Complex sentence: The Little East Conference (or LEC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
Split into simpler sentences: The Little East Conference (or LEC) is an NCAA Division III intercollegiate athletic conference. The member institutions are located in the US states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.