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The Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros (also CSU Dominguez Hills Toros, CSUDH Toros, and California State-Dominguez Hills Toros) are the athletic teams that represent California State University, Dominguez Hills, located in
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NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...
intercollegiate sports. The Toros compete as members of the California Collegiate Athletic Association for all 9 varsity sports. The men's
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team plays at Toro Stadium (capacity 3,000). Other sports venues for the university are the Torodome (capacity 3,602) for basketball and volleyball; Toro Field (capacity 300) for baseball; and Toro Diamond (capacity 300) for softball. Select home games are nationally televised live via Internet TV. Even though Dignity Health Sports Park, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy and the temporary home of the Los Angeles Chargers, is located on the campus of CSUDH, the Toros do not play there.


Individual teams


Baseball

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played
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for the Toros baseball team, for which he was an All-American. In 2010, as a junior he set an
NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...
record at the school, with a 54-game hitting streak. In August 2013, he became a major leaguer, for the Toronto Blue Jays. Bubby Rossman ('14) played for the team, and became a major league baseball pitcher for the
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in 2022.


Soccer

The men's soccer won its second national NCAA Division II championship in a match against Dowling College on December 7, 2008 at the University of Tampa’s
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. The women's soccer team won an NCAA Division II title in 1991. It is the alma mater of Sierra Leone Player Kei Kamara.


Track & Field

The university's most notable athlete alumna is the fastest woman in the world, sprinter Carmelita Jeter (Class of ’06, B.A., kinesiology), who is a 2012 Olympic bronze, silver and gold medalist.


Golf

The university's men's golf team has won the 2015, 2016, 2018, & 2019 PGA Works Collegiate Golf Championships, a National Championship open to Historically Minority Colleges.


Championships


Appearances

The CSU Dominguez Hills Toros competed in the NCAA Tournament across 9 active sports (4 men's and 5 women's) 72 times at the Division II level. * Baseball (5): 1986, 1987, 1994, 2009, 2010 * Men's basketball (5): 1981, 1987, 1989, 2009, 2011 * Women's basketball (7): 1995, 1996, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015 * Men's golf (2): 1985, 1989 * Men's soccer (14): 1982, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017 * Women's soccer (12): 1989, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 * Softball (9): 1982, 1989, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013 * Women's indoor track and field (5): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012 * Women's outdoor track and field (13): 1985, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012


Team

The Toros of CSU Dominguez Hills earned 3 NCAA team championships at the Division II level. * Men's (2) **
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(2):
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* Women's (1) **
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(1): 1991 Results Below are two national club team championships: * Men's badminton (2): 1975, 1979 (
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Individual

CSU Dominguez Hills had 1 Toro win an NCAA individual championship at the Division II level.


References


External links

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