkert Gymnasium | 1,560  | Lou Gorman Field | —
Wagner | Wagner College Stadium | 3,500  | Spiro Sports Center | 2,500  | SIUH Community Park | 7,171
Baseball affiliates

School  | Stadium  | Capacity
Coppin State | Joe Cannon Stadium | 1,500
Delaware State | Soldier Field | 500
Maryland Eastern Shore | Hawk Stadium | 1,000[48]
Norfolk State | Marty L. Miller Field | 1,500[49]

Notes

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