The Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) is an

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Division III collegiate

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in the Mid-Atlantic United States. There are currently nine full member institutions as of 2018. The conference's membership, as with most Middle Atlantic conferences, was shaken as a result of the formation of the

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and its ensuing domino effect. The conference, founded in 1992 as the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, changed its name in 2008. The CSAC experienced another shakeup in 2018 when five members departed the conference to join with two other institutions to form a new Division III conference that eventually became the Atlantic East Conference. In July 2018, the CSAC added two new members. The conference added its 10th member on July 1, 2019 and its 11th on the same day in 2020, but was reduced to 10 members when on June 18, 2021, Centenary University published its move to Atlantic East, effective July 1 that year, but its lacrosse teams would start competing in their new conference's 2022 season.

History

Chronological timeline

* 1991 - On November 4, 1991, the CSAC was founded as the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC). Charter members included Alvernia College,

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(now Arcadia University), Cabrini College (now Cabrini University),

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, Eastern University,

Gwynedd-Mercy College Gwynedd Mercy University (GMercyU) is a private Roman Catholic university in Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania. It occupies a campus in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Gwynedd Mercy University was founded in 1948, as Gwynedd-Mercy College ...

(now Gwynedd Mercy University),

Immaculata University Immaculata University is a private Roman Catholic university in East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania. It was founded by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The university is composed of 1,427 traditional undergraduate and ...

Marywood University Marywood University is a private Catholic university in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Established in 1915 by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Marywood currently enrolls more than 2,800 students in a variety of undergraduate, grad ...

, College Misericordia (now Misericordia University) and Rosemont College; effective beginning the 1992-93 academic year. * 1992 -

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(now Neumann University) joined the PAC alongside the other 10 charter members, effective in September 1992. * 1993 - On April 28, 1993, the PAC was granted affiliate membership within the

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(NCAA), effective in the 1993-94 academic year. * 1993 -

Allentown College DeSales University (DSU) is a private Catholic university in Center Valley, Pennsylvania. The university offers traditional, online, and hybrid courses and programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Named for St. Francis de Sales, the un ...

(now DeSales University) joined the PAC, effective in the 1993-94 academic year. * 1995 - The PAC had achieved full membership within the NCAA Division III ranks, effective in the 1995-96 academic year. * 1997 - DeSales left the PAC to join the

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, effective after the 1996-97 academic year. * 1997 - Wesley College joined the PAC, effective in the 1997-98 academic year. * 2001 -

Shenandoah University Shenandoah University is a private university in Winchester, Virginia. It has an enrollment of approximately 4,000 students across more than 200 areas of study in six schools: College of Arts & Sciences (including the Division of Education and ...

and Villa Julie College (now Stevenson University) joined the PAC as associate members for men's lacrosse, effective in the 2002 spring season (2001-02 academic year). * 2006 - Stevenson left the PAC as an associate member for men's lacrosse, effective after the 2006 spring season (2005-06 academic year). * 2007 - Arcadia and Wesley (Del.) left the PAC to join the

, effective after the 2006-07 academic year. * 2007 - Centenary College of New Jersey (now Centenary University) and the

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(now Notre Dame of Maryland University) joined the PAC, effective in the 2007-08 academic year. * 2008 - Alvernia, Eastern (Pa.) and Misericordia left the PAC to join the Middle Atlantic Conferences, effective after the 2007-08 academic year. * 2008 - The PAC was re-designated the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC), effective in the 2008-09 academic year. * 2008 - Baptist Bible College (now Clarks Summit University),

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and

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(now Cairn University) joined the CSAC, effective in the 2008-09 academic year. * 2012 - Shenandoah left the CSAC as an associate member for men's lacrosse, effective after the 2012 spring season (2011-12 academic year). * 2015 - Franciscan University of Steubenville and Pennsylvania State University at Erie, The Behrend College joined the CSAC as associate members for men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field, effective in the 2016 spring season (2015-16 academic year). * 2018 - Cabrini, Gwynedd Mercy, Immaculata, Marywood and Neumann left the CSAC to join the newly-formed Atlantic East Conference (AEC), effective after the 2017-18 academic year. * 2018 -

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and Wilson College joined the CSAC, effective in the 2018-19 academic year. * 2018 - Alfred State College joined the CSAC as an associate member for men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field, effective in the 2019 spring season (2018-19 academic year). * 2018 -

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, Montclair State University and Stockton University joined the CSAC as associate members for men's lacrosse, effective in the 2019 spring season (2018-19 academic year). * 2018 - The

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joined the CSAC as an associate member for baseball, effective in the 2019 spring season (2018-19 academic year). * 2019 - Franciscan (Oh.) left the CSAC as an associate member for men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field, effective after the 2019 spring season (2018-19 academic year). * 2019 - The College of Saint Elizabeth (now Saint Elizabeth University) joined the CSAC, effective in the 2019-20 academic year. * 2019 - Lancaster Bible College joined the CSAC as an associate member for field hockey, effective in the 2019 fall season (2019-20 academic year). * 2020 - Valley Forge would later upgrade to join the CSAC for all sports, effective in the 2020-21 academic year. * 2020 -

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joined the CSAC as an associate member for men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field, effective in the 2021 spring season (2020-21 academic year). * 2021 - Centenary (N.J.) left the CSAC to join Atlantic East Conference, effective after the 2020-21 academic year; although its field hockey and women's lacrosse teams would remain in the CSAC as associate members until the 2022 spring season (2021-22 academic year). * 2022 - The CSAC and the United East Conference announced their intent to merge, beginning in the Fall 2023 season.

Member schools

Current members

The CSAC currently has ten full members, all are

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schools: ;Notes:

Affiliate members

The CSAC has nine affiliate members: ;Notes:

Former members

The CSAC had 12 former full members, all were

schools: ;Notes:

Former affiliate members

The CSAC had ee former affiliate members, half were

and the other half were public schools: ;Notes:

Membership timeline

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Clarks Summit Clarks Summit is a borough in Lackawanna County, northwest of Scranton in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 5,108 at the 2020 census. It is also the northern terminus of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension, I-476. History ...

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Montclair State Montclair State University (MSU) is a public research university in Montclair, New Jersey, with parts of the campus extending into Little Falls. As of fall 2018, Montclair State was, by enrollment, the second largest public university in New ...

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Gallaudet Gallaudet University ( ) is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. It was founded in 1864 as a grammar school for both deaf and blind children. It was the first sc ...

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Eastern Nazarene The Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) is a Private university#United States, private, Christian college in Quincy, Massachusetts. Established as a Holiness Movement, holiness college in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1900, the college moved to Rhode Isla ...

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New England College New England College (NEC) is a private liberal arts college in Henniker, New Hampshire. As of Fall 2020 New England College's enrollment was 4,327 students (1,776 undergraduate and 2,551 graduate). The college is regionally accredited by the ...

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Staff

* Marie Stroman - Commissioner * Antonio "Tone" Cockrell - Assistant Commissioner of Strategic Initiatives

References

External links

* {{NCAA Division III conference navbox