 RIT was a long-time member of the Empire 8, an NCAA Division III athletic conference, but moved to the Liberty League beginning with the 2011–2012 academic year.All of RIT's teams compete at the Division III level, with the exception of the men's and women's ice hockey programs, which play at the Division I level.In 2010, the men's ice hockey team was the first ever from the Atlantic Hockey conference to reach the NCAA tournament semi-finals