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The '''University of Massachusetts Lowell''', or '''UMass-Lowell''', Riverhawks compete as members of the [[America East Conference]] in [[NCAA Division I]] basketball as of 2013, previously competing as {{d2comb|ne10}}  The school has not sponsored football since 2003.  UMass-Lowell is a public institution located in Lowell, Massachusetts, about 45 minutes north of Boston near the New Hampshire border.  {{enrol|6,000}}  The team nickname was formerly the "Chiefs", which was changed due to sensitivity concerns. The university was formed in 1975 as '''University of Lowell''' with the merger of '''Lowell Technological Institute''' and '''Lowell State College''', and became the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 1991. This site considers Lowell State's history as predecessor to UMass-Lowell, and treats Lowell Tech as a separate entity.

The campus occupies three separate locations in Lowell, all along the Merrimac River. North Campus, the former site of Lowell Tech, occupies two tracts: north of the river between Riverside Street (MA 113) and VFW Highway from Sparks Street south to Standish Street, and on an effective island across the river, north of Father Morrissette Boulevard and west of Suffolk Street. Lowell State's former campus, now the South Campus, sits on the west side of Lowell, south of the river and bounded by Walker Street and Broadway. Two miles from any of the three sites, exit 35B (Lowell Connector) off I-495 provides access into Lowell. Costello Gym (2,100) is on the north side of the North Campus, off Riverside Street between Bodwell Avenue and Sarah Avenue. Tsongas Center at UMass (6,300), the home of the Riverhawks hockey program, is on the island segment of North Campus on Hall Street just west of Suffolk Street. With the move to Division I, the basketball program may eventually move to Tsongas as well.

Lowell's most-hated rival is [[Merrimack]], and even though UML is fully moving to Division I that rivalry will survive on the ice. They're already hockey rivals with [[New Hampshire]], and that will undoubtedly spill over onto the hardwood with the move to the America East.

Although no former Riverhawks have made it to the NFL or NBA, about a dozen Lowell alumni have played in the NHL, most notably former Edmonton Oilers star Craig McTavish.
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=='''Conference Affiliations'''==
===Football===
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|no team
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|2003-present
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|[[{{ne10}}]]
|NCAA II
|2001-2002
|-
|[[{{ne10}}|Eastern Football Conference]]
|NCAA II
|1996-2000
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|[[{{ffl}}|Freedom Football Conference]]
|NCAA II
|1994-1995
|-
|[[{{ffl}}|Freedom Football Conference]]
|NCAA III
|1992-1993
|-
|[[{{nefc}}]]
|NCAA III
|1987-1991
|-
|[[{{d3find}}]]
|NCAA III
|1980-1986
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|club team
| 
|1971-1979
|-
|no team
| 
|1951-1970
|-
|[[NCAA College Division Independents]]
|NCAA College
|1937-1950
|-
|[[NCAA Independents]]
|Independent
|1910-1936
|-
|[[Pre-NCAA Independents]]
|Independent
|1905-1909
|}
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{amereast}}]]
|NCAA I
|2013-present
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|[[{{ne10}}]]
|NCAA II
|2000-2013
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|[[{{necc}}|New England Collegiate Conference]]
|NCAA II
|1981-2000
|-
|[[{{d2bind}}]]
|NCAA II
|1975-1981
|-
|[[{{mascac}}]]
|NCAA III
|1973-1975
|-
|[[{{mascac}}]]
|NCAA College
|1971-1973
|-
|[[{{nescc}}|New England State Collegiate Conference]]
|NCAA College
|1957-1971
|-
|[[{{nescc}}|New England State Collegiate Conference]]
|NCAA
|1942-1957
|-
|unknown
| 
|1894-1942
|}

=='''Post-Season Appearances'''==
===Football===
{{Bowl Alert}}
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|[[NCAA Division III Playoffs]]
|[[1991 NCAA Division III Playoffs|1991]]
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===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|{{d2mt}}
|'''[[1988 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|1988]]''', [[2001 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|2001]], [[2002 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|2002]], [[2003 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|2003]], [[2004 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|2004]], [[2006 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|2006]], [[2009 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|2009]], [[2010 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|2010]], [[2011 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|2011]], [[2012 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|2012]]
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|[[ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments|ECAC Division II Men's Basketball Championship]]
|[[1997 ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments|1997]], [[2000 ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments|2000]]
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=='''Championships'''==
===Football===
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|[[{{nefc}}]] Champions
|[[1991 New England Football Conference|1991]]
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===Basketball===
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|'''[[NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|NCAA Division II Tournament]] Champions'''
|'''[[1988 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament|1988]]'''
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|[[ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments|ECAC Division II ]] Champions
|[[1997 ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments|1997]]
|-
|[[{{ne10}}]] Tournament Champions
|[[2003 {{ne10}} Men's Basketball|2003]], [[2004 {{ne10}} Men's Basketball|2004]], [[2010 {{ne10}} Men's Basketball|2010]]
|-
|[[{{ne10}}]] Regular Season Champions
|[[2003 {{ne10}} Men's Basketball|2003]], [[2004 {{ne10}} Men's Basketball|2004]]
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=='''National Individual Awards'''==
===Football===
Mass-Lowell never had an individual honored with a national award in football.
===Basketball===
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|[[NABC Division II Player of the Year (men)]]
|2004: Elad Inbar (F)
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|[[NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player]]
|1988: Leo Parent (C)
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|[[NABC Division II Coach of the Year]]
|1988: Don Doucette
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|[[NABC Division II First-Team All-Americans]]
|1989: Leo Parent (F)<br>2004: Elad Inbar (F)<br>2005: Stacey Moragne (F)<br>2006: Stacey Moragne (F)
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=='''External Links'''==
[http://www.goriverhawks.com/index.aspx University of Massachusetts-Lowell Athletics]
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