the asun also has 12 "associate members" that play one or two sports in the conference while being full members of another conference. seven of these schools, plus full members bellarmine and jacksonville, make up the asun men's lacrosse league, restarted in the 2021–22 school year (2022 season) after having been shut down when the asun began a lacrosse partnership with the southern conference (socon). four more schools joined in july 2021. two returned women's lacrosse to the asun after the socon shut down its women's lacrosse league, and three joined in beach volleyball.