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The first season of Conference competition in the NEW 8 was 1987. Smith College hosted the inaugural championship tournament, and the host school lost a 2-0 decision to Wellesley College in the championship game. Wellesley returned to the championship game in 1988, but WPI used its home field advantage to take the title by an 8-0 score. The Engineers, in turn, dropped a 2-1 game to Smith in the 1989 championship held at Wellesley. WPI regained the Conference title at M.I.T. in 1990 with a 1-0 victory over Smith, and again defeated Smith in 1991 avenging a regular season loss to the Pioneers. WPI gained the "three-peat" in 1992 by defeating Smith at Babson. Smith climbed back into the winner's circle in 1993 with a penalty stroke victory over Babson at Wheaton. MIT captured its first field hockey championship in 1994 with a 1-0 win over Babson. In 1995, 1996 and 1997, Wellesley had three straight titles. They defeated conference newcomer Clark 4-0 on their home field in '95. In 1996 they beat MIT on a penalty stroke with eighteen seconds left in regulation at WPI in '96 and in 1997 they defeated Wheaton 6-1 at MIT. In 1998-99, the conference began sponsoring men's sports and changed the name to the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. Wellesley picked up where they left off in the NEW 8 by winning their fourth straight championship at home over Smith 2-0.

Springfield won its first championship in 1999, defeating Mount Holyoke, 2-1, at Clark, before advancing to the semifinals of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Pride defended its conference title at home in 2000, downing Wellesley, 6-0, on Benedum Field, and advanced to the national championship game, falling to William Smith, 1-0. In 2001, Mount Holyoke won the NEWMAC title and moved on to the NCAA Tournament after defeating Springfield, 1-0, in the conference tournament final. In 2002, Wellesley defeated Clark, 4-0, in the conference final to win the NEWMAC title. Mount Holyoke College upset top-seeded Springfield College in the 2003 NEWMAC finals to clinch the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Regular Season Champions Tournament Champions
2004 Springfield College 2004 Springfield College
2003 Springfield College 2003 Mount Holyoke College
2002 Wellesley College 2002 Wellesley College
2001 Mount Holyoke College 2001 Mount Holyoke College
2000 Springfield College 2000 Springfield College
1999 Springfield College 1999 Springfield College
1998 Springfield College 1998 Wellesley College
1997 Wellesley College 1997 Wellesley College
1996 Wellesley College 1996 Wellesley College
1995 MIT 1995 Wellesley College
1994 Wellesley College 1994 MIT
1993 Smith College 1993 Smith College
1992 WPI 1992 WPI
1991 Smith College 1991 WPI
1990 WPI 1990 WPI
1989 WPI 1989 Smith College
1988 Wellesley College 1988 WPI
1987 WPI 1987 Wellesley College
1986 Wellesley College 1986 No Tournament


 
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