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Western New England College competes in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) in 13 sports with the goal of winning the GNAC Post-Season Tournament and advancing to NCAA Division III Championship.

Western New England College was one of the founding members of the GNAC when it began as a women's athletic conference in 1994.

The GNAC has 13 member schools from five states in New England: Albertus Magnus College (New Haven, Conn.), Daniel Webster College (Nashua, N.H.), Emerson College (Boston, Mass.), Emmanuel College (Boston, Mass.), Johnson & Wales University (Providence, R.I.), Norwich University (Northfield, Vt.), Pine Manor College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), Rivier College (Nashua, N.H.), Simmons College (Boston, Mass.), Saint Joseph College (West Hartford, Conn.), Southern Vermont College (Bennington, Vt.), Suffolk University (Boston, Mass.), and Western New England College (Springfield, Mass.).

Western New England College competes in six men's sports (baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and tennis) and seven women's sports (basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball).

Western New England College repeated as 2003 men's cross country champions, and captured both the 2003 GNAC women's tennis regular season and tournament titles for the first time.

During the 2002-03 school year, Western New England College captured GNAC Tournament titles in men's cross country (first time), women's soccer, softball, and men's tennis. The Golden Bears won regular season conference crowns in women's soccer, softball, and men's tennis, and shared conference honors in men's soccer and women's volleyball.

In 2001-02, the WNEC baseball team won the regular season GNAC title while the men's basketball squad captured the GNAC North Division crown. The women's soccer, softball and men's tennis teams each captured GNAC Tournament titles.

Western New England College's GNAC Tournament titles — baseball (2001), men's basketball (2000, 2001), men's cross country (2002, 2003), men's golf (1999, 2000), men's tennis (2002, 2003), women's cross country (2000), women's soccer (1995, 1999, 2001, 2002), softball (2002, 2003), and women's tennis (2003).