The Eastern College Athletic Conference Division II Lacrosse League, also known as the ECAC Division II Lacrosse League, was an American NCAA Division II college athletic conference and part of the Eastern College Athletic Conference that only sponsors men's Division II lacrosse. The league was founded in March 2012 and began play in the 2012–13 academic year (2013 lacrosse season). The founding members included Alderson Broaddus University (then Alderson–Broaddus College), Lake Erie College, Lindenwood University, Mercyhurst University, Ohio Valley University, Seton Hill University, Walsh University, and Wheeling Jesuit University. The new conference brings together four former associate member in men's lacrosse only of the East Coast Conference:Lake Erie to Join Newly Formed ECAC Lacrosse League in 2013 Lake Erie, Mercyhurst, Seton Hill, and Wheeling Jesuit; Lindenwood from the Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association; and Ohio Valley from competing as an Independent program; Walsh, in the program's first season of NCAA competition as part of the university's transition from NAIA; and Alderson-Broaddus, the program's first season in existence.
The league disbanded after the 2016 season when the Great Midwest Athletic Conference began sponsorship of men's lacrosse. Current G-MAC full members Alderson Broaddus and Ohio Valley were joined by affiliate and future G-MAC full members Lake Erie and Walsh with affiliate members Mercyhurst and Seton Hill of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. Indianapolis, Lindenwood, and Wheeling Jesuit moved to independent status as a result of this move.
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Members
Former members InstitutionLocationNicknameJoinedPrimaryConferenceAlderson Broaddus UniversityPhilippi, West VirginiaBattlers2012Great MidwestIndianapolis, IndianaGreyhounds2015Great Lakes ValleyLake Erie CollegePainesville, OhioStorm2012Great Lakes(Great Midwest in 2017)Lindenwood UniversitySaint Charles, MissouriLions2012Mid-America(Great Lakes Valley in 2019)Mercyhurst UniversityErie, PennsylvaniaLakers2012Pennsylvania StateOhio Valley UniversityVienna, West VirginiaFighting Scots2012Great MidwestSeton Hill UniversityGreensburg, PennsylvaniaGriffins2012Pennsylvania StateWalsh UniversityNorth Canton, OhioCavaliers2012Great Lakes(Great Midwest in 2017)Wheeling Jesuit UniversityWheeling, West VirginiaCardinals2012Mountain East
Champions
Regular season YearTeamRecord2013Mercyhurst7–02014Mercyhurst6–12015Seton Hill6–12016Mercyhurst7–1
Conference tournament
2013 +Erie, PennsylvaniaRoundTeam ScoreTeam ScoreSemi 1(1) Mercyhurst (4) Wheeling Jesuit Semi 2(2) Seton Hill (3) Lake Erie Final(1) Mercyhurst (3) Lake Erie
2014 +Erie, PennsylvaniaRoundTeam ScoreTeam ScoreSemi 1(1) Mercyhurst (4) Seton Hill Semi 2(2) Lake Erie (3) Wheeling Jesuit Final(2) Lake Erie (4) Seton Hill
2015 +Greensburg, PennsylvaniaRoundTeam ScoreTeam ScoreSemi 1(1) Seton Hill (4) Lindenwood Semi 2(2) Lake Erie (3) Mercyhurst Final(2) Lake Erie (4) Lindenwood
2016 +Erie, PennsylvaniaRoundTeam ScoreTeam ScoreSemi 1(1) Mercyhurst (4) Indianapolis Semi 2(2) Lake Erie (3) Lindenwood Final(1) Mercyhurst (3) Lindenwood
See also
ECAC Lacrosse League, this league's Division I sister conference that disbanded in 2014 Eastern College Athletic Conference
References