History
The East Coast Conference was founded in 1989 as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference. Its charter members included:
- Adelphi University (1989 to 2009)
- Concordia College (1989 to 2009)
- C.W. Post College (1989 to present)
- Dowling College (1989 to present)
- Mercy College (1989 to present)
- Molloy College (1989 to present)
- New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) (1989 to present)
- Pace University (1989 to 1997)
- Queens College (1989 to present)
- Southampton College of Long Island University (1989 to 2005)
Other members that joined were:
- University of Bridgeport (2000 to present)
- University of New Haven (2002 to 2008)
- New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) (1997 to 2000)
- Philadelphia University (1991 to 2005)
- The College of Saint Rose (1991 to 2000)
- St. Thomas Aquinas College (2000 to present)
- University of the District of Columbia (2011 to present)
- Roberts Wesleyan College (2012 to present)
- Daemen College (2013 to present)
The ECC has become a lacrosse powerhouse, seeing six ECC teams win the Division II Men's Lacrosse championship over the past 10 years. In addition, at least 1 ECC team has competed in 13 the last 14 championship games. Recent ECC champions include Adelphi (1998, 1999, 2001), C.W. Post (1996, 2006 Tri-Champion), Dowling College (2006 Tri-Champion), NYIT (1997, 2003, 2005, 2008), and Mercyhurst College (2006 Tri-Champion, 2007)
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