Little Three

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The "Little Three" is an unofficial athletic conference of three liberal arts colleges in New England. The "Little Three" are:

• Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts
• Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut
• Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts

In 1899, Amherst, Wesleyan and Williams schools first began to compete together as the "Triangular League." Since then they have to continued to play each other in most sports on a regular basis. In the 1920s, the league picked up the nickname the "Little Three," and the name has stuck.

These colleges are all also members of New England Small College Athletic Conference, and all of these schools are commonly included in the group of schools known as the "Little Ivies."

[edit] External links

• History of the Little Three at Wesleyan University