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Francis Marion Patriots Softball
The Francis Marion Patriots are the athletic teams that represent Francis Marion University, located in Florence, South Carolina, in intercollegiate sports at the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in Conference Carolinas since the 2021–22 academic year. Francis Marion competes in fifteen intercollegiate varsity sports. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, and track and field; while women's sports include acrobatics and tumbling, basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. Francis Marion's men's golf program competes at the Division I level; it will become an affiliate member of the Big Sky Conference in July 2025 after four seasons as an affiliate member of the Southland Conference. Conference affiliations NCAA * Peach Belt Conference (1990–2021) * Conference Carolinas Conference Carolinas, formerly known as the Carolinas-Virg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Marion University
Francis Marion University is a public university near Florence, South Carolina. It is named in honor of American Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion. History The university dates back to 1957, when the University of South Carolina set up a freshman college in a basement room of the Florence County Library. A few years later, in 1961, USC-Florence was set up on land donated by the Wallace family six miles east of Florence, South Carolina. A group of Florence-area citizens continued to push for the establishment of a four-year university in Florence to allow better access to higher education for the people of that area. The existing USC-F was an obvious foundation for a new institution. After several years of lobbying, Governor Robert E. McNair signed into law an act creating Francis Marion College, effective July 1, 1970. The newly created Francis Marion College initially enrolled 907 students from 23 of South Carolina's 46 counties. In 1992, Francis Marion Coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship
The 1982 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship was the third annual and final tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its Division II members in the United States. The tournament was held at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. Francis Marion defeated College of Charleston in the championship game, 92–83, to capture the Patriots' first AIAW Division II national title. Format Eight teams participated in a single-elimination tournament, a decrease in eight teams from the previous year's championship. The tournament also included a third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games. Tournament bracket See also *1982 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship (final edition) * 1982 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship (final edition) *1982 NAIA women's basketball tournament The 1982 NAIA women's basket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. It also organizes the Athletics (physical culture), athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Until the 1956–57 academic year, the NCAA was a single division for all schools. That year, the NCAA split into the NCAA University Division, University Division and the NCAA College Division, College Division. In August 1973, the current three-division system of NCAA Division I, Division I, NCAA Division II, Division II, and NCAA Division III, Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer athletic scholarships to students. Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rollins Tars
The Rollins Tars are the athletic teams that represent Rollins College, located in Winter Park, Florida, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Tars, an archaic name for a sailor, compete as members of the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) for all 21 varsity sports. Rollins has been a member of the SSC since 1975. Varsity teams List of teams Women's golf In 1950 and 1956, Betty Rowland and Marlene Stewart, respectively, won the women's individual intercollegiate golf championship (an event conducted by the Division of Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS) — which later evolved into the current NCAA women's golf championship). In later years, Bettina Walker (1988, 1989), Debbie Pappas (1990, 1991, 1992), Mariana De Biase (2006) and Joanna Coe (2008) became individual national champions at the Small College and NCAA Division II levels. As a team, Rollins College has won 13 national championships. Former sports Football Rollins previously fielded a football Foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships
The NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships, played in late May, is an annual competition in U.S. men's collegiate golf. From its inception through 2010, it was a 72-hole stroke play team competition, with an additional award for the lowest scoring individual competitor. The team format changed starting in 2011 to 54 holes of stroke play followed by an eight-team single elimination medal match play competition. The 54-hole individual leader is the individual champion. Many of the individual champions have gone on to successful professional careers. The most successful individual winner is Lee Janzen (1986) who won eight times on the PGA Tour including two major championships, the 1993 and 1998 U.S. Opens. Results Stroke play (1963–2010) Match play (2011–present) P = Won in a playoff † = 54-hole tournament, scheduled ‡ = 54-hole tournament, due to weather Multiple winners Team The following schools have won more than one team championship: *13: Florida Southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayland Baptist Pioneers Women's Basketball
Wayland Baptist University (WBU) is a private Baptist university based in Plainview, Texas. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Wayland Baptist has 11 campuses in five Texas cities, six states, American Samoa, and Kenya. Chartered in 1908, it had about 4,000 students in 2021, including about 900 students on its main campus. History In 1906, James Henry Wayland and his wife offered US$10,000 and of land in Plainview if the Staked Plains Baptist Association and the citizens of the city would raise an additional $40,000. In 1910, the school offered its first classes, though the administration building was incomplete. During the school's first term, a total of 225 students were taking classes in primary education through junior college. After a public school system was well established in Plainview, the elementary grades were discontinued. Wayland Baptist was admitted to the American Association of Junior Colleges in 1926 and would later be approved as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1986 NAIA women's basketball tournament was the sixth annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its members in the United States and Canada. Francis Marion defeated Wayland Baptist in the championship game, 75–65, to claim the Patriots' first NAIA national title. The tournament was played in Kansas City, Missouri. Qualification The tournament field remained fixed at sixteen teams, with seeds assigned to the top eight teams. The tournament utilized a simple single-elimination format, with an additional third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinals. Bracket See also *1986 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament *1986 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament * 1986 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament *1986 NAIA men's basketball tournament References {{DEFAULTSORT:1986 Naia Women's Division I Basketball Tournament NAIA NAIA women's basketball championships T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAIA Women's Basketball Championships
The NAIA women's basketball tournament has been held annually by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics since 1981 NAIA women's basketball tournament, 1981 to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its members in the United States and Canada. The tournament was created to crown a women's national title for smaller colleges and universities, debuting one year before the first NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship, NCAA women's basketball tournament in 1982. From 1992 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament, 1992 to 2020, the NAIA sponsored two championships, one for its Division I members and another for those in its NAIA Division II men's basketball championship, Division II. Both tournaments moved venues several times during the existences, with the final locations ultimately being Billings, Montana for Division I and Sioux City, Iowa for Division II. During this time, the NAIA tournaments featured 32 teams with the ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Association Of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for higher education, colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to their student athletes. Around $1.3 billion in athletic scholarship financial aid is awarded to student athletes annually. For the 2024–25 season, it had List of NAIA institutions, 237 member institutions, of which two are in British Columbia, one in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the rest in the conterminous United States, continental United States, with over 83,000 student-athletes participating. The NAIA, whose headquarters is in Kansas City, Missouri, sponsors 28 national championships. CBS Sports Network, formerly called CSTV, serves as the national media outlet for the NAIA. In 2014, ESPNU began carrying the NAIA football national championship, NAIA Football National Championship. History In 1937, James Naismith and local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Of Charleston Cougars Women's Basketball
The Charleston Cougars women's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Coastal Athletic Association. Home games are played at TD Arena, located on College of Charleston's campus in Charleston, South Carolina. The Cougars are coached by Robin Harmony, completing her second season. History The College of Charleston women Maroons were first formed in 1919.Newspaper Clippings about College of Charleston basketball, Pierrine Smith Byrd Papers, 1919-1991, College of Charleston Libraries Pierrine Smith Byrd, who would become the College's first female graduate in 1922, was the team's first captain. They joined the Trans America Athletic Conference (now known as the ASUN Conference) in 1991. They joined the Southern Conference in 1998. They joined the CAA in 2013. They have made the Women's Basketball Invitational in 2010, 2013, and 2014. they have made the Semifinals in the former and the latter year. Postseason AIAW College Division/Division II The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament
The AIAW women's basketball tournament was a national tournament for women's collegiate basketball teams in the United States, held annually from 1972 to 1982. The winners of the AIAW tournaments from 1972 to 1981 are recognized as the national champions for those years. History The AIAW tournament was preceded by a tournament sponsored by the Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW), which was held from 1969 to 1971. Sixteen teams were invited to the AIAW tournament following qualifying rounds played on college campuses (except 24 teams were invited for the 1980 and 1981 tournaments). Ten of the sixteen teams were the winners of regional tournaments. The country had nine regions, but the Eastern regional was subdivided in a Region 1A and a Region 1B. The winners of those regional championships automatically proceeded to the national tournament, then a selection committee chose additional teams based upon considerations for individual team performance and geograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conference Carolinas
Conference Carolinas, formerly known as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) or the Carolinas Conference, is a List of NCAA conferences, college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) primarily at the NCAA Division II, Division II level. It is also considered as one of the seven NCAA Division I, Division I conferences for men's volleyball. Originally formed in 1930, the league reached its modern incarnation in 1994. Member institutions are located in the southeastern United States in the states of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The Conference Carolinas membership currently consists of 15 small colleges or universities, 13 private and two public. History Conference Carolinas dates to its inception on December 6, 1930. The conference was formed then as an athletic association "for the greater advantage of the small colleges in North Carolina". The official name given back t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
