sentences:  The women's lacrosse team spent the 2013-14 academic year as an independent before joining the Atlantic Sun Conference as an associate member effective July 1, 2014.In 2017 it was announced that Old Dominion Women's Lacrosse would compete in the Big East Conference beginning in 2019 .In 2014 the women's rowing team became an associate member of the Big 12 Conference, which effectively took over sponsorship of that sport from C-USA.