Central Connecticut State Blue Devils 2005-06 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Northeast Conference Long Island Blackbirds Policy Manual Monmouth Hawks Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers Quinnipiac Bobcats Robert Morris Colonials Sacred Heart Pioneers St. Francis (NY) Terriers St. Francis (PA) Red Flash Wagner Seahawks www.northeastconference.org www.necstore.org Northeast Conference 200 Cottontail Lane Vantage Court North Somerset, NJ 08873 Phone: (732) 469-0440 -- Fax: (732) 469-0744 Website: www.northeastconference.org Commissioner John Iamarino, ext. 1 Cell #: (908) 625-8995 E-Mail: [email protected] Associate Commissioner (PR/Television/Web) Ron Ratner, ext. 6 Cell #: (732) 687-9516 E-Mail: [email protected] Assistant Commissioner (Marketing) Andrew Alia, ext. 4 Cell #: (908) 295-6400 E-Mail: [email protected] Assistant Commissioner (Championships/PR) Donna Poyant, ext. 3 Cell #: (508) 789-5439 E-Mail: [email protected] Assistant Commissioner (Compliance) Rachelle Held, ext. 2 Cell #: (716) 983-6161 E-Mail: [email protected] Assistant Director of Communications Bob Balut, ext. 5 Cell #: (856) 264-4800 E-Mail: [email protected] Administrative Intern Alison Robbins, ext. 27 Cell #: 908-906-4381 E-Mail: [email protected] Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials Edgar Cartotto, Phone: (201) 891-3221 -- Cell #: (908) 625-8289 Fax: (201) 891-5874 Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officials Edward Meier, Phone: (201) 287-9699 -- Cell #: (201) 341-7650 Fax: (201) 836-5591 E-Mail: [email protected] Coordinator of Football Officials Milt Halstead, Phone/Fax: (215) 766-9667 Cell #: (215) 704-4348 Coordinator of Soccer Officials Alex Ivahnenko, Phone: (407) 656-8786 -- Cell #: (609) 658-9718 Fax: (407) 656-6496 E-Mail: [email protected] Table Of Contents SECTION PAGE(S) Conference Staff Directory ________________________________________ IFC About the NEC _________________________________________________ 2-3 Spring Meeting Sites ____________________________________________ 3 2005-06 Schedule of Events _____________________________________ 4-5 2005-06Meeting Schedule _______________________________________ 6 NEC Access to NCAA Championships ______________________________ 7 NEC School Directory (Alphabetical by institution) _________________ 8-25 Associate Member Directory ____________________________________ 26-31 Choice Hotels Booking Policies & Preferred Hotel Directory _________ 32 Directions ____________________________________________________ 33-37 Bylaws ____________________________________________________ 38-61 NEC Committees ______________________________________________ 62-66 Championship Guidelines _______________________________________ 67-71 NEC Game Operations & Marketing ______________________________ 72-79 Miscellaneous Policies __________________________________________ 80-81 Sports Information Duties _______________________________________ 82-83 Compliance Program/Conference Office Duties ____________________ 84-85 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee _____________________________ 86 Faculty Athletics Representatives Committee ______________________ 87 Regular Season & Postseason Awards Program ______________________ 88-89 Baseball - Regular Season ________________________________________ 90-97 Baseball - Championship ________________________________________ 98-100 Men’s Basketball - Regular Season ________________________________ 101-106 Men’s Basketball Officiating Program _____________________________ 107-109 Men’s Basketball - Championship ________________________________ 110-112 Women’s Basketball - Regular Season _____________________________ 113-118 Women’s Basketball Officiating Program __________________________ 119-121 Women’s Basketball - Championship _____________________________ 122-124 Men’s & Women’s Cross Country ________________________________ 125-126 Field Hockey - Regular Season ___________________________________ 127-129 Field Hockey - Championship ___________________________________ 130 Football ____________________________________________________ 131-138 Men’s & Women’s Golf Championship ____________________________ 139-142 Women’s Lacrosse - Regular Season ______________________________ 143 Women’s Lacrosse - Championship _______________________________ 144-146 Men’s Soccer - Regular Season ___________________________________ 147-149 Men’s Soccer - Championship ___________________________________ 150-152 Women’s Soccer - Regular Season ________________________________ 153-155 Women’s Soccer - Championship _________________________________ 156-158 Softball - Regular Season ________________________________________ 159-163 Softball - Championship ________________________________________ 164-166 Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship ______________________ 167-168 Men’s & Women’s Tennis - Regular Season ________________________ 169 Men’s & Women’s Tennis - Championship ________________________ 170-172 Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field __________________________ 173-176 Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field _________________________ 177-180 Women’s Volleyball - Regular Season ______________________________ 181-182 Women’s Volleyball - Championship ______________________________ 183-185 Partial Index __________________________________________________ 186 2005-06 Calendar ______________________________________________ IBC Policy Manual 1 About The NEC When the Northeast Conference was first established as the ECAC-Metro Conference back in 1981, the league’s founders had one simple goal in mind: to create a competi- tive Division I men’s basketball conference for unaffiliated schools on the Eastern seaboard. A single-sport entity at its inception, even the league’s most ardent support- ers during its formative years could not have envisioned a transformation into a burgeoning 11-member, 21-sport conference. Now, 25 years later, the NEC begins a yearlong celebration of its Silver Anniversary by proudly looking back at its heritage, while at the same time writing the next chapter in the league’s evolution. The NEC and its member institutions remain committed to enhancing the experience of its student- athletes, while strengthening its competitive position both regionally and nationally. With that in mind, the league’s traditional focus on athletic achievement, academic integrity and development, community outreach and sportsmanship has never been stronger. To that end, the NEC launched Sportsmanship Counts! in 2004-05, an initiative designed to reinforce and promote the ideals and fundamentals of good sportsmanship. The remarkable success story of the conference began to unfold in 1985, when the league began sponsoring additional sports. Three years later, a change of name was in order and the Northeast Conference as we know it today was born. With membership and sport sponsorship continuing to grow over the next decade and beyond, the NEC now has access to NCAA automatic bids in 12 sports (baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis and women’s volleyball). Though the NEC has featured various incarnations since its inception, charter members Fairleigh Dickinson, Long Island, Robert Morris, St. Francis (NY), St. Francis (PA) and Wagner remain part of the current 11- school alignment. They are joined by Monmouth (admitted in 1985), Mount St. Mary’s (1989), Central Connecticut State (1997), Quinnipiac (1998) and Sacred Heart (1999). NEC expansion, which culminated in 1999 with the addition of Sacred Heart, has given the league a five-state geographic footprint with access to such major media markets as New York City, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Hartford. With the addition of four sports over the last seven years, NEC member institutions now compete in 21 championship sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball. As only the second full-time commissioner in NEC history, the hiring of John Iamarino on April 7, 1997 signaled the dawn of a new era in the conference. During his tenure, Iamarino has orchestrated the transition from nine league schools to 11; and sports sponsorship from 17 to 21. He unveiled a new NEC logo to wide acclaim in June, 1997, spearheaded the move of NEC Championships to top-notch venues such as FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, NJ (baseball), Mercer County Park (tennis) and the P.G. County Sports Complex in Landover, MD (indoor track and swimming), initiated a new football financial aid policy, strengthened scheduling requirements and aggressively stepped up the league’s marketing and merchan- dising efforts. Under Iamarino’s guidance, the NEC reached an agreement with Maingate, Inc. in 2004 to become the official merchandiser of the conference and host the league’s first-ever webstore (www.necstore.org). In 2005-06, the NEC will begin offering live coverage of league championship events through Gametracker software. Iamarino has also succeeded in widening the NEC’s exposure on a national basis through a number of initiatives. The league’s official website - one of the most comprehensive in the nation - was relaunched in 2004 with additional content and features, as well as a state-of-the-art design. To supplement one of