United East Conference

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United East Conference
United East
United East Conference logo
Established2004
AssociationNCAA
DivisionDivision III
Members9
Sports fielded
  • 18
    • men's: 9
    • women's: 9
RegionMid-Atlantic
Former namesNorth Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC)
HeadquartersLatham, New York
CommissionerStephanie Dutton
Websitehttps://gounitedeast.com
Locations
United East Conference locations

The United East Conference, formerly known as the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC), is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

History[]

The North Eastern Athletic Conference was founded in 2004. The original membership consisted of the following schools: Baptist Bible College (now known as Clarks Summit University), Bard College, Philadelphia Biblical University (now known as Cairn University), Cazenovia College, Chestnut Hill College, D'Youville College, Keuka College, Keystone College, Penn State-Berks, Polytechnic University (later known as the Polytechnic Institute of New York University and now fully merged into NYU as its Tandon School of Engineering), State University of New York at Purchase (SUNY Purchase), and Villa Julie College (now known as Stevenson University).

At the conclusion of the 2006–07 season, the NEAC had a shifting of membership losing five institutions and gaining three new members. The departing members were: Bard, Chestnut Hill, Polytechnic (N.Y.), SUNY Purchase, and Stevenson; while the new members were: Penn State-Harrisburg, Wells College, and Wilson College. The NEAC consisted of 10 members, effective the 2007-08 season.

At the conclusion of the 2007–08 season, the NEAC lost an additional three institutions while gaining two new members. The departing members were: Baptist Bible, Cairn, and Keystone (all to the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, currently named the Colonial States Athletic Conference. The new members were State University of New York at Cobleskill (SUNY Cobleskill) and State University of New York Institute of Technology (SUNYIT); the latter is now known as SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly). The NEAC consisted of bringing the total to nine members, effective the 2008-09 season.

The NEAC accepted four associate member institutions for the 2008–09 season; they were: Medaille College (for men's and women's lacrosse), Rutgers University–Camden (for men's golf), State University of New York at Oneonta (for men's tennis), and the University of Dallas (in men's soccer, men's golf, men's & women's cross country, and men's & women's basketball). The University of Dallas also competed in women's volleyball to the NEAC in the 2009–10 season.

At the conclusion of the 2008–09 season, the NEAC lost an additional founding member in D'Youville. In the 2009–10 season, the NEAC welcomed three additional new members in the College of Saint Elizabeth, Penn State-Abington, and State University of New York at Morrisville (SUNY Morrisville). The NEAC had accepted four associate member institutions in that same season. Additionally, the NEAC also began a three year partnership with the North Atlantic Conference in four sports: baseball; women's lacrosse; and men's and women's tennis. Departing the NEAC at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season were associate members the University of Dallas and SUNY Oneonta.

In the 2010-11 season, the NEAC welcomed by Gallaudet University. In the 2011–12 season, the NEAC gained one new full member in Lancaster Bible College while Rutgers–Camden (already an associate member in men's golf) joined the NEAC in men's tennis. The partnership between the NEAC and the NAC ended for baseball and women's lacrosse following the 2011-12 season.

At the conclusion of the 2012–13 season, the NEAC lost one full member in Penn State Harrisburg. In the 2013–14 season, the NEAC added Cedar Crest College as an associate member for women's swimming. Beginning in the 2014–15 season, the NEAC accepted two new full members in Bryn Athyn College and Pennsylvania College of Technology. Also in that same season, Wilson College, a former women's college that became co-educational in the 2013–14 school year, began a men's athletic program, and four other schools became men's volleyball associates.

Changes in the NEAC membership have continued to the present. On August 30, 2017, Bryn Athyn and Wilson announced that they would leave the NEAC for the Colonial States Athletic Conference effective with the 2018–19 school year.[1] The next change of membership came in 2019–20 with the return of Penn State Harrisburg[2] and the departure of Saint Elizabeth for the Colonial States Athletic Conference.[3] In July 2020, the NEAC lost four members, with Keuka departing for the Empire 8 Conference[4] and Cazenovia, SUNY Cobleskill, and SUNY Poly leaving for the North Atlantic Conference.[5] The NEAC membership will return to 9 in 2021 with the arrival of St. Mary's College of Maryland.[6]

On August 2, 2021, the conference revealed that they were rebranding themselves as the United East Conference.[7] The conference said that the name “United East” was chosen because it describes the conference’s commitment to collaborate on a shared mission in a diverse environment while also still giving a nod to the geographical placement of the member schools.

Member schools[]

Current members[]

United East Conference
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Locations of United East members, 2021-2022 Green pog.svg full and Blue pog.svg associate
Institution Location Nickname Founded Type Enrollment Joined
Gallaudet University Washington, D.C. Bison 1864 Private/Quasigovernmental 1,740 2010–11
Lancaster Bible College Lancaster, Pennsylvania Chargers 1933 Private/Christian 954 2011–12
Pennsylvania College of Technology (Penn College) Williamsport, Pennsylvania Wildcats 1914 Public 5,976 2014–15
Penn State Abington Abington, Pennsylvania Nittany Lions 1950 Public–private hybrid (CSHE) 3,400 2009–10
Penn State Berks Reading, Pennsylvania Nittany Lions 1958 Public–private hybrid (CSHE) 3,216 2004–05
Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, Pennsylvania Nittany Lions 1966 Public–private hybrid (CSHE) 1,695 2019–20[a]
St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, Maryland Seahawks 1840 Public 1,517 2021–22
State University of New York at Morrisville (SUNY Morrisville) Morrisville, New York Mustangs 1908 Public 2,486 2009–10
Wells College Aurora, New York Express 1868 Private/Nonsectarian 480 2007–08
Notes
  1. ^ Penn State Harrisburg is in its second stint as a United East member; it first joined in 2007 but left in 2013.

Associate members[]

Institution Location Nickname Founded Type Enrollment Joined Primary
Conference 		NEAC Sport(s)
Hilbert College Hamburg, New York Hawks 1957 Private/Catholic 1,100 2012–13 AMCC men's lacrosse
Medaille College Buffalo, New York Mavericks 1937 Private/Non-sectarian 3,253 2008–09 AMCC men's lacrosse
women's lacrosse
Rosemont College Rosemont, Pennsylvania Ravens 1921 Private 600 2021-22 CSAC men's golf
Rutgers University–Camden Camden, New Jersey Scarlet Raptors 1766 Public 6,158 2008-09 NJAC men's golf
Wilson College Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Phoenix 1869 Private 1,620 2021-22 CSAC men's golf

Former members[]

Most former United East members are charter members of the conference. The exceptions are Bryn Athyn, Saint Elizabeth, and Wilson.

Institution Location Nickname Founded Type Enrollment Joined Left Current Conference
Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Raptors 1860 Private 2,062 2004–05 2006–07 Liberty
Bryn Athyn College Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania Lions 1877 Private 256 2014–15 2017–18 CSAC
Cairn University[a] Langhorne, Pennsylvania Highlanders 1913 Private 1,311 2004–05 2007–08 CSAC
Cazenovia College Cazenovia, New York Wildcats 1824 Private/Nonsectarian 1,000 2004–05 2019-20 NAC
Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Griffins 1924 Private 2,000 2004–05 2006–07 CACC
(DII)
Clarks Summit University[b] Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania Defenders 1932 Private 963 2004–05 2007–08 CSAC
D'Youville College Buffalo, New York Spartans[c] 1908 Private 3,200 2004–05 2008–09 ECC
(DII)
Keuka College Keuka Park, New York Wolves 1890 Private/Nonsectarian 1,521 2004–05 2019-20 E8
Keystone College La Plume, Pennsylvania Giants 1868 Private 1,773 2004–05 2007–08 CSAC
New York University Tandon School of Engineering[d] Brooklyn, New York Fighting Blue Jays 1854 Private 4,487 2004–05 2006–07 None
(Merged with New York University in 2014)[e]
Saint Elizabeth University[f] Morristown, New Jersey Eagles 1899 Private/Catholic 2,044 2009–10 2018–19 CSAC
State University of New York at Cobleskill (SUNY Cobleskill) Cobleskill, New York Fighting Tigers 1916 Public 2,500 2008–09 2019-20 NAC
State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) Utica, New York Wildcats 1966 Public 2,760 2008–09 2019-20 NAC
State University of New York at Purchase (SUNY Purchase) Purchase, New York Panthers 1967 Public 4,000 2004–05 2006–07 Skyline
Stevenson University[g] Stevenson, Maryland Mustangs 1947 Private 3,929 2004–05 2006–07 MAC Commonwealth
Wilson College[h] Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Phoenix 1869 Private 800 2007–08 2017–18 CSAC
Notes
  1. ^ Cairn was known as Philadelphia Biblical University throughout its tenure in the NEAC. It adopted its current name in 2012.
  2. ^ Clarks Summit was known as Baptist Bible College & Seminary throughout its tenure in the NEAC. The school name was changed to Summit University of Pennsylvania in 2015, and to Clarks Summit University in 2016.
  3. ^ D'Youville changed its nickname to Saints in 2020.
  4. ^ The NYU engineering school was the standalone Polytechnic University while in the NEAC. Polytechnic became affiliated with New York University (NYU) in 2008 as the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (athletically known as NYU Poly), and merged completely into NYU in 2014.
  5. ^ As part of the final merger of NYU Poly with NYU in 2014, Poly's athletics program was merged into that of NYU.
  6. ^ Saint Elizabeth University was known as The College of Saint Elizabeth while a member of the NEAC. The school was also a women's only school they have since become a coed school.
  7. ^ Stevenson was known as Villa Julie College throughout its tenure in the NEAC. It adopted its current name in 2008.
  8. ^ Wilson was a women's-only college when it joined the NEAC. It became coeducational in 2013, and added men's sports in 2014–15, the first school year in which men were allowed to live on campus.

Former associate members[]

Institution Location Nickname Founded Type Enrollment Joined Left Primary
Conference 		NEAC Sport
Cedar Crest College Allentown, Pennsylvania Falcons 1867 Private/Catholic 1,885 2013–14 2020-21 CSAC women's swimming
University of Dallas Irving, Texas Crusaders 1956 Private/Catholic 2,576 2008-09 2009-10 SCAC various[a]
D'Youville College Buffalo, New York Spartans[b] 1908 Private/Catholic 3,200 2014–15 2016–17 AMCC men's volleyball[c]
Hilbert College Hamburg, New York Hawks 1957 Private/Catholic 1,100 2014–15 2016–17 AMCC men's volleyball[c][d]
Medaille College Buffalo, New York Mavericks 1937 Private/Non-sectarian 3,253 2014–15 2016–17 AMCC men's volleyball[c][e]
Penn State Altoona Altoona, Pennsylvania Nittany Lions 1939 Public-private hybrid
(CSHE) 		4,182 2014–15 2016–17 AMCC men's volleyball[c]
Rutgers University–Camden Camden, New Jersey Scarlet Raptors 1766 Public 6,158 2011-12 2013-14 NJAC men's tennis
Notes
  1. ^ Dallas competed in what was then the NEAC for some sports (men's soccer, men's golf, men's & women's cross country, and men's & women's basketball joined from 2008-09 to 2009-10; later men's volleyball in the 2009-10 season).
  2. ^ D'Youville changed its nickname to Saints in 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d The AMCC began sponsoring men's volleyball in the 2017–18 school year.
  4. ^ Hilbert remains a United East associate member in men's lacrosse.
  5. ^ Medaille remains a United East associate member in men's and women's lacrosse.

Membership timeline[]

St. Mary's College of MarylandPennsylvania College of TechnologyColonial States Athletic ConferenceBryn Athyn CollegeLancaster Bible CollegeGallaudet UniversityState University of New York at MorrisvilleColonial States Athletic ConferenceCollege of Saint ElizabethPenn State AbingtonNorth Atlantic ConferenceState University of New York Polytechnic InstituteNorth Atlantic ConferenceState University of New York at CobleskillColonial States Athletic ConferenceWilson College (Pennsylvania)Wells CollegeCoast to Coast Athletic ConferencePenn State HarrisburgMiddle Atlantic ConferenceCoast to Coast Athletic ConferenceStevenson UniversitySkyline ConferenceState University of New York at PurchaseColonial States Athletic ConferenceCairn UniversityPenn State BerksNew York University Tandon School of EngineeringColonial States Athletic ConferenceKeystone CollegeEmpire 8Keuka CollegeEast Coast ConferenceAllegheny Mountain Collegiate ConferenceD'Youville CollegeCentral Atlantic Collegiate ConferenceChestnut Hill CollegeNorth Atlantic ConferenceCazenovia CollegeLiberty LeagueSkyline ConferenceBard CollegeColonial States Athletic ConferenceClarks Summit University

Sports[]

See also: United East Men's Basketball Championship

The UEC sponsors championships in the following sports:

Conference sports
Sport Men's Women's
Baseball
Green tickY
Basketball
Green tickY
Green tickY
Cross Country
Green tickY
Green tickY
Field Hockey
Red XN[A]
Golf
Green tickY
Lacrosse
Green tickY
Green tickY
Soccer
Green tickY
Green tickY
Softball
Green tickY
Tennis
Green tickY
Green tickY
Volleyball
Green tickY
Green tickY
Notes
  1. ^ United East will add Field Hockey for the 2021-22 season after taking a 1 season break.

Men's sponsored sports by school[]

School Baseball Basketball Cross
country 		Golf Lacrosse Soccer Tennis Volleyball Total
NEAC
Sports
Gallaudet Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN 4
Lancaster Bible Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 7
Penn College Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 7
Penn State Abington Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 6
Penn State Berks Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 6
Penn State Harrisburg Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 7
St. Mary's Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN 6
SUNY Morrisville Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Red XN 4
Wells Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY 6
Totals 8 9 9 5+1 4+2 9 6 3 53+3
Hillbert Green tickY 1
Medaille Green tickY 1
Rutgers-Camden Green tickY 1
Notes

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the United East that are played by United East schools[]

School Archery Equestrian Football Ice
Hockey 		Rowing Sailing Swimming
& Diving 		Track
& Field
(Indoor) 		Track
& Field
(Outdoor) 		Volleyball Wrestling
Gallaudet Red XN Red XN ECFC Red XN Red XN Red XN AEC Red XN CSAC Red XN Red XN
Lancaster Bible Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Independent Independent Red XN Red XN
Penn College USCA Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Independent
Penn State Harrisburg Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN NJAC NJAC Red XN Red XN
St. Mary's Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN MARC MAISA AEC C2C C2C Red XN Red XN
SUNY Morrisville Red XN IHSA E8 SUNYAC Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN
Wells Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN AMCC Red XN Red XN Independent Red XN

Women's sponsored sports by school[]

School Basketball Cross
Country 		Lacrosse Soccer Softball Tennis Volleyball Total
NEAC
Sports
Gallaudet Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY 5
Lancaster Bible Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 7
Penn College Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 6
Penn State Abington Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 7
Penn State Berks Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 6
Penn State Harrisburg Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 6
St. Mary's Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY 7
SUNY Morrisville Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY 6
Wells Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY 6
Totals 9 9 5+1 9 9 6 9 56+1
Medaille Green tickY 1
Notes

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the United East that are played by United East schools[]

School Archery Equestrian Field
Hockey 		Golf Ice
Hockey 		Rowing Sailing Swimming
& Diving 		Track
& Field
(Indoor) 		Track
& Field
(Outdoor)
Gallaudet Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN AEC Red XN CSAC
Lancaster Bible Red XN Red XN CSAC Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Independent Independent
Penn College USCA Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN
Penn State Harrisburg Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN NJAC NJAC
St. Mary's Red XN Red XN AEC Red XN Red XN MARC MAISA AEC C2C C2C
SUNY Morrisville Red XN IHSA SUNYAC Red XN NEWHL Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN
Wells Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN AMCC Red XN Red XN

References[]

  1. ^ "CSAC Adds Two New Members for 2018-19" (Press release). Colonial States Athletic Conference. August 30, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "NEAC Welcomes Penn State Harrisburg for 2019-20" (Press release). North Eastern Athletic Conference. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "CSAC Adds New Member for 2019-20" (Press release). Colonial States Athletic Conference. March 21, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  4. ^ "Keuka College to Join the Empire 8 Conference Beginning in the Fall of 2020" (Press release). Empire 8 Conference. January 30, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  5. ^ "North Atlantic Conference Expands with Three New Members in 2020–21" (Press release). North Atlantic Conference. August 20, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "St. Mary's College of Maryland to Join North Eastern Athletic Conference in 2021" (Press release). North Eastern Athletic Conference. December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  7. ^ "The United East Has Arrived" (Press release). United East Conference. August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021.

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