Landmark Conference

Landmark Conference

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Location of LC members: full, full future, w. golf affiliate, future football affiliate

The conference was established on December 5, 2005. When the creation of the new conference was officially announced on December 13, another member institution was included, the Stevens Institute of Technology, but ended up joining the Empire 8. Finally, in November 2006, the University of Scranton became the eighth charter member institution. John A. Reeves began his service as commissioner of the Landmark Conference earlier on September 1. He was succeeded by Daniel A. Fisher in 2012. Katie Boldvich[1] began her tenure as the conference's third Commissioner in July 2019. The first intra-conference competition was played on September 15, 2007, at Kings Point, New York, when the University of Scranton defeated the United States Merchant Marine Academy 2–1 in men's soccer.

The Landmark Conference expanded in 2011–12 to add Marywood University in men's and women's swimming and diving, and to add Washington & Jefferson in men's lacrosse. Both Colleges have since left the conference in their original sports in the 2018–19 and 2014–15 seasons, respectively. Marywood University has since become an associate member in women's golf in the 2018–19 season.

Elizabethtown College became the newest member of the conference on July 1, 2014.

On May 22, 2015, Merchant Marine announced that it accepted an invitation to rejoin the Skyline Conference—a league in which it had been a charter member—effective the 2016–17 school year.[2]

On February 10, 2022, the Landmark Conference announced that Wilkes University and Lycoming College accepted invitations to the conference and Landmark would begin sponsoring football starting in the 2023-24 season.[3]

On April 1, 2022, Keystone College was announced to be joining the Landmark Conference as an associate member in football starting in the 2023-24 season.[4]

On May 13, 2022, a crossover football scheduling agreement was announced between the Landmark Conference and Empire 8 to have members of both conferences fill vacancies within their respective schedules with non-conference opponents with each institution playing two contests (one home, one away) against opponents from the other conference.[5]

The Landmark Conference sponsors championships in the following sports:

Conference sports

Sport	Men's	Women's
Baseball	Y
Basketball	Y	Y
Cross Country	Y	Y
Field Hockey		Y
Football	[upper-alpha 1]
Golf	Y	Y
Lacrosse	Y	Y
Soccer	Y	Y
Softball		Y
Swimming & Diving	Y	Y
Tennis	Y	Y
Track and field (indoor)	Y	Y
Track and field (outdoor)	Y	Y
Volleyball		Y

Notes

Men's sponsored sports by school

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross country	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field (indoor)	Track & Field (outdoor)	Total
Catholic	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Drew	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N[upper-alpha 1]	N[upper-alpha 1]	8
Elizabethtown	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y[upper-alpha 2]	Y	Y	Y	10
Goucher	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y[upper-alpha 2]	Y	Y	Y	9
Juniata	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y[upper-alpha 2]	Y	Y	Y	10
Moravian	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y[upper-alpha 2]	Y	Y	Y	10
Scranton	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Susquehanna	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	10
Totals	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	77
Future Members
Lycoming	N[upper-alpha 3]	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y[upper-alpha 2]	Y	N	N	7
Wilkes	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y[upper-alpha 2]	Y	N	N	8

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the Landmark Conference that are played by Landmark schools

School	Equestrian	Fencing	Football[upper-alpha 4]	Ice Hockey	Rowing	Volleyball	Wrestling
Catholic	N	N	NEWMAC	N	MARC	N	N
Drew	N	Independent	N	N	N	Independent	N
Elizabethtown	N	N	N	N	N	CVC	Independent
Goucher	IHSA[upper-alpha 5][upper-alpha 6]	N	N	N	N	N	N
Juniata	N	N	Centennial	N	N	CVC	N
Keystone	N	N	ECFC[upper-alpha 7]	N	N	N	N
Lycoming	N	N	MAC	N	N	N	MAC[upper-alpha 8]
Moravian	N	N	Centennial	N	N	N	N
Scranton	N	N	N	N	N	N	Independent
Susquehanna	N	N	Centennial	N	N	N	N
Wilkes	N	N	MAC	UCHC	N	MAC[upper-alpha 9]	MAC[upper-alpha 8]

Notes

1. Drew is adding men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field starting in 2023–24.
2. Swimming only
3. Adding Baseball for 2022-23
4. Landmark Conference is adding football as a conference sport for the 2023-24 season.
5. Goucher College's Equestrian program is not sponsored by the NCAA but through the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.
6. Goucher College's Equestrian Program is co-ed.
7. Keystone College will join as an associate member in Football.
8. Lycoming's and Wilkes' Wrestling programs will become independents starting in the 2023-24 season.
9. Wilkes is actively looking for a conference for their men's volleyball team after departing the MAC.

Women's sponsored sports by school

School	Basketball	Cross country	Field Hockey	Golf	Lacrosse	Soccer	Softball	Swimming & Diving	Tennis	Track & Field (Indoor)	Track & Field (Outdoor)	Volleyball	Total
Catholic	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Drew	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N[upper-alpha 1]	N[upper-alpha 1]	Y	10
Elizabethtown	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y[upper-alpha 2]	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Goucher	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y[upper-alpha 2]	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Juniata	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y[upper-alpha 2]	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Moravian	Y	Y	Y	N[upper-alpha 3]	Y	Y	Y	Y[upper-alpha 2]	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Scranton	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Susquehanna	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Totals	8	8	8	7+1	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	92+1
Affiliate Members
Marywood				Y									1
Future Members
Lycoming	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N[upper-alpha 4]	Y[upper-alpha 2]	Y	N	N	Y	9
Wilkes	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y[upper-alpha 2]	Y	N	N	Y	10

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Landmark Conference that are played by Landmark schools

School	Equestrian[upper-alpha 5]	Fencing	Ice Hockey	Rowing
Catholic	N	N	N	MARC
Drew	IHSA[upper-alpha 6]	Independent	N	N
Goucher	IHSA[upper-alpha 6][upper-alpha 7]	N	N	N
Wilkes	N	N	UCHC	N

Notes

1. Drew is adding men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field starting in 2023–24.
2. Swimming only
3. Moravian will add women's golf for the 2023-24 season.
4. Lycoming will add softball for the 2022-23 season.
5. Although equestrian is part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program, Division III competition is not included in the Emerging Sports program.
6. The Drew and Goucher equestrian programs are not sponsored by the NCAA but through the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.
7. Goucher's equestrian program is co-ed.

During January 2007, a contest was announced to design a logo for the newly formed Landmark Conference. The contest was only open to undergraduate students from the conference schools. In a first phase, a panel of judges selected a winner at each of the eight Landmark schools. Winners received $250 each. In a second and final round, on February 6, in Washington, D.C., the presidents of the Landmark schools selected the final design from among the eight first round winners. The logo submitted by Susquehanna University's graphic design major, Manor member, and men's lacrosse player Tim Storck ’08, of Cockeysville, Maryland, was selected. Storck was awarded the $1,000 additional prize. Selected colors were maroon (Pantone 1815) and blue (Pantone 281).

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