The Patriot League began as a successful Division I-AA football conference in 1986. Today, it organizes basketball, swimming and diving, baseball, lacrosse, softball, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, cross country, field hockey, golf, soccer, and volleyball as well. Full League members include Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, and Navy. Associate members are Fairfield (field hockey), Fordham (football), Hobart (men's lacrosse), Towson (football), Ursinus (field hockey), and Villanova (women's lacrosse).