Effective immediately, the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation (MASCAC) has changed its official name to the Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC), an umbrella organization comprised of three NCAA Division III athletic conferences – Middle Atlantic, Freedom, and Commonwealth.

The MAC, originally founded as the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference in 1912, has had 54 institutional members during this time and experienced a variety of organizational structures. The current alignment, which was instituted in 2000, grew out of the automatic qualification initiative approved by the Division at that time.

“Despite our official name as the MASCAC, most constituents have referred to our organization as the MAC for years,” states conference chair, Kim Phipps, Messiah College President. Ken Andrews, MAC Executive Director, notes, “Recently there has been significant confusion with our conferences and the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference, also the MASCAC. It makes sense for each of us to have our own identity.”

The new domain for the conference web site is gomacsports.com. The MAC conducts championships in 23 Division III sports that include these institutions: Albright College, Alvernia University, Arcadia University, Delaware Valley College, DeSales University, Eastern University, Elizabethtown College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, the College at Florham, King’s College, Lebanon Valley College, Lycoming College, Manhattanville College, Messiah College, Misericordia University, Widener University, and Wilkes University.