The East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) is a collegiate women's gymnastics conference competing at the NCAA Division I level. The league comprises five universities.
Members Current members Institution City State Nickname Joined Primary conference Conferencechampionships George Washington University Washington District of Columbia Revolutionaries 2004 Atlantic 10 Conference 3 University of New Hampshire Durham New Hampshire Wildcats 1995 America East Conference 3 Towson University Towson Maryland Tigers 1995 Coastal Athletic Association 1 Long Island University Brookville New York Sharks 2020 Northeast Conference 0 Temple University Philadelphia Pennsylvania Owls 2020 American Athletic Conference 1
Former members Institution Tenure Current conference Conferencechampionships West Virginia University 1995–2012 Big 12 Conference 7 University of Maryland 1995–2014 Big Ten Conference 0 Rutgers University–New Brunswick 1995–2014 Big Ten Conference 0 North Carolina State University 1995–2023 Atlantic Coast Conference 6 University of North Carolina 1995–2023 Atlantic Coast Conference 5 University of Pittsburgh 1995–2023 Atlantic Coast Conference 1
History EAGL was formed on July 31, 1995, when eight universities on the East Coast of the United States: the University of Maryland, the University of New Hampshire, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, the University of Pittsburgh, Rutgers University, Towson University, and West Virginia University joined to form a conference solely for women’s gymnastics. In August 1996, the EAGL officially became an affiliated member of the NCAA.
George Washington University joined the league in 2004. Towson, one of the original league members, left EAGL in 2005 to rejoin the Eastern College Athletic Conference. On February 3, 2012, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced that with the addition of Pittsburgh to the conference it would begin sponsoring a gymnastics championship, withdrawing the membership of the Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, and Pittsburgh from the EAGL. However, Rutgers and Maryland both joined the Big Ten in 2014, a conference with an established gymnastics championship. West Virginia left the EAGL in 2012 upon joining the Big 12, a conference that also sponsored gymnastics. As such, not enough schools fielding gymnastics teams remained in the ACC for that conference to sponsor gymnastics so North Carolina, NC State, and Pitt remained in the EAGL. Towson rejoined the league in 2013. On March 5, 2020, Long Island University announced plans to add a women's gymnastics team for the 2020-21 school year and join the EAGL. On November 14, 2020, Temple University announced it would be leaving the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference to join the EAGL.
On June 17, 2021, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced that, with the addition of NCAA Gymnastics at Clemson University, the ACC would begin sponsoring the sport for the 2023-24 school year, which will move Pittsburgh, North Carolina State and North Carolina from the EAGL to the ACC starting with the 2024 season.
Team champions Year University Score1996West Virginia194.61997West Virginia196.01998West Virginia195.51999North Carolina State196.052000North Carolina State196.002001West Virginia196.3752002North Carolina196.4252003New Hampshire196.752004West Virginia197.0502005North Carolina195.9752006North Carolina195.3252007North Carolina State195.4752008West Virginia196.0502009North Carolina State195.7002010North Carolina196.0252011North Carolina195.3002012West Virginia196.4752013North Carolina State195.1752014New Hampshire196.375 2015George Washington195.8502016Pittsburgh195.6752017George Washington196.2752018North Carolina State196.6252019New Hampshire195.9502020Not Held due to COVID-19N/A2021Temple196.5002022George Washington196.3252023Towson196.5002024Towson197.3002025George Washington195.950
See also NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship
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