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1986 - On April 28, 1986, the Little East Conference (LEC) was founded. Charter members included Eastern Connecticut State University, the University of Massachusetts Boston, Southeastern Massachusetts University (now the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth), Plymouth State College (now Plymouth State University), Rhode Island College and the University of Southern Maine; beginning the 1986 ...
The LEC was home to the Langley Rivermen of the British Columbia Hockey League. [4] The team began play in 2011 after the Langley Chiefs returned to their original home, becoming the Chilliwack Chiefs. In 2016, the Rivermen relocated to the George Preston Recreation Centre, due to the WHL's Vancouver Giants moving from the Pacific Coliseum to ...
The Bridgewater State Bears are composed of 22 varsity teams representing Bridgewater State University in intercollegiate athletics. All teams compete at the NCAA Division III level and all teams compete in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC), except for field hockey, tennis and swimming & diving which plays in the Little East Conference (LEC).
The Salem State Vikings are also members of the Little East Conference in field hockey, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s lacrosse, along with the New England Hockey Conference in women’s ice hockey.
The teams home field is Maple Street Field in Framingham, Massachusetts. The field hockey team (along with Bridgewater State, Fitchburg State, Salem State, Westfield State, and Worcester State) joined the Little East Conference as an affiliate member for field hockey in the 2000–01 season to create a MASCAC division with those 6 schools. In ...
The men's and women's Castleton Spartans hockey teams compete at the Spartan Arena in the site of the former Diamond Run Mall in Rutland. [13] They compete in the New England Hockey Conference (NEHC). Beginning in 2025-26, the Spartans will join the Little East Conference for Ice Hockey, departing the NEHC.
The field hockey and women's tennis teams also used to compete within the Little East Conference (LEC), before Field Hockey was incorporated as a sponsored sport by the MASCAC. Worcester State claimed the first MASCAC Field Hockey title in 2023. Formerly, the men's football team played in the Commonwealth Coast Football (CCC) between 1985 and 2013.
The Dedmon Center also houses the athletic department's new Learning Enhancement Center (LEC), dedicated to student-athlete support services and a state-of-the-art, 5,000-square-foot (460 m 2) weight room dedicated to the needs of the university's 16 varsity athletic teams. The complex features several adjoining facilities, including intramural ...