The Salve Regina Seahawks are the athletics teams of

Salve Regina University Salve Regina University is a private coeducational Roman Catholic university in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It was founded in 1934 by the Sisters of Mercy and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. The univer ...

, which compete on the

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level and is a member of the

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and

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. The university offers ten varsity sports for women (soccer, field hockey, tennis, cross country, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, softball, track and field, and lacrosse), eight for men (football, cross country, soccer, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, baseball, and lacrosse), and one co-ed sport (sailing). Sailing is governed by the

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, and its subdivision, the

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.
The school also offers men's and women's rugby, governed by the

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and the

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. The men's rugby program competes at the Division III level, and the women's program competes on the Division III level in the National Small College Rugby Organization. The university mascot is the Seahawk.

History

Over the last eight seasons, the men's rugby team and the women's basketball team have enjoyed the greatest success, earning 8 conference championships, and 1 runner-up finishes in that time frame. In addition, the men's rugby, women's basketball, men's basketball, men's tennis, men’s hockey and sailing teams have all competed in national collegiate championship tournaments. Although the sport does not permit easy comparisons with more traditional sports, the sailing team (co-ed) has been very successful against national powerhouse sailing programs.

Varsity sports

Conferences and opponents

The

governs eight varsity sports for women (soccer, field hockey, tennis, cross country, basketball, volleyball, softball, and lacrosse) and eight for men (cross country, soccer, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, baseball, golf and lacrosse). The Conference will add football as a conference sport in 2017-18. Conference opponents include Curry, Eastern Nazarene, Gordon, Nichols, Endicott, Roger Williams, University of New England, Wentworth and Western New England College. Sailing at Salve Regina is governed by the

Intercollegiate Sailing Association The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association of North America (ICSA) is a volunteer organization that serves as the governing authority for all sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the United States and in some parts of Canada. ...

and its subdivision, the

. In 2012 the rugby teams moved into the newly formed Colonial Coast Rugby Conference, where the men and women compete nationally at the

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(Division III). The Salve Regina Men’s Rugby team won the national championship in Spring 2012.

Club sports

Salve Regina's club sports include golf, men's and women's rugby, swimming, volleyball, soccer, women's basketball, ping pong, and e-sports

Notable alumni

* Damian Costantino, (baseball) NCAA record holder with hits in 60 consecutive games.Derewicz, Mark
"Costantino's hitting streak breaks record"
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References

External links

* {{Rhode Island Sports Salve Regina University