Anna Maria Amcats Explained

Anna Maria Amcats
University:Anna Maria College
Association:NCAA
Division:NCAA Division III
Location:Paxton, Massachusetts
Teams:13
Stadium:AMCAT Field
Basketballarena:Fuller Activities Center
Mascot:AMCAT
Nickname:AMCATS
Fightsong:None
Color1:Cardinal Red
Color2:White
Hex1:8B0000
Hex2:FFFFFF
Pageurl:http://www.goamcats.com/

Anna Maria College participates in 13 intercollegiate sports at the NCAA Division III level. Twelve of Anna Maria's teams are members of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC), while football plays in the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC). The AMCATS name is derived from the acronym Anna Maria College Athletic Team Sports.

Sports Sponsored

Varsity Sports

Baseball Basketball
Basketball Equestrian
Cross Country Cross Country
Football Field Hockey
Ice Hockey Ice Hockey
Lacrosse Lacrosse
Soccer Soccer
Softball
Volleyball
Co-ed sports
eSports

Football

See main article: Anna Maria Amcats football. AMCATS football is one of the most recent additions to the Anna Maria Athletics arsenal. Founded in 2009, the team won its first and second football games at the end of the 2011 season.[1] [2] They won their first ECFC football championship on November 13, 2021 after going 7–2 in regular season play (5–1 in ECFC play) therefore receiving their first NCAA Division III Football Championship appearance. In their final regular season game of the year the Amcats defeated the SUNY Maritime Privateers 31–7.[3] to clinch the ECFC title. The Amacts will face the Delaware Valley Rams on November 20, 2021 in the NCAA Division III Football Championship first round.

Notes and References

  1. News: Adding Football Saved One College. Dumping It Boosted Another . Pennington . Bill . December 27, 2019 . . December 28, 2019 . en-US . 0362-4331.
  2. Web site: 2011 Football Schedule.
  3. 2021-11-13. Football Claims First-Ever ECFC Championship. en.