Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference
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2025 | Anna Maria upgraded to full conference membership. VSU Castleton's membership ended. |
2025 | Dean College is set to become an associate member of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) for the 2025-26 academic year, joining from the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC). |
2025 | Anna Maria College is set to join the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference as a full member in the 2025-26 academic year, transitioning from the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC). |
2024 | Marymount University and Marywood University joined MASCAC as associate members for men's golf, becoming the first members outside of New England. Vermont State University at Castleton joined as an associate member for football. |
July 2024 | Anna Maria College set to join MASCAC as an associate member for men's and women's ice hockey. |
July 2024 | Plymouth State University set to join MASCAC for women's ice hockey. |
2023 | Western Connecticut wins MASCAC Football Championship with a 7-1 conference record and 7-3 overall record. Coached by Joe Loth, they lost in the NCAA Division III First Round 20-62 against Johns Hopkins. |
2023 | Eastern Nazarene College and Mitchell College departed from MASCAC, with the North Atlantic Conference closing in 2024 |
2023 | New England College departed from MASCAC after a two-year associate membership |
October 5 2023 | Announcement made that Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts will become the first private full member in the conference's 53-year history, joining in the 2025-26 school year. |
2022 | UMass Dartmouth wins MASCAC Football Championship with an 8-0 conference record and 9-2 overall record. Coached by Mark Robichaud, they lost in the NCAA Division III First Round 20-63 against Ithaca. |
2022 | Completion of the MASCAC football rivalry season, with comprehensive records documented for intra-conference football rivalries between member institutions. |
2022 | MCLA announced the reinstatement of men's ice hockey and addition of women's ice hockey for the 2023–24 academic year. |
2021 | Framingham State wins MASCAC Football Championship with an 8-0 conference record and 8-3 overall record. Coached by Tom Kelley, they lost in the NCAA Division III First Round 0-45 against Muhlenberg. |
2021 | MASCAC started Automatic Qualification (AQ) to the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships for the MASCAC men's golf tournament winner. |
2021 | Elms College departed from MASCAC after a two-year associate membership |
2021 | New England College joined MASCAC as an associate member for men's golf. |
2020 | MASCAC Football season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
2019 | Framingham State wins MASCAC Football Championship with an 8-0 conference record and 8-3 overall record. Coached by Tom Kelley, they lost in the NCAA Division III First Round 21-58 against Wesley. |
August 22 2019 | MASCAC invited 5 private colleges (Dean College, Eastern Nazarene College, Elms College, Mitchell College, and Springfield College) to join the men's golf league, marking the first time the conference awarded membership to private colleges. |
2018 | Framingham State wins MASCAC Football Championship with a 7-1 conference record and 8-3 overall record. Coached by Tom Kelley, they lost in the NCAA Division III First Round 27-40 against Brockport. |
2017 | Framingham State returns to win MASCAC Football Championship with a 7-1 conference record and 10-1 overall record. Coached by Tom Kelley, they won the New England Bowl. Plymouth State also had a 7-1 conference record with a 9-2 overall record, but lost in the NCAA Division III First Round 0-66 against Brockport. |
2016 | Bridgewater State wins MASCAC Football Championship with an 8-0 conference record and 8-3 overall record. Coached by Joe Verria, they lost in the NCAA Division III First Round 27-33 against Alfred. |
2015 | Framingham State wins MASCAC Football Championship for the third consecutive year with an 8-0 conference record and 9-2 overall record. Coached by Tom Kelley, they lost in the NCAA Division III First Round 22-42 against Wesley. |
2014 | Framingham State repeats as MASCAC Football Champions with an 8-0 conference record and 10-1 overall record. Coached by Tom Kelley, they won the ECAC North Atlantic Bowl. |
2013 | Framingham State wins MASCAC Football Championship with an 8-0 conference record and 9-2 overall record. Coached by Tom Kelley, they lost in the NCAA Division III First Round 17-20 against Ithaca. |
2013 | MASCAC sponsored football for the first time, with six conference members (Bridgewater State, Fitchburg State, Framingham State, Massachusetts Maritime, Westfield State, and Worcester State) departing the New England Football Conference (NEFC). |
2013 | Major conference restructuring occurred, with several schools upgrading to full membership, including Bridgewater State, Fitchburg State, Framingham State, Westfield State, and Worcester State. |
2013 | MASCAC began sponsoring football after the New England Football Conference dissolved, with Western Connecticut State University, UMass Dartmouth, and Plymouth State joining as associate members. |
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