NEW YORK --- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) The City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) has accepted Albertus Magnus College as an affiliate member in men's and women's tennis, effective the 2025-26 academic year. 
 
The Falcons will bring the CUNYAC to seven tennis-playing institutions, as Albertus Magnus joins Baruch College, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, John Jay College, Lehman College and York College. Albertus Magnus will be immediately eligible for the CUNYAC Men's and Women's Tennis Championships and the conference's automatic qualification to the NCAA championships as well as weekly award and All-Star recognition.
 
"We are excited to be able to offer a positive student-athlete experience for Albertus Magnus' tennis student-athletes, including championship opportunities." said CUNYAC Commissioner Dr. Kurt Patberg.  "Adding AMC in men's and women's tennis continues our strategic process to bolster our membership with like-minded, high quality institutions in proximity to New York City competing at the Division III level that will enhance our conference and the overall experience it offers our student-athletes and coaches."
 
Albertus Magnus, located in New Haven, Connecticut, primarily competes in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) and sponsors a total of 18 NCAA Division III sports.  The Falcons have routinely competed against CUNYAC opponents in men's and women's tennis in recent seasons.
 
"Albertus Magnus College is excited and grateful for the opportunity to compete in the CUNYAC as an affiliate member in women's and men's tennis." said Michael Kobylanski, Albertus Magnus Director of Athletics.  "Tennis has been an integral part of our intercollegiate offerings at Albertus dating back to our inaugural NCAA campaign in 1990, and it has recreational roots on our campus going back to our founding year of 1925. Our programs have regularly competed against CUNYAC members in non-conference action over the years. We are appreciative for the ability to now compete against them in conference play."
 
About Albertus Magnus College
 
Albertus Magnus College, founded in 1925, is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition.  As New England's most diverse Catholic College, Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School.  For eight consecutive years, graduating classes at Albertus have achieved post-graduate employment and graduate school success at a rate of at least 95%.  The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and 12 graduate programs. Proud to enroll a student body where more than half of its students come from minority backgrounds with nearly the same percentage of undergraduates receiving Federal Pell Grants and being first generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, General Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies, Public Health, and Supply Chain Management; among its graduate programs is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program. On the cusp of its historic 100th Anniversary Year, the College is implementing its Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, which articulates an inspiring, bold vision to "be a destination liberal arts-based college, distinguished in its interdisciplinary and experiential approach to education, rooted in Dominican values, that prepares students for lifelong civic engagement and success."
 
About the CUNY Athletic Conference
 
The City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) is an NCAA Division III conference with eight members stretching across four of New York City's five boroughs.  The conference, consisting of Baruch College, Brooklyn College, City College of New York (CCNY), Hunter College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Lehman College, Medgar Evers College and York College, sponsors championships in 18 NCAA Division III sports. Since officially coming into existence in 1987, the conference has been amongst the leaders in Division III with initiatives that focus on the student as much as the athlete in student-athlete.

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