 In September 2018, the school's Brooklyn campus announced it would add women's ice hockey for the 2019–20 season, joining the fledgling NEWHA.Shortly thereafter, the university announced it would merge the Division I Brooklyn athletic program with the Division II program of its Post campus effective in July 2019.The new athletic program, later unveiled as the LIU Sharks, inherited Brooklyn's Division I membership; the hockey team joined the NEWHA on the announced schedule.