New England Small College Athletic Conference

New England Small College Athletic Conference, or NESCAC, is a collegiate all-sports conference under the sanction of the NCAA playing at the Men's Division III and Women's Division III levels.
==Conference History==
===All Sports===
The all sport conference started in 1955 when Amherst, Bowdoin, Wesleyan and Williams reached an agreement to form an informal affiliation. In 1971 Bates, Colby, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts and Union College joined on and the conference was officially formed. Union left the conference in 1977 and Connecticut College joined in 1982.  The conference is informally known as the "Little Ivies" as the schools have a reputation for high academic standards and selective admissions.  All of the member schools place in the top 15% of the 2016 US News and World Report and Forbes Magazine university rankings.
===Ice Hockey===
The Men's ice hockey conference started with the 1999-2000 season when all of the members jumped from ECAC East.
The Women's conference was started for the 2001-02 season when all of the members jumped from ECAC East.
===Team Changes===
The only change in in either conference since its' founding in 1999 was the 2001 addition of the men's Tufts Jumbos representing Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. The school presently does not sponsor women' ice hockey.
The next closest thing to a change has been that Amherst College had announced in 2016 that it was abandoning its nickname the "Lord Jeffs".  The nickname had become a source of division within the campus community as Lord Jefferson Amherst was a British general who openly supported giving the Native American population blankets infested with smallpox during the French and Indian War. The school's teams played without a nickname until being renamed the Amherst Mammoths.
==Men's Conference==
The men's ice hockey conference was started with the 1998-99 season when all of the members left the ECAC East when the NESCAC announced it would start to sponsor men's ice hockey.
===Teams===
Team 	Location 	Arena
Amherst Mammoths 	Amherst, Massachusetts 	Orr Rink
Bowdoin Polar Bears 	Brunswick, Maine 	Sidney J. Watson Arena
Colby Mules 	Waterville, Maine 	Alfond Rink
Connecticut College Camels	New London, Connecticut 	Dayton Arena
Hamilton Continentals 	Clinton, New York 	Russell Sage Rink
Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury, Vermont 	Chip Kenyon '85 Arena
Trinity Bantams 	Hartford, Connecticut 	Koeppel Community Sports Center
Tufts Jumbos 	Medford, Massachusetts 	Malden Valley Forum
Wesleyan Cardinals 	Middletown, Connecticut 	Spurrier-Snyder Rink
Williams Ephs 	Williamstown, Massachusetts	Lansing Chapman Rink
===Men's Conference Seasons===
Season 	Regular Season Champions 	Conference Tournament Champions
1999-00	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers
2000-01	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers
2001-02	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers
2002-03	Middlebury Panthers 	Trinity Bantams
2003-04	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers
2004-05	Trinity Bantams 	Middlebury Panthers
2005-06	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers
2006-07	Bowdoin Polar Bears& Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers
2007-08	Colby Mules 	Trinity Bantams
2008-09	Amherst Lord Jeffs 	Amherst Lord Jeffs
2009-10	Bowdoin Polar Bears 	Middlebury Panthers
2010-11	Hamilton Continentals 	Bowdoin Polar Bears (VACATED)
2011-12	Amherst Lord Jeffs 	Amherst Lord Jeffs
2012-13	Bowdoin Polar Bears 	Bowdoin Polar Bears
2013-14	Trinity Bantams 	Bowdoin Polar Bears
2014-15	Trinity Bantams 	Amherst Lord Jeffs
2015-16	Williams Ephs 	Trinity Bantams
2016-17	Hamilton Continentals 	Trinity Bantams
2017-18	Trinity Bantams 	Colby Mules
2018-19	Trinity Bantams 	Trinity Bantams
2019-20	Williams Ephs 	Wesleyan Cardinals
2021-22	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	Colby Mules 	Trinity Bantams
2022-23	Wesleyan Cardinals 	Bowdoin Polar Bears
===Time Line===
*1998 Conference is formed with 9 members who are all sport members of the conference
*2001 Tufts Jumbos join the conference
*2016 Amherst College announces that the school is discontinuing the use of the Lord Jeffs nickname after protest on school over the name.
==Women's Conference==
The women's conference was formed for the 2001-02 season when all of the members joined from the ECAC East when the NESCAC announced it would sponsor women's hockey.
===Teams===
Team 	Location 	Arena
Amherst Mammoths 	Amherst, Massachusetts 	Orr Rink
Bowdoin Polar Bears 	Brunswick, Maine 	Sidney J. Watson Arena
Colby Mules 	Waterville, Maine 	Alfond Rink
Connecticut College Camels	New London, Connecticut 	Dayton Arena
Hamilton Continentals 	Clinton, New York 	Russell Sage Rink
Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury, Vermont 	Chip Kenyon '85 Arena
Trinity Bantams 	Hartford, Connecticut 	Koeppel Community Sports Center
Wesleyan Cardinals 	Middletown, Connecticut 	Spurrier-Snyder Rink
Williams Ephs 	Williamstown, Massachusetts	Lansing Chapman Rink
===Women's Conference Seasons===
Season 	Regular Season Champions 	Conference Tournament Champions 	NCAA Tournament (Finish)
2001-02	Middlebury Panthers 	Bowdoin Polar Bears 	Bowdoin Polar Bears (Fourth Place)Middlebury Panthers (Quarterfinals)
2002-03	Bowdoin Polar Bears 	Middlebury Panthers 	Bowdoin Polar Bears (Third Place)Middlebury Panthers (Quarterfinals)
2003-04	Bowdoin Polar Bears 	Bowdoin Polar Bears 	Bowdoin Polar Bears (Quarterfinals)Middlebury Panthers (Natoinal Champions)
2004-05	Bowdoin Polar Bears 	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers (National Champions)
2005-06	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers (National Champions)
2006-07	Middlebury Panthers 	Amherst Lord Jeffs 	Amherst Lord Jeffs (Fourth Place)Middlebury Panthers (Runner Up)
2007-08	Middlebury Panthers 	Amherst Lord Jeffs 	Amherst Lord Jeffs (Quarterfinals)Middlebury Panthers (Quarterfinals)
2008-09	Amherst Lord Jeffs 	Middlebury Panthers 	Amherst Lord Jeffs (National Champions)Middlebury Panthers (Third Place)
2009-10	Amherst Lord Jeffs 	Amherst Lord Jeffs 	Amherst Lord Jeffs (National Champions)Trinity Bantams (Quarterfinals)
2010-11	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers (Third Place)
2011-12	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers 	Amherst Lord Jeffs (Quarterfinals)Middlebury Panthers (Quarterfinals)
2012-13	Middlebury Panthers 	Bowdoin Polar Bears 	Bowdoin Polar Bears (Quarterfinals)Middlebury Panthers (Runner up)
2013-14	Middlebury Panthers 	Williams Ephs 	Williams Ephs (Quarterfinals)
2014-15	Middlebury Panthers 	Trinity Bantams 	Trinity Bantams (Quarterfinals)Middlebury Panthers (Quarterfinals)
2015-16	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers 	Amherst Lord Jeffs (Quarterfinals)Middlebury Panthers (Third Place)
2016-17	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers (Quarterfinals)
2017-18	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers (Quarterfinals)
2018-19	Williams Ephs 	Williams Ephs 	Williams Ephs (Quarterfinals)
2019-20	Middlebury Panthers 	Amherst Mammoths 	Amherst Mammoths (Quarterfinals)Middlebury Panthers (Did not play before tournament cancelled)
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers 	Middlebury Panthers
2022-23	Amherst Mammoths 	Amherst Mammoths 	Amherst Mammoths
===Time Line===
*2001 Conference is formed with 9 members who are all sport members of the conference.
*2016 Amherst College announces that the school is discontinuing the use of the Lord Jeffs nickname after protest on school over the name. The team goes through the 2016-17 season without a nickname before choosing the name Amherst Mammoths as the new nickname.
==Links==
*Conference website's Men's archives
*Conference website's Women's archives
Category:NCAA Men's Division III Conferences
Category:NCAA Women's Division III Conferences
Category:NCAA Division III Conferences