The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) is an

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Division III men's volleyball and esports

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based in the

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. The NECC was formerly an all-sports conference from 2008 to 2023. The conference rebranded as New England Volleyball Conference (NEVC) starting in 2023–24 year after becoming a men's volleyball-only conference.

History

In June 2007, nine colleges from New England announced the creation of a new athletic conference under the same NECC name. The conference, which began operations July 1, 2008, in Division III, currently includes

Lesley University Lesley University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1909 to educate teachers. Originally founded as a women's college, male students were admitted beginning in 2005. History 1909–1998 Th ...

(Cambridge),

Mitchell College Mitchell College is a private college in New London, Connecticut, United States. In fall 2020 it had an enrollment of 572 students and 68 faculty. Admission rate was 70%. The college offers associate and bachelor's degrees in fourteen subjects ...

(New London, Connecticut),

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(Quincy) and New England College (Henniker, New Hampshire) as members. Their indicated locations are in Massachusetts unless otherwise noted. Southern Vermont and Newbury both announced they would cease operations after the 2018–19 academic year, and founding member Becker College announced the same after the 2020–21 school year. Elms College joined the

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, where it had competed as a swimming and diving affiliate since 2008, in the 2021-22 academic year. In July 2021, original member Bay Path was admitted to the

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(USCAA), implicitly leaving the conference and the NCAA. Within the past year, there have been changes.

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joined the NECC for men's volleyball as an associate member beginning the spring of 2023. Lesley received and accepted an invitation to join the

North Atlantic Conference The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference which competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. Member schools are primarily small liberal arts colleges in the New England state ...

(NAC), while Mitchell and New England College both accepted an invitation to the

(GNAC), all beginning the 2023-24 season. In 2023 it was announced that Eastern Nazarene College would also be joining the NAC. The NECC may remain in operation for men's volleyball and the non-NCAA sport of esports. The conference has nine men's volleyball members in the current 2023 season, and the NCAA's official membership database lists all nine NECC men's volleyball teams as being members of the "New England Volleyball Conference". Over 25 schools are affiliate members in esports.

Chronological timeline

* 2007 – On May 31, 2007, The New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) was founded. Charter members included Bay Path College (now Bay Path University), Becker College, Daniel Webster College, Elms College,

, Newbury College, Southern Vermont College and

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, beginning the 2008–09 academic year. * 2008 –

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and

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(MIT) joined the NECC as associate members for men's golf in the 2008 fall season (2008–09 academic year). * 2009 – Massachusetts Tech (MIT) left the NECC as an associate member for men's golf as the school dropped the sport (due to budget cuts) after the 2008–09 academic year. * 2009 –

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joined the NECC as an associate member for men's golf in the 2009 fall season (2009–10 academic year). * 2011 – Regis College joined the NECC in the 2011–12 academic year. * 2011 – Endicott College joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball in the 2012 spring season (2011–12 academic year). * 2016 –

joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball in the 2017 spring season (2016–17 academic year). * 2017 – Two institutions left the NECC to join their respective new home primary conferences, both effective after the 2016–17 academic year: ** Regis joined the

(GNAC) ** the second, Daniel Webster, ceased operations * 2017 –

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joined the NECC in the 2017–18 academic year. * 2018 – Wheelock left the NECC as the school announced that it would be merged into

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after the 2017–18 academic year. * 2018 – New England College join the NECC (with Eastern Nazarene upgrading for all sports), both effective in the 2018–19 academic year. * 2018 –

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joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball in the 2019 spring season (2018–19 academic year). * 2019 – Newbury and Southern Vermont left the NECC as both schools announced that they ceased operations after the 2018–19 academic year. * 2019 – Springfield and Babson left the NECC as associate members for men's golf after the 2018–19 academic year. * 2019 – Five institutions joined the NECC as associate members, all effective in the 2019–20 academic year: ** Husson University, the University of Maine at Farmington,

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and

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for field hockey ** and Northern Vermont University–Johnson for men's volleyball * 2020 – Dean left the NECC to join the GNAC after the 2019–20 academic year. * 2020 –

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joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball in the 2021 spring season (2020–21 academic year). * 2021 – Three institutions left the NECC to join their respective new home primary conferences, all effective after the 2020–21 academic year; thus leaving the conference with four institutions to compete in the 2021–22 school year: ** Bay Path would leave the NCAA to join the

(USCAA) ** and Elms joined the GNAC ** the third, Becker, ceased operations * 2021 – The State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) and the

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(SUNY Potsdam) joined the NECC as associate members for men's volleyball in the 2022 spring season (2021–22 academic year). * 2022 – Manhattanville left the NECC as an associate member for field hockey to join the

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(AEC) after the 2021 fall season (2021–22 academic year). * 2023 – Three institutions left the NECC to join their respective new home primary conferences, all effective after the 2022–23 academic year: ** Lesley to join the

(NAC) ** and Mitchell and New England College (NEC) to join the

(GNAC) * 2022 –

joined the NECC as an associate member for men's volleyball in the 2023 spring season (2022–23 academic year). * 2023 – Eastern Nazarene left the NECC to join the NAC after the 2022–23 academic year. This effectively ended the NECC as an all-sports conference. However, Eastern Nazarene remained as an associate member in men's volleyball. * 2024 – Eastern Nazarene left the NEVC after the 2024 spring season (2023–24 academic year) due to ceasing operations, consequently the school left as a men's volleyball-only member.

Member schools

Final full members

The NECC had four full members when it disbanded as an all-sports conference, all were

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schools. ;Notes:

Current men's volleyball members

The NECC has seven current associate members in men's volleyball: ;Notes:

Esports members

The NECC currently has twenty-seven associate members for esports, all but eight are

schools: ;Notes:

Former members

The NECC had nine former full members, all were

schools: ;Notes:

Former associate members

The NECC had eight former associate members, all but one were

schools. ;Notes:

Membership timeline

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(2020–present) bar:25 color:AssocOS from:2021 till:end text: SUNY Poly (2021–present) bar:26 color:AssocOS from:2021 till:end text: SUNY Potsdam (2021–present) bar:27 color:AssocOS from:2022 till:end text:

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Sports

References

External links

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