The New England Women's Lacrosse Alliance (NEWLA) was an NCAA Division III women's lacrosse-only conference that disbanded in 2012. NEWLA had nine member schools representing three states: (Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont). The schools joined their primary sports conference, seven schools joined the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference and two the New England Collegiate Conference.
Member schools 2012 season membership: Becker College Bridgewater State College Elms College Fitchburg State College Framingham State University Massachusetts Maritime Salem State Westfield State College Worcester State College
History The NEWLA was founded in 1998. The original members consisted of two playing divisions: a North division consisting of Castleton State College, Colby-Sawyer College, Keene State College, New England College, University of New England, and Plymouth State College, and a South division consisting of Bridgewater State, Elms College, Endicott College, Eastern Connecticut State University, and UMass Dartmouth.
Past Champions 2004 - Western New England College 2005 - Western New England College 2006 - Western New England College 2007 - Western New England College 2008 - Bridgewater State 2009 - Bridgewater State 2010 - Bridgewater State 2011 - Bridgewater State 2012 - Bridgewater State
Former members Colby Sawyer 1998-2002 Eastern Connecticut State 1998-2002 Emerson College 2004-2007 Endicott 1998-2002 Keene State 1998-2002 Lasell College 1999-2007 UMass Dartmouth 1998-2002 New England College 1998-2002 Norwich University 2007-2008 University of New England 1998-2002 Plymouth State 1998-2002 Salem State College 2002-2004 Salve Regina University 1999-2002 University of Southern Maine 1999-2002 Western New England College 1999-2007
References
External links New England Women's Lacrosse Alliance website