The Maritime Privateers are an intercollegiate athletic program in the
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Division III representing the
State University of New York Maritime College (SUNY Maritime College). The Maritime Privateers compete primarily in the
Skyline Conference for the majority of its sports, as well as the
Eastern Collegiate Football Conference
The Eastern Collegiate Football Conference is a football-only intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Founded in 2009, it combines six schools spread across the states of Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York, ...
(ECFC) for football,
Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) for sailing, and US Rowing for its rowing teams. The Maritime Privateers compete in 16 NCAA Division III varsity sports (8 men's, 6 women's, and 2 co-ed).
Background
The Maritime Privateers currently sponsors 16 different varsity programs: baseball, men's basketball, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rowing, co-ed dinghy sailing, co-ed offshore sailing, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's swimming & diving, and women's volleyball. The Maritime Privateers also offers ice hockey, mixed rifle and rugby at the club level, ice hockey competes as a Division III member of the
American Collegiate Hockey Association
The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) is a college ice hockey association. The ACHA's purpose is to be an organization of collegiate affiliated non-varsity programs, which provides structure, regulates operations, and promotes qualit ...
, mixed rifle competes in the
Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference
The Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rifle-only conference. The MAC was established in 1978 for schools that sponsor NCAA sanctioned varsity rifle teams, but do not have rifle as a sponsored ...
, and rugby competes in the Tri-State Rugby Conference.
References
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