Women's Golf | 5/9/2018 2:30:00 PM

PURCHASE, N.Y. – Manhattanville College has accepted an invitation to join the Skyline Conference as the 12th member institution, effective July 1, 2019.
 
"Manhattanville shares the academic, educational, and athletic commitments of Skyline Conference colleges and universities," said Charles L. Flynn, Jr., President of the College of Mount Saint Vincent and Chair of the Skyline Conference Presidents' Council. "On behalf of all Skyline institutions, I'm delighted to welcome Manhattanville as our twelfth member and look forward to working with President Michael Geisler."
 
"Manhattanville is honored to be invited to join the Skyline Conference," said Manhattanville College President Dr. Michael Geisler. "We take great pride in the success of our student-athletes on and off the fields and the Skyline Conference is an excellent fit for our school athletically, academically and geographically. I look forward to our teams beginning play in the Skyline in 2019-20."
 
"The Skyline Conference is very excited to add Manhattanville as our 12th member," stated Linda Bruno, commissioner of the Skyline Conference. "They embrace the same competitive and academic values that are important to our institutions. We look forward to them joining us."
 
"I am very excited for Manhattanville to be accepted into the Skyline Conference," Manhattanville Director of Athletics Ed Manetta said. "As a member of the Skyline, we are looking forward to providing our student-athletes with an excellent experience against quality opponents while enhancing our rivalries with the many conference schools in our area."
 
The Skyline Conference will be comprised of 12 NCAA Division III institutions in the metropolitan New York area in the 2019-20 academic year: Farmingdale State College, Manhattanville College, SUNY Maritime College, Mount Saint Mary College, College of Mount Saint Vincent, SUNY Old Westbury, Purchase College, St. Joseph's College-Brooklyn, St. Joseph's College-Long Island, Sarah Lawrence College, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and Yeshiva University. The conference sponsors championships in 19 sports.
 
Manhattanville previously was a member of the Skyline Conference from 1989-2007, beginning as one of the charter members of the Skyline Basketball Conference in 1989-90 and remaining with the Skyline as it began to sponsor additional sports. Valiant teams captured 13 Skyline Conference titles in its first run, including four titles in its final season of 2006-07, and still compete against many of the conference's top teams in non-conference action.