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| History |
NEW 8 volleyball competitions began during the 1986-1987 regular season, but the Conference did not begin tournament play until 1987-1988. MIT was declared the first Conference champion based on regular season round robin play. The Engineers repeated the following year defeating Smith to win the tournament at home. Smith College took the 1988-1989 championship, defeating the Engineers at Wellesley. MIT regained the NEW 8 crown from Smith at Babson in 1989-1990, and repeated in 1990-1991 at Smith with a win over Mount Holyoke in the final. Wellesley captured the 1991-1992 crown at Babson College. Brandeis was supposed to host the championship, but construction of Brandeis' new facility caused a switch in the site of the tourney. Wheaton captured the title in 1992-1993 at MIT with a straight set win over Wellesley, and Wheaton repeated in 1993-1994 upsetting MIT at WPI. A "three-peat" was achieved in 1994-1995 as Wheaton breezed through the tournament with three, 3-0 wins, the last coming over Smith in the final at Mount Holyoke. The year 1995-1996 saw Clark University replace Brandeis as the eighth member of the conference. That same year was when Wellesley began their title run by winning the last three championships under the NEW 8 Conference umbrella. Their first came at Wheaton with a 3-0 win against Smith. In 1996-1997 at Clark they defeated the Pioneers again for the title, this time by a match result of 3-1. Mount Holyoke was the host in 1997-1998 and Wellesley continued their dominance with a 3-0 win over MIT. In 1998-1999 the conference began sponsorship of men's sports and changed the name of the conference to the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. The first championship was hosted by Babson and was won by Wellesley 3-0 over Springfield as they completed an undefeated season. Wellesley continued to dominate the volleyball championship beating Springfield 3-1 at Wheaton in 1999-2000. Starting with the 2000-2001 seasons, the NEWMAC named the winner of the regular season as the conference champion and used the post season tournament to determine the automatic qualifier into the NCAA tournament. Wellesley was undefeated during the regular season becoming NEWMAC champion and successfully defeated Springfield 3-0 at home to advance to the NCAA tournament. In 2001-2002 Springfield was able to defeat Wellesley during the regular season, their first conference loss since 1994, to garner NEWMAC champion honors. However, Wellesley prevailed in the tournament defeating Springfield on their home court 3-1 to advance to the NCAA tournament where they eventually finished 4th in Division III. In 2002, Wellesley earned the top seed for the conference tournament and won its fifth consecutive NEWMAC title with a dramatic five-game win over second-seeded MIT, batlling back from an 11-6 deficit to win the final game 16-14. Springfield College dominated in 2003, earning a number one seed in New England entering NCAA play, and winning the NEWMAC regular season and tournament championship.
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| Regular Season Champions |
Tournament Champions |
| 2003 Springfield College |
2003 Springfield College |
| 2002 Wellesley College |
2002 Wellesley College |
| 2001 Springfield College |
2001 Wellesley College |
| 2000 Wellesley College |
2000 Wellesley College |
| 1999 Wellesley College |
1999 Wellesley College |
| 1998 Wellesley College |
1998 Wellesley College |
| 1997 Wellesley College |
1997 Wellesley College |
| 1996 Wellesley College |
1996 Wellesley College |
| 1995 Wellesley College |
1995 Wellesley College |
| 1994 MIT |
1994 Wheaton College |
| 1993 MIT |
1993 Wheaton College |
| 1992 Wellesley College |
1992 Wheaton College |
| 1991 Wellesley College |
1991 Wellesley College |
| 1990 MIT |
1990 MIT |
| 1989 MIT |
1989 MIT |
| 1988 MIT |
1988 Smith College |
| 1987 Smith College |
1987 MIT |
| 1986 MIT |
1986 MIT |
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