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Nope. </p>
<p>It’s true that Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, Williams (and Middlebury) all have NCAA ski teams, but they are all assigned to [Division</a> III](<a href=“http://web1.ncaa.org/onlineDir/exec/sponsorship?sortOrder=0&division=3&sport=MSK]Division”>http://web1.ncaa.org/onlineDir/exec/sponsorship?sortOrder=0&division=3&sport=MSK) by NCAA. People are often confused about this, because they see that the LAC ski teams compete in the same events as NCAA Division I ski teams (like Dartmouth, UNH, or UVM). But that’s only because there is a relatively limited number of NCAA ski teams in the northeast, and it’s not convenient to hold separate events for the DI and DIII teams.</p>
<p>Sailing and squash are not NCAA sports, so the Division I vs. Division III distinction is technically meaningless. Again, people are often confused because LACs compete against larger universities in these sports. But again, it just reflects the fact that there are a limited number of squash and sailing teams to compete with. </p>
<p>All NESCAC schools are DIII in all NCAA sports. For non-NCAA sports (like squash), NESCAC enforces the same general DIII principles (e.g. no athletic scholarships), even though the NCAA rules technically don’t apply.</p>