| 1984-85 |
The New England
Women's 6 Athletic Conference (NEW6) is formed. The charter
members are: Babson College, Brandeis University, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT), Smith College, Wheaton College,
and Wellesley College. |
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| 1985-86 |
First year of competition
with regular season play and championships in cross country
and basketball. |
| 1986-87 |
NEW 8 volleyball competition
began, but the conference did not begin tournament play until
1987-1988. |
| 1987-88 |
The conference's third year
was one of tremendous growth. The name was changed to the New
England Women's 8 (NEW 8) with the acceptance of Mount Holyoke
College and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) into the Conference.
Field hockey, soccer, tennis, and softball began as NEW 8 conference
sports. |
Marcella
Zalot, Smith College, 1987.
Zalot, the current Athletics Director at Colby College, holds
all of Smith's rebounding records. |
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