The Middle Atlantic Corporation (formerly the Middle Atlantic Conference) is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member teams are located in the Eastern United States. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...

The Corporation is divided into the Commonwealth Conference and the Freedom Conference, although for football all teams are combined into one conference (minus the Commonwealth and Freedom subdivisions) due to the fact that not all member colleges of the MAC have football programs. Also, men's and women's cross country and track and field are combined into one conference.

In May of 2006, it was announced that the MAC offered membership to Arcadia University and Manhattanville College as part of the Freedom Conference. They will be replacing Juniata College, Drew University, Moravian College, Susquehanna University, and the University of Scranton, who are leaving to join the new Landmark Conference. Lycoming College will switch from the Freedom to the Commonwealth. The new conference alignments will take place after the 2006-2007 academic-athletic year. Arcadia University is a private liberal arts university located in Glenside, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Philadelphia. ... The architectural and administrative centerpiece of the Manhattanville campus, Reid Hall (1864), is named after Whitelaw Reid owner of the New York Tribune. ... The Landmark Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions are located in the eastern United States in the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, D.C.. Catholic University of America Drew University Goucher College Juniata College Moravian College...

Alvernia College acceptted membership in the Freedom Conference in March 2007. Alvernia is currently a member of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference. Alvernia College is located in Reading, Pennsylvania. ...

Member teams

Commonwealth Conference

• Albright College
• Elizabethtown College
• Juniata College
• Lebanon Valley College
• Messiah College
• Moravian College
• Susquehanna University
• Widener University

Albright College is a private, co-ed, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. ... Elizabethtown College is a small liberal-arts college located in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania in Lancaster County. ... Juniata College is a small private liberal arts college located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. ... Lebanon Valley College (also referred to as LVC, Lebanon Valley and The Valley) is a small, liberal arts higher education institution situated in the heart of Annville in Lebanon County, 40 minutes east of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ... Messiah College is a Christian liberal arts college in the rolling hills of south central Pennsylvania. ... Moravian College is a private liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. ... Susquehanna University is a four-year, private university located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. ... Widener University is a private, metropolitan university located in Chester, Pennsylvania. ...

Freedom Conference

• DeSales University
• Delaware Valley College
• Drew University
• Fairleigh Dickinson University
• King's College
• Lycoming College
• The University of Scranton
• Wilkes University

DeSales University is a private catholic university for men and women, located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... Delaware Valley College was founded in 1896 by Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf as The National Farm School to educate Jewish youth in farming. ... Drew University is a small, private university located in Madison, New Jersey. ... Fairleigh Dickinson University is a private university founded in 1942, the largest private university in New Jersey. ... Kings College is a highly-ranked Roman Catholic, private liberal arts college, located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. ... Lycoming College is a four-year private college situated in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, affiliated with the United Methodist Church. ... University of Scranton is a private, co-educational Jesuit university. ... Wilkes University is a private, non-denominational American university located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. ...

Sports

Member teams compete in cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, tennis, volleyball, basketball, swimming, track and field, wrestling, baseball, golf, lacrosse and softball. The Minnesota State High school Cross Country Meet A cross country race in Seaside, Oregon. ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world; it is the second most popular team sport after football (soccer)[]. Its official name and the one by which it is usually known is hockey [1][2... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... A tennis net Tennis is a game played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponents court. ... Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms, or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... This article concentrates on human swimming. ... A womens 400 metre hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... FILA Greatest Wrestler of 20th Century (Greco-Roman) Alexander Karelin throws Olympian Jeff Blatnick with his Karelin Lift Andrell Durden (top) and Edward Harris grapple for position during the All-Marine Wrestle Offs. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... Greg Norman on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ... The Dive Shot. Lacrosse is a team sport that is played with either ten players (men field) six players (men box,indoor) or twelve players (women), each of whom uses a netted stick (the crosse) in order to pass and catch a very hard rubber ball with the aim of... Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (or rarely, 16 inches) (28 to 30. ...

External link

• Middle Atlantic Corporation