The Northeast-10 Conference is an NCAA Division II conference that was established in 1979. The NE-10 currently consists of 16 institutions throughout the Northeast including Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont.

The institutions that make up the Northeast-10 include Adelphi University (Garden City, N.Y.), American International College (Springfield, Mass.), Assumption College (Worcester, Mass.), Bentley University (Waltham, Mass.), Franklin Pierce University (Rindge, N.H.), Le Moyne College (Syracuse, N.Y.), University of Massachusetts Lowell (Lowell, Mass.), Merrimack College (North Andover, Mass.), University of New Haven (West Haven, Conn.), Pace University (Pleasantville, N.Y.), Saint Anselm College (Manchester, N.H.), Saint Michael’s College (Colchester, Vt.), College of Saint Rose (Albany, N.Y.), Southern Connecticut State University (New Haven, Conn.), Southern New Hampshire University (Manchester, N.H.) and Stonehill College (Easton, Mass.).

The 16 member institutions are spread geographically from Syracuse, New York to Boston, Massachusetts and Burlington, Vermont to Long Island, New York. Many of the members are located in or around the urban metropolitan areas of Albany, Boston, New Haven, Worcester and New York. The Conference was proud to welcome the University of New Haven and Adelphi University in its latest expansion, thus adding to the powerful union of strong academic and athletic colleges and universities.

The Northeast-10 has evolved into a membership committed to competitive athletics programs that emphasize the education on and off the field of its more than 5,500 student athletes.

Among the many accomplishments of these institutions are NCAA Division II Naional Championships in women’s basketball, field hockey, men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, women’s track & field and men’s and women’s swimming & diving.

The Northeast-10 has a strong history of nationally ranked teams in all sports. In the 2008-2009 academic year the conference had 63 different teams representing 14 institutions advance to NCAA postseason play.

The Northeast-10 had teams advance to the national championship game in field hockey, women’s basketball and men’s lacrosse. The UMass Lowell field hockey team made their fourth finals appearance in the last six years last fall. In the winter, the Franklin Pierce women’s basketball became the third NE-10 team in the last four years to advance all the way to the national championship game and also continued a ten year run of an Northeast-10 school advancing to the Elite Eight. The spring season also saw its share of championship buzz as the Le Moyne men’s lacrosse team advanced to its fourth straight national championship game.

From the field of play to inside the class room, the Northeast-10 honored a number of student-athletes for their academic accomplishments. The conference honored close to 200 student-athletes throughout the year that excelled at a high level on the field and in the classroom as members of the academic all conference teams. In addition, 2,619 student-athletes earned a 3.0 GPA or higher and earned Commissioner’s Honor Roll achievment last year.

Today’s Northeast-10 Conference remains focused on complementing the academic integrity and missions of the member institutions with a commitment to a broad-based championship program, as evidenced by the 23 sports the Conference offers in championship play, the most such of any Division II conference.