the liu post pioneers passed into history after the 2018–19 school year when liu merged the pioneers with the liu brooklyn blackbirds, the division i program of the school's brooklyn campus. the current liu program now competes as the liu sharks, with the new nickname having been selected by polling of alumni and students of the two campuses. since liu brooklyn was a long-established division i program, the division ii liu post teams for sports that had not been sponsored by liu brooklyn immediately moved to division i without the usual transition period for an institution moving to a different division. teams for sports sponsored by both campuses were merged, and d-ii athletes unable to make the d-i teams were allowed to either continue their athletic scholarships without competing or to be granted waivers that allowed them to transfer to another d-ii school without having to sit out a season. the liu sharks inherited the northeast conference membership of the brooklyn campus.