ECAC Lacrosse

ECAC Lacrosse, in full the ECAC Lacrosse League, was an American college sports conference that only played men's lacrosse. The conference, a member of NCAA Division I, was founded in 1999 with play beginning in 2000 (both events were in the same school year).

The conference started with six members, and grew to as many as 10 schools. In its final years, it went through many membership changes; the biggest ones were:

• The original Big East Conference added the sport for the 2010 season, leading three members to leave.
• At the same time, two other members left for the Colonial Athletic Association.
• The Great Western Lacrosse League collapsed after the 2009 season, with five of that league's six final schools joining ECAC Lacrosse.

ECAC Lacrosse disbanded after the 2014 season. This came after the Big Ten Conference, home to two of the final five members, said it would start a men's lacrosse league in the 2015 season. Two of the other three final members soon announced moves to other conferences.

Final members

These schools were members in the league's last season of 2014. Because NCAA lacrosse is a spring sport, the year of joining is the calendar year before the first season of play.

School	Location	Founded	Type	Nickname	Joined	Main conference	Current lacrosse conference
Air Force United States Air Force Academy (Air Force)	Colorado Springs, Colorado	1954	Federal	Falcons	2009	Mountain West	Independent
Bellarmine University	Louisville, Kentucky	1950	Private	Knights	2009	GLVC (Div. II)	Southern Conference
Fairfield University	Fairfield, Connecticut	1942	Private	Stags	2005	MAAC	CAA
Michigan University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	1817	Public	Wolverines	2013	Big Ten	Big Ten
Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	1870	Public	Buckeyes	2009	Big Ten	Big Ten

Other members

These schools left ECAC Lacrosse before 2014. As in the previous table, the year of joining is the calendar year before the first season of play.

School	Location	Founded	Type	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current lacrosse conference
Denver University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	1864	Private	Pioneers	2009	2013	Big East
Hobart College	Geneva, New York	1822	Private	Statesmen	2004	2013	Northeast Conference
Georgetown University	Washington, D.C.	1789	Private	Hoyas	1999	2010	Big East
Loyola University Maryland	Baltimore, Maryland	1852	Private	Greyhounds	2004	2013	Patriot League
Navy United States Naval Academy (Navy)	Annapolis, Maryland	1845	Federal	Midshipmen	1999	2004	Patriot League
Pennsylvania State University	University Park, Pennsylvania	1855	Public/private hybrid	Nittany Lions	1999	2010	Big Ten
Quinnipiac University	Hamden, Connecticut	1929	Private	Bobcats	2009	2011	MAAC
Rutgers University	New Brunswick, New Jersey	1766	Public	Scarlet Knights	1999	2010	Big Ten
Saint Johns St. John's University	Jamaica, New York	1870	Private	Red Storm	2004	2010	Big East
Stony Brook University	Stony Brook, New Yotk	1957	Public	Seawolves	1999	2002	America East
UMass University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass)	Amherst, Massachusetts	1863	Public	Minutemen	1999	2010	CAA
UMBC University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)	Catonsville, Maryland	1966	Public	Retrievers	1999	2003	America East

References

• "ECAC Lacrosse". ecaclacrosse.com. Retrieved 2012-01-29.