July 1, 2009

Garden City, N.Y. - Effective July 1, 2009 Adelphi University officially makes the move from the East Coast Conference (ECC) to the Northeast-10, thus adding to the powerful union of strong academic and athletic colleges and universities.

"This is an opportunity for Adelphi to align itself with similar academic and athletic institutions," Adelphi Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Robert E. Hartwell stated. "We are also grateful that our teams will have full conference schedules which will make it easier for our student-athletes to experience competitive contests. In addition, their non-athletic programs and accomplishments closely mirror our own."

The NE-10 remains focused on complementing the academic integrity and missions of the member institutions with a commitment to a broad-based championship program, as evidenced by the 23 sports the Conference offers in championship play, the most such of any Division II conference. Adelphi's 22 intercollegiate teams, with the exception of DI men's soccer and women's bowling, will all have championship opportunities with the NE-10.

All of the conference scheduling for the 2009-10 season is complete with field hockey and women's participating in the inaugural league contests on September 2. Soccer will host American International at 6:00 p.m. on Competition field, while field hockey will play at Assumption College.

Adelphi was one of the founding members of the ECC, formerly the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference, back in 1988. During that time, the Panthers captured the Commissioner's Cup seven times, most recently in 2007-08.

About the Northeast 10: Since its modest beginning as the Northeast-7 in 1979, today the nation's most comprehensive Division II conference has evolved into a membership committed to competitive athletics programs that emphasize the education on and off the field of its more than 5,500 student athletes.

The 16 member institutions are spread geographically from Syracuse, New York to Boston, Massachusetts and Burlington, Vermont to Long Island, New York. Many of the members are located in or around the urban metropolitan areas of Albany, Boston, New Haven, Worcester and New York.