ANNVILLE, Pa. (Conference News) – The Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) has announced its plans for fall sport competition in the spring semester. The MAC has developed a pod model that has groups of teams that will compete in a five-week exhibition series from March 27 to April 28 in the sports of field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball.
The conference will not provide a model for cross country or football, however, each institution has autonomy to develop a schedule and compete as they see fit. Also, those who choose to opt-out of the MAC exhibition series for field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball have autonomy to schedule and compete as they see fit.
Schools competing in the MAC pod exhibition series have been paired with a different team each week and the two schools will mutually agree on a date and time during that week to compete.
To find out when your institution is competing this spring semester, please go to their athletics website for full details.
ABOUT THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC CONFERENCE
Located in Annville, Pa., the Middle Atlantic Conference is an NCAA Division III conference comprised of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC), Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth (MAC Commonwealth) and Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom).
Its 18 member institutions, located across three states, are: Albright College (Reading, Pa.), Alvernia University (Reading, Pa.), Arcadia University (Glenside, Pa.), Delaware Valley University (Doylestown, Pa.), DeSales University (Center Valley, Pa.), Eastern University (St. Davids, Pa.), Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus (Madison, N.J.), Hood College (Frederick, Md.), King's College (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), Lebanon Valley College (Annville, Pa.), Lycoming College (Williamsport, Pa.), Messiah University (Mechanicsburg, Pa.), Misericordia University (Dallas, Pa.), Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, N.J.), Stevenson University (Owings Mills, Md.), Widener University (Chester, Pa.) and Wilkes University (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), and York College of Pennsylvania (York, Pa.).
The MAC currently sponsors 27 intercollegiate sports that compete in the NCAA Division III. More than 7,000 student-athletes participate in baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's indoor track & field, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's outdoor track & field, softball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's volleyball and wrestling.