Old Dominion Athletic Conference
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The Old Dominion Athletic Conference is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Its member teams are located primarily in Virginia, with other members in North Carolina and Washington, DC. Only the American Southwest Conference in Texas is a larger multi-sport conference.
History
The Conference was founded in 1975 as the Virginia College Conference. On January 1, 1976, the name was changed to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The 1976-77 season was the first in which championships were offered. In 1982-83, women's sports were added. In 1988, Virginia Wesleyan was added as a member, and in 1990 Guilford became the first member located outside the state of Virginia. In 1999, Catholic was admitted as a football-only member.
The only school to have left the Conference has been Mary Baldwin College which left to join the Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference in 1999.
The Conference serves as the hosts to the Division III championships in football and men's basketball, both of which are held in Salem, Virginia.
Member teams
- Bridgewater College
- Catholic University (football-only associate)
- Eastern Mennonite University (no football)
- Emory & Henry College
- Guilford College
- Hampden-Sydney College
- Hollins University (no football)
- Lynchburg College (no football)
- Randolph-Macon College
- Randolph-Macon Woman's College (no football)
- Roanoke College (no football)
- Sweet Briar College (no football)
- Virginia Wesleyan College (no football)
- Washington and Lee University
Members compete in cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, equestrian, track and field, baseball, golf, lacrosse and softball.
External link
- Old Dominion Athletic Conference (http://odac.bridgewater.edu/)