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Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference

Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference

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The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Full member institutions are all located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with some affiliate members also located in Connecticut and New Hampshire.

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All full members are a part of the Massachusetts State Universities system (every member in the Massachusetts State Universities system except the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) is also a MASCAC member)[1] and the public associate members are part of the University of Massachusetts System [UMASS System (UMASS Dartmouth)], the University System of New Hampshire (Plymouth State University), and the Connecticut State University System (Western Connecticut State University) respectively. The rest of the associate members are private colleges.

On October 5, 2023, it was announced that in the 2025–26 school year, Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts will become the first private full member in the 53 year history of the MASCAC and the first new full member since 1974.[2]

History

Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference
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Framingham State
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Dean
Anna Maria
Castleton
Springfield
UMass Dartmouth
WCSU
Plymouth State
Salem State
Mass Maritime
Bridgewater State
Worcester State
Westfield State
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Member schools

Current members

The MASCAC currently has eight full members, all are public schools:

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  1. Any school that's a private school will be classified based on a religious affiliation; unless it had none, hence being nonsectarian.
  2. School does not sponsor ice hockey.
  3. Part of the Massachusetts State Universities System.[10]
  4. Actual amount in endowment is $35,385,907.
  5. School does not sponsor football.
  6. School does not sponsor men's or women's basketball.
  7. Actual amount in endowment is $13,051,554.
  8. Actual amount in endowment is $20,002,999.

Associate members

The MASCAC currently has eight associate members, all but three are private schools:

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  1. Any school that's a private school will be classified based on a religious affiliation; unless it had none, hence being nonsectarian.
  2. Part of the University of Massachusetts System.

Future full member

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Future associate members

The MASCAC will have three future associate members, one of which will be a public school:[7][8] two of which will be privates

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  1. Any school that's a private school will be classified based on a religious affiliation; unless it had none, hence being nonsectarian.

Former members

The MASCAC had two former full members, both were public schools:

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  1. Any school that's a private school will be classified based on a religious affiliation; unless it had none, hence being nonsectarian.
  2. Boston State was merged into the University of Massachusetts–Boston.
  3. Lowell State was merged into the University of Massachusetts–Lowell.

Former associate members

The MASCAC had one former associate member, which was also a private school:

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Membership timeline

Vermont State UniversityRivier UniversityAnna Maria CollegeNew England CollegeSpringfield CollegeMitchell CollegeElms CollegeEastern Nazarene CollegeDean CollegeWestern Connecticut State UniversityPlymouth State CollegeUniversity of Massachusetts–DartmouthMassachusetts Maritime AcademyWorcester State UniversityWestfield State UniversitySalem State UniversityMassachusetts College of Liberal ArtsLowell State CollegeFramingham State UniversityFitchburg State UniversityBridgewater State UniversityBoston State College

Sports

The MASCAC sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's field hockey, men's ice hockey, men's golf, men's and women's soccer, women's softball, men's and women's track and field, and women's volleyball.

The MASCAC sponsored football for the first time in 2013. Conference members Bridgewater State, Fitchburg State, Framingham State, Massachusetts Maritime, Westfield State, and Worcester State departed the New England Football Conference (NEFC) (now Commonwealth Coast Football) after the 2012 season. They were joined later by fellow NEFC opponents Plymouth State, UMass–Dartmouth, and Western Connecticut State.[15] The NEFC retained the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs.

On August 22, 2019, the MASCAC invited 5 of the recently dropped men's golf members from the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) which includes Dean College, Eastern Nazarene College, Elms College, Mitchell College, and Springfield College; all of them are private colleges which is the first time that the MASCAC awarded membership to private colleges.[16][17][18] The 5 private colleges joined the other men's golf sponsoring MASCAC schools from the NECC which includes MCLA, Salem State, Westfield State, and Worcester State to create a 9-team men's golf league. However Dean College men's golf left the MASCAC after the 2019-20 men's golf season to join their primary conference the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) in men's golf. The MASCAC started Automatic Qualification (AQ) to the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships in the 2021–2022 season for the MASCAC men's golf tournament winner.[16]

Men's sports

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  1. This sport is not sanctioned by the MASCAC.
  2. Includes the non-sanctioned MASCAC sports.
  3. With the addition of more in the 2024-25 season.
  4. Will join in the 2024-25 school year.
  5. Will join in the 2024-25 school year.

Women's sports

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  1. This sport is not sanctioned by the MASCAC.
  2. MASCAC will start to sponsor women's ice hockey in 2024–25.
  3. Includes the non-sanctioned MASCAC sports.
  4. Will start their women's ice hockey program in the 2024-25 school year.
  5. Will join MASCAC in the 2025-26 school year. They currently compete in New England Hockey Conference.
  6. Will join in the 2024-25 school year.

Football

For the current season, see 2023 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference football season.

All-time school records (ranked according to winning percentage)

Through end of the 2022 regular season. Records reflect official NCAA results, including any forfeits or win vacating.

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Intra-conference football rivalries

The members of the MASCAC have longstanding rivalries with each other, especially on the football field. The following is a list of active rivalries in the MASCAC with totals & records through the completion of the 2022 season.

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Football champions

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References

  1. "Massachusetts State Universities – The Nine State Universities of Massachusetts". Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  2. "Football to Join MASCAC in 2024". Castleton University. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  3. Haley, Tom (November 29, 2023). "What is next for Castleton football?". rutlandherald.com. Rutland Herald. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  4. "(94)Boston State College". lost-colleges. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  5. Auburn, Norman (December 1972). "Study on Feasibility of Merging Lowell Technological Institute and Lowell State College" (PDF). State Library of Massachusetts. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  6. "The Lowell Sun 23 Apr 1972, page Page 86". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  7. "The Lowell Sun 05 Jan 1975, page Page 31". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  8. "MASCAC Set to Add Football as Championship Sport in 2013-14". mascac.com. 9 February 2012. Retrieved February 9, 2012.

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