MAC Commonwealth Conference

MAC Commonwealth Conference
Established 1999
Association NCAA
Division Division III
Members 8
Sports fielded 23 (men's: 11; women's: 12)
Region Pennsylvania
Headquarters Annville, Pennsylvania
Website http://www.gomacsports.com

The Commonwealth Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. It is one of the three conferences that operate under the umbrella of the Middle Atlantic Conferences; the others being the Freedom Conference. Member institutions are located in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

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Current members

The league currently has eight full members, both Hood College and Stevenson University will be joining the league as full-time members beginning in the fall season of 2012:

Institution Location Team Name Founded Affiliation Enrollment
Albright College Reading, Pennsylvania Lions 1856 Private/Methodist 2,401[1]
Alvernia University Reading, Pennsylvania Crusaders 1958 Private/Catholic 2,906[2]
Arcadia University Glenside, Pennsylvania Knights 1853 Private/Presbyterian 4,078[3]
Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Blue Jays 1899 Private/Church of the Brethren 2,416[4]
Hood College Frederick, Maryland Blazers 1893 Private/Reformed 2,435[5]
Lebanon Valley College Annville, Pennsylvania Flying Dutchmen 1866 Private/Methodist 2,102[6]
Lycoming College Williamsport, Pennsylvania Warriors 1812 Private/Methodist 1,321[7]
Messiah College Grantham, Pennsylvania Falcons 1909 Private/Christian 2,976[8]
Stevenson University Stevenson, Maryland Mustangs 1947 Private/Catholic 3,941[9]
Widener University Chester, Pennsylvania Pride 1821 Private/Non-sectarian 6,464[10]

Membership timeline


Sports

The MAC Commonwealth Conference sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's field hockey, men's golf, men's and women’s soccer, women's softball, men's and women's tennis, and women's volleyball. In addition, members also compete in the Middle Atlantic Conference in men's and women's cross country, men's football, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's swimming and men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field.

References

  1. ^ http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?match=true&collegeId=3218&searchType=college&type=qfs&word=albright
  2. ^ http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?match=true&collegeId=2854&searchType=college&type=qfs&word=alvernia
  3. ^ http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?match=true&collegeId=3401&searchType=college&type=qfs&word=arcadia
  4. ^ http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3786&type=qfs&skey=elizabethtown
  5. ^ http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=788&type=qfs&skey=hood
  6. ^ http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?match=true&collegeId=3683&searchType=college&type=qfs&word=lebanon%20valley
  7. ^ http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?match=true&collegeId=1628&searchType=college&type=qfs&word=lycoming
  8. ^ http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?match=true&collegeId=1316&searchType=college&type=qfs&word=messiah
  9. ^ http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?match=true&collegeId=564&searchType=college&type=qfs&word=stevenson
  10. ^ http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?match=true&collegeId=1219&searchType=college&type=qfs&word=widener

External links

Commonwealth Conference
Freedom Conference