Coast to Coast Athletic Conference

Coast to Coast Athletic Conference
	C2C
Established	1989
Association	NCAA
Division	Division III
Members	11 (8 in 2021)
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

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. Goucher College joined the CAC in 1991, followed by Salisbury University in 1993. Hood College, Stevenson University, and Wesley College all formally joined the conference for the 2007–08 season, although Hood and Stevenson had already joined for some sports in the 2006–07 season. CUA and Goucher College left the conference in 2007–08 to become members of the new Landmark Conference. Gallaudet left the conference after the 2009-10 season for the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) for some sports. Stevenson and Hood left the CAC for the Middle Atlantic Conferences effective July 1, 2012.[1] The CAC added three members on July 1, 2013: Christopher Newport University, Penn State Harrisburg, and Southern Virginia University. Southern Virginia transitioned from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and became eligible for conference championships in the 2014–15 season.[2]

The CAC lost two members at the end of the 2017–18 school year with Marymount and Wesley leaving to become charter members of the new Atlantic East Conference.[3] Two more members left after the 2018–19 school year. Frostburg State announced that it planned to transition to NCAA Division II and join the Mountain East Conference.[4] Penn State Harrisburg, which left the NEAC to join the CAC in 2013, returned to its prior conference home.[5] The CAC lost another member in 2019–20 when York left for the MAC Commonwealth Conference.[6]

Later changes to the Capital Athletic Conference membership were announced in December 2019 with the departures of Southern Virginia University and St. Mary's College of Maryland, respectively set to join the USA South Athletic Conference and North Eastern Athletic Conference in the 2021–22 academic year.[7][8]

On April 30, 2020 and May 20, 2020 the University of Mary Washington and Salisbury University respectively announced that they would join the Metropolitan Swimming Conference starting in the 2020-21 school year.[9][10] St. Mary's College of Maryland joined the Atlantic East Conference as an associate member for men's and women's swimming and diving. After these transitions and the loss of York, the conference stopped sponsoring swimming. The loss of York also reduced the number of men's and women's golf teams to three each, which led the league to also drop men's and women's golf after the 2020 season.

On May 26, 2020, it was announced that the American Collegiate Athletic Association would merge with the Capital Athletic Conference. All full ACAA members joined the CAC in the 2020–21 school year; the announcement also stated that the expanded CAC planned to adopt a new name. Pine Manor College, which recently entered into a partnership with Boston College, is participating in the Conference for the 2020–21 academic year only in four sports: men's soccer, men's basketball, women's basketball and baseball. 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.[11][12]

On November 18, 2020, the Capital Athletic Conference announced its rebranding as the "Coast to Coast Athletic Conference".[13]

Member schools

Current members

The league currently has eleven full members. Departing members are highlighted in red.

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined
University of California, Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, California	Banana Slugs	1965	Public	19,700	2020-21
Christopher Newport University	Newport News, Virginia	Captains	1961	Public	5,186	2013–14
Finlandia University	Hancock, Michigan	Lions	1896	Private/Lutheran	507	2020-21
University of Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, Virginia	Eagles	1908	Public	4,862	1989–90
Mills College†	Oakland, California	Cyclones	1852	Private	1,345	2020-21
Mount Mary University†	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Blue Angels	1913	Private/Catholic	1,209	2020-21
Pine Manor College	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	Gators	1911	Private	419	2020-21
Pratt Institute	Brooklyn, New York	Cannoneers	1877	Private	4,829	2020-21
St. Mary's College of Maryland	St. Mary's City, Maryland	Seahawks	1840	Public	1,950	1989-90
Salisbury University	Salisbury, Maryland	Sea Gulls	1925	Public	7,383	1993–94
Southern Virginia University	Buena Vista, Virginia	Knights	1867	Private/LDS	1,106	2013–14

† - Women's college, therefore not competing in men's sports.

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Current Conference
The Catholic University of America	Washington, D.C.	Cardinals	1887	Private/Catholic	6,705	1989–90	2006–07	Landmark
Frostburg State University	Frostburg, Maryland	Bobcats	1898	Public	5,215	2010-11	2018–19	MEC (D-II)
Gallaudet University	Washington, D.C.	Bison	1864	Private/ Quasigovernmental	2,340	1989–90	2009–10	NEAC
Goucher College	Towson, Maryland	Gophers	1885	Private	2,375	1989–90	2006–07	Landmark
Hood College	Frederick, Maryland	Blazers	1893	Private/United Church of Christ	3,856	2007–08	2011–12	MAC Commonwealth
Marymount University	Arlington, Virginia	Saints	1950	Private/Catholic	3,684	1989–90	2017–18	AEC
Penn State-Harrisburg	Lower Swatara, Pennsylvania	Lions	1966	Public	3,441	2013–14	2018–19	NEAC
Stevenson University	Stevenson, Maryland	Mustangs	1947	Private	3,929	2007–08	2011–12	MAC Commonwealth
Wesley College	Dover, Delaware	Wolverines	1873	Private/United Methodist	2,400	2007–08	2017–18	AEC
York College of Pennsylvania	York, Pennsylvania	Spartans	1787	Private	5,367	1989–90	2019-20	MAC Commonwealth

Former associate members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Joined	Left	Primary Conference	CAC Sport
Babson College	Wellesley, Massachusetts	Beavers	1919	Private	3,120	2018-19	2019-20	NEWMAC	Men's golf
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Tartans	1900	Private	14,800	2019-20	2019-20	UAA	Men's golf[upper-alpha 1]
New Jersey City University	Jersey City, New Jersey	Gothic Knights	1929	Public	7,300	2013–14	2019-20	NJAC	Men's golf
William Paterson University	Wayne, New Jersey	Pioneers	1855	Public	10,970	2013–14	2015-16	NJAC	Men's golf

Notes

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

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	Basketball	Cross country	Lacrosse	Soccer	Tennis	Track & field (indoor)	Track & field (outdoor)	Total C2C Sports
UC Santa Cruz	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	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
Pine Manor	Y	Y	N[upper-alpha 1]	N	Y	N	N	N	3
Pratt	N	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	5
St. Mary's	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Salisbury	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Southern Virginia	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8
Totals	7	9	7	5	9	7	6	7	56

Notes

Pine Manor sponsors cross country but competes as an independent.

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

School	Crew	Equestrian	Esports	Football	Golf	Ice Hockey	Rugby	Sailing	Swimming & Diving	Volleyball	Wrestling
UC Santa Cruz	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	PCSC	N	N
Christopher Newport	N	N	N	NJAC	N	N	N	MAISA	N	N	N
Finlandia	N	N	Y	MIAA	N	NCHA	N	N	N	N	N
Mary Washington	N	IHSA[upper-alpha 1]	N	N	Y[upper-alpha 2]	N	CCRC	N	METS	N	N
Pine Manor	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Independent	N
Pratt	N	IHSA[upper-alpha 1]	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Independent	N
St. Mary's	MARC	N	N	N	N	N	N	MAISA	AEC	N	N
Salisbury	N	N	N	NJAC	N	N	N	N	METS	N	N
Southern Virginia	N	N	N	ODAC	Y[upper-alpha 2]	N	CCRC	N	Y[upper-alpha 3]	CVC	Independent

Notes

Mary Washington's and Pratt's equestrian programs are not sponsored by the NCAA but through the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.
Mary Washington and Southern Virginia sponsor men's golf which is no longer sponsored by C2C, it has not been announce in which conference UMW and SVU will compete.
Southern Virginia sponsors men's swimming which is no longer sponsored by C2C, it has not been announce in which conference SVU will compete.

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross country	Field hockey	Lacrosse	Soccer	Softball	Tennis	Track & field (indoor)	Track & field (outdoor)	Volleyball	Total C2C Sports
UC Santa Cruz	Y	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y	N	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
Pine Manor	Y	N [upper-alpha 1]	N	N	N [upper-alpha 1]	N [upper-alpha 1]	N	N	N	N [upper-alpha 1]	1
Pratt	Y	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	7
St. Mary's	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Salisbury	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Southern Virginia	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Totals	10	9	5	5	10	6	8	6	7	10	76

Notes

Pine Manor sponsors women's cross country, soccer, softball and volleyball, however, these teams compete as independents.

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

School	Cheerleading	Crew	Dance	Equestrian	Esports	Golf	Ice hockey	Rugby	Sailing	Swimming & diving
UC Santa Cruz	N	N	N	N	N	ASC	N	N	N	PCSC
Christopher Newport	NCA	N	NCA	N	N	N	N	N	MAISA	N
Finlandia	N	N	N	N	Y	N	NCHA	N	N	N
Mary Washington	N	N	N	IHSA[upper-alpha 1]	N	Y[upper-alpha 2]	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[upper-alpha 1]	N	N	N	N	N	N
St. Mary's	N	MARC	N	N	N	N	N	N	MAISA	AEC
Salisbury	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	METS
Southern Virginia	N	N	N	N	N	Y[upper-alpha 3]	N	N	N	Y[upper-alpha 3]

Notes

Mary Washington's and Pratt's equestrian programs are not sponsored by the NCAA but through the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.
Mary Washington sponsors women's golf which is no longer sponsored by C2C, it has not been announced in which conference UMW will compete.
Southern Virginia sponsors women's golf and women's swimming which are no longer sponsored by C2C, it has not been announced in which conference SVU will compete.

Current Champions

Season	Sport	Women's Champion	Mens Champion
Fall 2019	Cross Country	Christopher Newport (X1)	York (X2)
	Cross Country
	Field Hockey	Salisbury (X2)	N/A
	Field Hockey		N/A
	Soccer	Mary Washington (X1)	Mary Washington (X3)
	Soccer
	Volleyball	Christopher Newport (X3)	N/A
	Volleyball		N/A
Winter 2019-20	Basketball	Christopher Newport (X2)	York (X1)
	Basketball
	Swimming [upper-alpha 1]	Mary Washington (X30)	Mary Washington (X20)
	Swimming [upper-alpha 1]
	Indoor Track & Field	Christopher Newport (X1)	Christopher Newport (X1)
	Indoor Track & Field
Spring 2019	Baseball	N/A	Christopher Newport (X1)
	Baseball	N/A
	Golf [upper-alpha 1]	York (X1)	York (X1)
	Golf [upper-alpha 1]
	Lacrosse	York (X1)	Salisbury (X3)
	Lacrosse
	Softball	Christopher Newport (X3)	N/A
	Softball		N/A
	Tennis	Mary Washington (X13)	Mary Washington (X20)
	Tennis
	Outdoor Track and Field	Mary Washington (X1)	Mary Washington (X1)
	Outdoor Track and Field

Men's and Women's Swimming and Men's and Women's Golf held their final conference championship in the 2019-20 season.

References

"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.
"Frostburg State Set To Join Mountain East Conference" (Press release). Bridgeport, West Virginia: Mountain East Conference. July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 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.
"Southern Virginia Set to Join USA South" (Press release). Southern Virginia University Athletics. December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
"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.
"UMW Men's & Women's Swimming Accepts Membership in Metropolitan Collegiate Swimming Conference" (Press release). UMW Athletics. April 30, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
"Salisbury Swimming accepts membership in Metropolitan Collegiate Swimming and Diving Conference" (Press release). Salisisbury Eagles Athletics. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
"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.

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[fn5-14] Carnegie Mellon joined as an associate member in the 2019-20 season which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and men's golf was dropped as a conference sport after the 2019-20 season therefore the CMU never participated in a conference championship.

[fn5-15] Pine Manor sponsors cross country but competes as an independent.

[fn5-16] Mary Washington's and Pratt's equestrian programs are not sponsored by the NCAA but through the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.

[fn6-17] Mary Washington and Southern Virginia sponsor men's golf which is no longer sponsored by C2C, it has not been announce in which conference UMW and SVU will compete.

[fn7-18] Southern Virginia sponsors men's swimming which is no longer sponsored by C2C, it has not been announce in which conference SVU will compete.

[fn6-19] Pine Manor sponsors women's cross country, soccer, softball and volleyball, however, these teams compete as independents.

[fn5-20] Mary Washington's and Pratt's equestrian programs are not sponsored by the NCAA but through the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.

[fn7-21] Mary Washington sponsors women's golf which is no longer sponsored by C2C, it has not been announced in which conference UMW will compete.

[fn6-22] Southern Virginia sponsors women's golf and women's swimming which are no longer sponsored by C2C, it has not been announced in which conference SVU will compete.

[fn7-23] Men's and Women's Swimming and Men's and Women's Golf held their final conference championship in the 2019-20 season.

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

[2] "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.

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

[4] "Frostburg State Set To Join Mountain East Conference" (Press release). Bridgeport, West Virginia: Mountain East Conference. July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 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] "Southern Virginia Set to Join USA South" (Press release). Southern Virginia University Athletics. December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.

[8] "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.

[9] "UMW Men's & Women's Swimming Accepts Membership in Metropolitan Collegiate Swimming Conference" (Press release). UMW Athletics. April 30, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.

[10] "Salisbury Swimming accepts membership in Metropolitan Collegiate Swimming and Diving Conference" (Press release). Salisisbury Eagles Athletics. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

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

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

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