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February 13, 2012
FITCHBURG — New England Football Conference (NEFC) Commissioner Sue Lauder announced on Feb. 9 a restructuring of the conference that will take place effective with the 2013 season.
The NEFC will function as an eight-team league and will retain the NEFC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.
The realigned NEFC will consist of Curry, Endicott, Maine Maritime, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nichols, Salve Regina, Coast Guard, and Western New England (WNE).
Institutions that are currently members of the multi-sport Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) — Bridgewater State, Fitchburg State, Framingham State, Massachusetts Maritime, Westfield State, and Worcester State — will compete in a newly formed MASCAC football league.
Plymouth State University and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, two schools that have a playing relationship with the MASCAC through an affiliation agreement between the MASCAC and the Little East Conference, will also join the new league.
"It's been an honor to have been a member of the NEFC and to work with the quality student athletes, coaches and administrators at all of the NEFC institutions," said Lauder who is also the director of athletics at Fitchburg. "I wish the conference continued success and look forward to maintaining relationships with NEFC members."
The NEFC, with 16 members divided into two divisions (Boyd and Bogan), is the largest Division III football conference in the nation. The conference's championship game between the winners of the two divisions is also unique among Division III football.
The NEFC was started in 1965 by Bridgewater State, Curry, and Maine Maritime.
WNE captured the 2011 NEFC Championship with a 20-13 overtime victory against Framingham State.
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