Coast to Coast Athletic Conference

Coast to Coast Athletic Conference
Coast to Coast Athletic Conference
C2C
Established	1989
Association	NCAA
Division	Division III
Members	8 (7 in 2023)
Sports fielded	20 men's: 9; women's: 11; ;
Region	U.S.-wide
Former names	Capital Athletic Conference (CAC)
Headquarters	Fredericksburg, Virginia
Commissioner	Chris Roekle (since 2020)
Website	www.c2csports.com
Locations

The Coast to Coast Athletic Conference (C2C; officially stylized as Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference), formerly named Capital Athletic Conference (CAC), is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located throughout the United States in the states of California, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

History

Capital Athletic Conference Charter Members locations

– charter members

Formed in 1989 as Capital Athletic Conference (CAC), the charter members were The Catholic University of America, Gallaudet University, the University of Mary Washington, Marymount University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and York College of Pennsylvania.

On May 26, 2020, it was announced that the American Collegiate Athletic Association would merge with the Capital Athletic Conference. All full ACAA members and an associate member joined the CAC in the 2020–21 school year; the announcement also stated that the expanded CAC planned to adopt a new name. The post-merger conference does not conduct regular-season competition in any sports; members establish their own schedules, with NCAA championship bids handed out in conference tournaments or championship meets, depending on the sport.

On November 18, 2020, the Capital Athletic Conference announced its rebranding as the "Coast to Coast Athletic Conference".

Chronological timeline

Current Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Member locations

– Full member

– Full, departing member

1989 – The Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) was founded. Charter members included The Catholic University of America, Gallaudet University, Mary Washington College (now the University of Mary Washington), Marymount University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and York College of Pennsylvania, effective beginning in the 1989-90 academic year.
1991 – Salisbury State University (now Salisbury University) joined the CAC in all sports, effective in the 1991-92 academic year.
1993 – Goucher College joined the CAC in all sports, effective in the 1993-94 academic year.
2005 – Catholic and Goucher announced they would be departing for the newly-formed Landmark Conference, effective after the 2006-07 academic year.
2006 – Hood College and Villa Julie College (now Stevenson University) joined the CAC for some sports, effective in the 2006-07 academic year.
2007 – Wesley College joined the CAC in all sports (along with Hood and Stevenson), effective in the 2007-08 academic year.
2010 – Gallaudet left the CAC to join the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC; now the United East Conference), effective after the 2009-10 academic year.
2010 – Frostburg State University joined the CAC in all sports, effective in the 2010-11 academic year.[1]
2012 – Hood and Stevenson departed the CAC for the Middle Atlantic Conferences, effective June 1, 2012.[2]
2013 – Christopher Newport University, Penn State Harrisburg and Southern Virginia University joined the CAC in all sports, effective on June 1, 2013.[3]
2013 – William Paterson University and New Jersey City University joined the CAC as associate members for men's golf, effective in the 2014 spring season (2013-14 academic year).
2016 – William Paterson departed from the CAC as an associate member for men's golf, effective after the 2016 spring season (2015-16 academic year).
2018 – Marymount and Wesley departed the CAC for the newly-formed Atlantic East Conference (AEC), effective after the 2017-18 academic year.[4]
2018 – Babson College joined the CAC as an associate member for men's golf, effective in the 2019 spring season (2018-19 academic year).
2019 – Frostburg State began the transition to the Division II for the 2019-20 academic year, thus departed the CAC to join the Mountain East Conference, effective after the 2018-19 academic year.
2019 – Penn State Harrisburg departed the CAC to return to the NEAC, effective after the 2018-19 academic year. [5]
2019 – Carnegie Mellon University joined the CAC as an associate member for men's golf, effective in the 2020 spring season (2019-20 academic year).
2020 – York departed the CAC to join the MAC, effective after the 2019-20 season.[6]
2020 – The CAC announced that it would absorb the American Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA), effective beginning in the 2020-21 academic year. Therefore, all full members, the University of California, Santa Cruz, Finlandia University, Mills College (women's sports only), Mount Mary University (women's sports only), Pine Manor College, and Pratt Institute, and associate member, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, of the ACAA joined in their respective memberships.[7][8]
2020 – The Capital Athletic Conference announced that it would rebrand as the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C).[9]
2020 – The conference dropped men's and women's swimming and golf as conference sports after the 2020-21 season, therefore, men's golf associates, Babson, Carnegie Mellon and New Jersey City departed.
2021 – St. Mary's departed the C2C to join the United East Conference, effective after the 2020-21 academic year.[10] St. Mary's rejoined as an associate member in men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field.[11]
2021 – Southern Virginia departed the C2C to join the USA South Athletic Conference, effective after the 2020-21 academic year.[12]
2021 – Pine Manor was acquired by Boston College and dissolved their athletics programs after the 2020-21 academic year.
2021 – Mills announced that it would end conferment degrees to become a research institution after the 2022-23 school year, thus dissolving their athletic programs. This was later revised to be acquired by Northeastern University to become Northeastern University at Mills College. Through this merger, Mills will transition to a co-ed university. However, the future state of athletics at the school is unknown.[13][14][15]
2022 – The University of Wisconsin–Platteville will join the C2C as an associate member for men's soccer, effective beginning in the 2022 fall season (2022-23 academic year).

Member schools

Current members

The C2C currently has eight full members, half are public schools and another half are private schools:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined
University of California, Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, California	1965	Public	19,700	Banana Slugs	2020–21
Christopher Newport University	Newport News, Virginia	1961	Public	5,186	Captains	2013–14
Finlandia University	Hancock, Michigan	1896	Lutheran ELCA	507	Lions	2020–21
University of Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, Virginia	1908	Public	4,862	Eagles	1989–90
Mills College[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]	Oakland, California	1852	Nonsectarian	1,345	Cyclones	2020–21
Mount Mary University[lower-alpha 1]	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1913	Catholic	1,209	Blue Angels	2020–21
Pratt Institute	Brooklyn, New York	1877	Nonsectarian	4,829	Cannoneers	2020–21
Salisbury University	Salisbury, Maryland	1925	Public	7,383	Sea Gulls	1993–94

Notes

This institution is a women's college, therefore it doesn't compete in men's sports.
Departing members are highlighted in red.

Associate members

The C2C currently has two associate members, both are public schools:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Primary conference	C2C sport
St. Mary's College of Maryland[lower-alpha 1]	St. Mary's City, Maryland	1840	Public	1,950	Seahawks	2021–22^m.i.t.f. 2021–22^m.o.t.f. 2021–22^w.i.t.f. 2021–22^w.o.t.f.	United East	men's indoor track & field men's outdoor track & field women's indoor track & field women's outdoor track & field
University of Wisconsin–Whitewater	Whitewater, Wisconsin	1868	Public	11,020	Warhawks	2020–21	Wisconsin (WIAC)	men's soccer

Notes

St. Mary's (Md.) was a full member of the C2C (back then, the CAC) from 1989–90 to 2020–21.

Future associate members

The C2C will have one new associate member, which will also be a public school:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joining	Primary conference	C2C sport
University of Wisconsin–Platteville	Platteville, Wisconsin	1866	Public	8,134	Pioneers	2022–23	Wisconsin (WIAC)	men's soccer

Former members

The C2C had 13 former full members, all but three were private schools:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	Current conference
The Catholic University of America	Washington, D.C.	1887	Catholic (Pontifical)	6,705	Cardinals	1989–90	2006–07	Landmark
Frostburg State University	Frostburg, Maryland	1898	Public	5,215	Bobcats	2010–11	2018–19	Mountain East (MEC) (NCAA D-II)
Gallaudet University	Washington, D.C.	1864	Quasigovernmental	2,340	Bison	1989–90	2009–10	United East
Goucher College	Towson, Maryland	1885	Nonsectarian	2,375	Gophers	1989–90	2006–07	Landmark
Hood College	Frederick, Maryland	1893	United Church of Christ	3,856	Blazers	2007–08	2011–12	MAC Commonwealth
Marymount University	Arlington, Virginia	1950	Catholic (RSHM)	3,684	Saints	1989–90	2017–18	Atlantic East (AEC)
Penn State–Harrisburg	Lower Swatara, Pennsylvania	1966	Public	3,441	Lions	2013–14	2018–19	United East
Pine Manor College	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	1911	Nonsectarian	419	Gators	2020–21	2020–21	N/A[lower-alpha 1]
St. Mary's College of Maryland[lower-alpha 2]	St. Mary's City, Maryland	1840	Public	1,950	Seahawks	1989–90	2020–21	United East
Southern Virginia University	Buena Vista, Virginia	1867	LDS Church	1,106	Knights	2013–14	2020–21	USA South
Stevenson University	Stevenson, Maryland	1947	Nonsectarian	3,929	Mustangs	2007–08	2011–12	MAC Commonwealth
Wesley College	Dover, Delaware	1873	United Methodist	2,400	Wolverines	2007–08	2017–18	N/A[lower-alpha 3]
York College of Pennsylvania	York, Pennsylvania	1787	Nonsectarian	5,367	Spartans	1989–90	2019–20	MAC Commonwealth

Notes

Pine Manor was acquired by Boston College in 2021.
St. Mary's (Md.) remains in the C2C as an associate member for men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field
Wesley was acquired by Delaware State University in 2021.

Former associate members

The C2C had four former associate members, half were public schools and another half are private schools:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	Primary conference	C2C sport
Babson College	Wellesley, Massachusetts	1919	Nonsectarian	3,120	Beavers	2018–19	2019–20	New England (NEWMAC)	men's golf
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1900	Nonsectarian	14,800	Tartans	2019–20	2019–20	University (UAA)	men's golf[lower-alpha 1]
New Jersey City University	Jersey City, New Jersey	1929	Public	7,300	Gothic Knights	2013–14	2019–20	New Jersey (NJAC)	men's golf
William Paterson University	Wayne, New Jersey	1855	Public	10,970	Pioneers	2013–14	2015–16	New Jersey (NJAC)	men's golf

Notes

Membership timeline

Sports

The C2C sponsors championships in the following sports:

**Conference sports**
Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	Y
Basketball	Y	Y
Cross Country	Y	Y
Field Hockey		Y
Lacrosse	Y	Y
Soccer	Y	Y
Softball		Y
Tennis	Y	Y
Track and field (indoor)	Y	Y
Track and field (outdoor)	Y	Y
Volleyball		Y

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball[upper-alpha 1]	Basketball	Cross country	Lacrosse [upper-alpha 1]	Soccer	Tennis	Track & field (indoor)	Track & field (outdoor)	Total C2C Sports
UC Santa Cruz	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	5
Christopher Newport	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Finlandia	Y	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	N	3
Mary Washington	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Pratt	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
Salisbury	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Totals	4	6	5	3	6+1	5	5+1	5+1	38+3
St. Mary's							Y	Y	2
UW Whitewater					Y				1

Notes

Baseball and men's lacrosse, will be in danger of not being eligible for NCAA championship bids in the 2023-24 season if new members teams do not join C2C in those sports. According to the NCAA rules for a conference sport to be considered for NCAA championship bids there must be five or more teams competing in that sport, which all of the sports listed will have four teams or less fielding that sport after the 2020-21 season.

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the C2C that are played by C2C schools

School	Equestrian	Esports	Football	Golf	Ice Hockey	Rugby	Sailing	Swimming & Diving	Volleyball
UC Santa Cruz	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	PCSC	Independent
Christopher Newport	N	N	NJAC	Independent	N	N	MAISA	N	N
Finlandia	N	Y	UMAC	N	NCHA	N	N	N	N
Mary Washington	IHSA[upper-alpha 1]	N	N	N	N	CCRC	N	METS	N
Pratt	IHSA[upper-alpha 1]	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Independent
Salisbury	N	N	NJAC	N	N	N	N	METS	N

Notes

Mary Washington's and Pratt's equestrian programs are not sponsored by the NCAA but through the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross country	Field hockey[upper-alpha 1]	Lacrosse[upper-alpha 1]	Soccer	Softball	Tennis	Track & field (indoor)	Track & field (outdoor)	Volleyball	Total C2C Sports
UC Santa Cruz	Y	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	6
Christopher Newport	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Finlandia	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	4
Mary Washington	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Mills	N	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	4
Mount Mary	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	5
Pratt	Y	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
Salisbury	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Totals	7	7	3	3	8	5	6	5+1	5+1	8	57+2
St. Mary's								Y	Y		2

Notes

Field hockey and women's lacrosse will be in danger of not being eligible for NCAA championship bids in the 2023-24 season if new members teams do not join C2C in those sports. According to the NCAA rules for a conference sport to be considered for NCAA championship bids there must be five or more teams competing in that sport, which all of the sports listed will have four teams or less fielding that sport after the 2020-21 season.

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by C2C that are played by C2C schools

School	Cheerleading	Crew	Dance	Equestrian[lower-alpha 2]	Esports	Golf	Ice hockey	Rugby[lower-alpha 2]	Sailing	Swimming & diving
UC Santa Cruz	N	N	N	N	N	ASC	N	N	N	PCSC
Christopher Newport	NCA	N	NCA	N	N	Independent	N	N	MAISA	N
Finlandia	N	N	N	N	Y	N	NCHA	N	N	N
Mary Washington	N	N	N	IHSA[lower-alpha 3]	N	N	N	CRU	N	METS
Mills	N	NWC	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	LibArts
Mount Mary	N	N	N	N	N	Independent	N	N	N	N
Pratt	N	N	N	IHSA[lower-alpha 3]	N	N	N	N	N	N
Salisbury	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	METS

Notes

Carnegie Mellon joined as an associate member in the 2019–20 season, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Then men's golf was dropped as a conference sport after the 2019–20 season, therefore Carnegie Mellon never participated in a conference championship.
Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.
While equestrian is recognized by the NCAA as one of its "Emerging Sports for Women", the NCAA does not sponsor a championship in that sport. Championships are organized by the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.

Current champions

The table below shows the current list of champions for the C2C/CAC championships. The number in parentheses is the number of total championships that team has won in that sport.

Season	Sport	Women's Champion	Men's Champion
Fall 2021	Cross Country	UC Santa Cruz (1)	UC Santa Cruz (1)
	Field Hockey	Salisbury (23)	N/A
	Soccer	Christopher Newport (4)	Christopher Newport (3)
	Volleyball	Christopher Newport (7)	N/A
Winter 2019-20	Basketball	Christopher Newport (3)	York (2)
	Swimming	Mary Washington (30)	Mary Washington (26)
	Indoor Track & Field	Christopher Newport (6)	Christopher Newport (4)
Spring 2021	Baseball	N/A	Salisbury (16)
	Lacrosse	Salisbury (19)	Salisbury (23)
	Softball	Salisbury (20)	N/A
	Tennis	Mary Washington (28)	Southern Virginia (1)
	Outdoor Track and Field	Christopher Newport (27)	Christopher Newport (30)

References

"Frostburg State Set To Join Mountain East Conference" (Press release). Bridgeport, West Virginia: Mountain East Conference. July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
"Stevenson and Hood to Join MAC". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on August 13, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
"Capital Athletic Conference Adds Penn State-Harrisburg; The Lions Join CNU & SVU As New Full Members In 2013-14" (Press release). Capital Athletic Conference. July 26, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
"Atlantic East has name, formal announcement". D3sports.com. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
"NEAC Welcomes Penn State Harrisburg for 2019-20" (Press release). North Eastern Athletic Conference. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
"MAC to Add York (Pa.) as 18th Member Beginning in 2020-21" (Press release). Middle Atlantic Conferences. April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
"ACAA and Capital Athletic Conference Join Forces" (Press release). American Collegiate Athletic Association. May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
"CAC Announces Conference Expansion; Adds Six Member Institutions" (Press release). Capital Athletic Conference. May 26, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
"CAC Evolves Into Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference" (Press release). Capital Athletic Conference. November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
"St. Mary's College of Maryland to Join North Eastern Athletic Conference in 2021" (Press release). North Eastern Athletic Conference. December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
"St. Mary's to Rejoin C2C as Associate Member in Track and Field" (Press release). Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference. August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
"Southern Virginia Set to Join USA South" (Press release). Southern Virginia University Athletics. December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
"Mills College announces plan to close, triggering debate about other schools' futures". EdSource. March 17, 2021.
Graff, Amy (March 17, 2021). "Mills College in Oakland is closing to become an institute". SFGate. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
Ross, Martha (March 18, 2021). "COVID-19 casualty: Mills College in Oakland will end as 4-year school in 2023". The Mercury News (published March 17, 2021). Retrieved April 18, 2021.

External links

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[women-16] This institution is a women's college, therefore it doesn't compete in men's sports.

[17] Departing members are highlighted in red.

[18] St. Mary's (Md.) was a full member of the C2C (back then, the CAC) from 1989–90 to 2020–21.

[19] Pine Manor was acquired by Boston College in 2021.

[20] St. Mary's (Md.) remains in the C2C as an associate member for men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field

[21] Wesley was acquired by Delaware State University in 2021.

[fn6-23] Baseball and men's lacrosse, will be in danger of not being eligible for NCAA championship bids in the 2023-24 season if new members teams do not join C2C in those sports. According to the NCAA rules for a conference sport to be considered for NCAA championship bids there must be five or more teams competing in that sport, which all of the sports listed will have four teams or less fielding that sport after the 2020-21 season.

[fn5-24] Mary Washington's and Pratt's equestrian programs are not sponsored by the NCAA but through the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.

[fn7-25] Field hockey and women's lacrosse will be in danger of not being eligible for NCAA championship bids in the 2023-24 season if new members teams do not join C2C in those sports. According to the NCAA rules for a conference sport to be considered for NCAA championship bids there must be five or more teams competing in that sport, which all of the sports listed will have four teams or less fielding that sport after the 2020-21 season.

[22] Carnegie Mellon joined as an associate member in the 2019–20 season, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Then men's golf was dropped as a conference sport after the 2019–20 season, therefore Carnegie Mellon never participated in a conference championship.

[ESW-26] Part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.

[fn5-27] While equestrian is recognized by the NCAA as one of its "Emerging Sports for Women", the NCAA does not sponsor a championship in that sport. Championships are organized by the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.

[1] "Frostburg State Set To Join Mountain East Conference" (Press release). Bridgeport, West Virginia: Mountain East Conference. July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.

[2] "Stevenson and Hood to Join MAC". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on August 13, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2012.

[3] "Capital Athletic Conference Adds Penn State-Harrisburg; The Lions Join CNU & SVU As New Full Members In 2013-14" (Press release). Capital Athletic Conference. July 26, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012.

[4] "Atlantic East has name, formal announcement". D3sports.com. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

[5] "NEAC Welcomes Penn State Harrisburg for 2019-20" (Press release). North Eastern Athletic Conference. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.

[6] "MAC to Add York (Pa.) as 18th Member Beginning in 2020-21" (Press release). Middle Atlantic Conferences. April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.

[7] "ACAA and Capital Athletic Conference Join Forces" (Press release). American Collegiate Athletic Association. May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[8] "CAC Announces Conference Expansion; Adds Six Member Institutions" (Press release). Capital Athletic Conference. May 26, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.

[9] "CAC Evolves Into Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference" (Press release). Capital Athletic Conference. November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.

[10] "St. Mary's College of Maryland to Join North Eastern Athletic Conference in 2021" (Press release). North Eastern Athletic Conference. December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.

[11] "St. Mary's to Rejoin C2C as Associate Member in Track and Field" (Press release). Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference. August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.

[12] "Southern Virginia Set to Join USA South" (Press release). Southern Virginia University Athletics. December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.

[13] "Mills College announces plan to close, triggering debate about other schools' futures". EdSource. March 17, 2021.

[14] Graff, Amy (March 17, 2021). "Mills College in Oakland is closing to become an institute". SFGate. Retrieved April 18, 2021.

[15] Ross, Martha (March 18, 2021). "COVID-19 casualty: Mills College in Oakland will end as 4-year school in 2023". The Mercury News (published March 17, 2021). Retrieved April 18, 2021.