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The Lindenwood Lions and Lady Lions are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Lindenwood University
, located in St. Charles, Missouri
. The Lions are currently in the process of transitioning from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) to the NCAA
Division II. Lindenwood was previously a member of the Heart of America Athletic Conference
(HAAC), as well as other teams in other organizations for non-NAIA sponsored sports. With a total of 46 sports teams, it is one of the largest athletic departments in the United States
in terms of sports offered.
(NAIA) and competed within the Heart of America Conference (HAAC) as its primary conference in addition to other athletic organizations for sports not sponsored by the HAAC. During the university's time in the NAIA it expanded athletic offerings to a total of 46 varsity sports teams making LU one of the largest athletic departments in the United States
in terms of sports offered. Lindenwood University has been competing in NAIA athletics for nearly 40 years but has begun the application process for NCAA II membership. Lindenwood officially concluded its NAIA and HAAC membership at the conclusion of the 2010-11 academic year. During the university's 15 seasons a member of the HAAC the Lions set a conference record, winning 128 HAAC titles. Lindenwood averaged 8.5 conference titles a year and won at least one conference championship in sport sponsored by the conference.
On July 12, 2010 Lindenwood was accepted into NCAA Division II. Plans include the 21 sports currently competing in NAIA to move to NCAA Division II along with non-NAIA sports field hockey, men’s lacrosse, and women’s lacrosse. Women’s ice hockey and men’s volleyball will compete in NCAA Division I, and all other sports will remain in their non-NCAA and non-NAIA sport organizations. With expectation of NCAA approval in June 2010 LU applied to join the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
(MIAA). Lindenwood was approved for membership into the MIAA on September 24, 2010 with the affiliation taking place in 2012-2013 school year. LU will participate in all 17 sports offered by the MIAA. In addition men's volleyball will compete in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
(MIVA). In June 2011, the Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
(WILA) announced the Lindenwood will join the conference for men's and women's lacrosse. Lindenwood was admitted into the conference on November 11, 2011 and will begin conference play starting in the 2012-13 season.
Men's intercollegiate athletic teams
Women's intercollegiate athletic teams
Note:* Denotes non-NCAA sport.
, former DI head coach at Saint Louis University
and Wisconsin
. He was hired in 2009 and joined the Lions for the 2009-10 season. Under Soderberg, the Lions compiled an overall record of 23-10, going 13-7 in the HAAC. The season was the most wins since the 2005-06 season when the Lions won the HAAC Tournament. Soderberg’s 09-10 team set a new school record for most home wins with a home record of 13-1. On January 6, 2011 the Lions set a new school record for most straight wins after Defeating Missouri Valley
77-66 for the team's 12th straight win. The Lions finished the regular season 26- and earned an automatic bid to the 2011 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
as well as won the 2011 HAAC Regular Season Title. The 26 wins set a new best record in school history.
for eight seasons. He was hired in April 2010, in his first season with the Lady Lions he led the team to a 21-10 overall record, 15-5 in the HAAC. The Lady Lions finished the season with a 72-81 loss to Avila
in the HAAC Tournament semifinal round.
and St. Louis University
. The Lady Lions have posted a record of 30-31 over the past five seasons. After dismal seasons in 2004 and 2006, the team has recorded plus .500 records 2007-2009. In 2010 the LU athletics department identified field hockey as one of the sports moving to NCAA Division II, placing field hockey in the same division as rival Bellarmine University
. LU field hockey will be eligible for NCAA post season play in 2013; it would be the first season in program history that LU could compete for a championship due to the NAIA not sponsoring a championship for field hockey.
, who has held the position since 2004. The program began in 1990 under David Schroeder and has accumulated an overall record of 119 wins, 112 losses, and 2 ties.(as of conclusion of the 2010 season). Lions Football has had recent success, winning the HAAC Championship three seasons in a row from 2007-2009. In the 2009 season the Lions went 12-0 and advanced to the NAIA Football Championship Series
in Rome, Georgia
before losing to the 2009 NAIA Champions University of Sioux Falls
by the final score 22-25 and finishing with a record of 13-1. Lions football entered the 2010 season ranked 2nd in the 2010 NAIA Football Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll. The team finished ranked second in the HAAC in 2010, only losing one game in the regular season to first placed MidAmerica Nazarene University
20-26 on September 25, 2010. Lindenwood suffered a 38-46 loss at home in the first round of the NAIA Football Championship Series
to the University of Saint Francis
and finished the 2010 season 9-2 overall, ranked 1st in the NAIA in scoring with an average of 52.5 points per game and 1st in total offensive yards with an average of 551.5 yards per game. As part of the transition to NCAA Division II, the 2010 schedule would be the last full NAIA schedule played by Lindenwood; the Lions played an independent schedule of NCAA Division I FCS, Division II, and NAIA schools for the 2011 season and finished the season 8-3. The 2011 season included the schools first win over a Division I program when Lindenwood upset Northern Colorado
22-20. The program will begin a full Division II and MIAA conference schedule starting in 2012.
.
in 2003 and currently competes in the varsity-club ACHA
Division I ice hockey for both men's and women's teams, as well as a JV men's team at the ACHA Division II level in the Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association
. The Lion's men's and Lady Lions women's teams won back-to-back ACHA DI National Champions for 2009 and 2010 and LU men's hockey is the 2011 runner-up. The team is a member of the Central States Collegiate Hockey League
and has had recent success on the ice, as national runner-up to the University of Illinois in 2008 and winning their first National Championship in 2009 in a rematch of the 2009 game, this time defeating Illinois. 2009 marked the first year a school has won National Championships at men's and women's hockey in the same season.
The Lions continued in the 2009-10 season and recorded a regular season record of 42-3-0-2 (42 wins, 3 losses, and 2 shootout losses). The Lion's came in second in the CSCHL standings to Ohio University
but won the league playoff championship. LU advanced to the ACHA DI National Tournament ranked #1 in the nation and repeated as National Champions, defeating Iowa State 2-0 in the championship game.
Following the 2009-2010 season, Lindenwood's first and only men's ice hockey coach, Derek Schaub, announced he will step down as head coach of the team. Under Shaub The Lions have amassed a record of 217-57-3 who stepped down to coach the LU Men's Lacrosse team. Schaub was replaced by assistant coach and former NHL player with the St. Louis Blues, Rick Zombo
. Under Zombo the Lions won their third consecutive CSCHL Regular Season Championship and finished the regular season with a 29-3-0 record and qualified for the 2011 national championship tournament. The team finished the 2010-11 season season with an overall record of 32-4-0 and 13-1-0 in the CSCHL. The season concluded on March 9, 2011 when the Lions were defeated by Davenport University 2-3 in overtime of the championship game.
NCAA women's programs. In September 2011, it was announced that Lindenwood officially submitted an application to join College Hockey America
(CHA) for the 2012–2013 season. On November 11, 2011, Lindenwood was notified by CHA officials that the program was accepted and will become a member and begin conference competition starting with the 2012-13 season.
The program previously competed at the ACHA Division I
level as members of the Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association
(CCWHA). Lindenwood women's hockey has reached the championship game five seasons in a row and won four National Championships in 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010; and runner-up in 2007. The first four appearances from 2006-2009 were against Robert Morris University (Chicago). The Lady Lions concluded the 2010-10 season with a program-best 43 wins, including CCWHA regular season and conference tournament championships. The Lady Lions advanced to the ACHA Women's Division I National Championship Tournament. After pool play the lady Lions beat University of Rhode Island
in the semi-finals before a 2-0 shutout of Michigan State for the National Championship. The Lady Lions concluded the 2010-11 regular season with a 29-2-2 record and overall record of 33-3-2. The team won a fourth consecutive CCWHA title in a 3-0 win over Grand Valley State
, The Lady Lions advanced through pool play before falling 1-3 to rival Michigan State in the semifinal round, taking third place.
level in the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference
from 2003-2011 because the NAIA does not sponsor lacrosse. Lindenwood has won six GRLC championships, including five straight titles from 2005–2009. Lions Lacrosse has made a total of six National Tournament appearances, the last to the 2011 MCLA National Tournament in Denver, Colorado
before losing in the first round 8-16 to #1 ranked University of Michigan
. Since the program was started in 2003, LU has a combined record of 119-46. The team will join the Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
(WILA) in 2012, along with LU women's lacrosse.
(WCLA) level because the NAIA does not sponsor championships in lacrosse. The team was a member of the Central Plains Women's Lacrosse League
(CPWLL) from 2006–2008 and a member Women's Collegiate Lacrosse League
(WCLL) from 2009-2010. Lindenwood won foru straight league titles in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. LU women's lacrosse lost 5-7 the program's first appearance in the national semifinals to Colorado State
, with LU finishing 4th in nation. The Lady Lions Lacrosse team made the WCLA National Tournament again in 2011 and finished ranked 12th in the nation. The 2011 tournament was the last in the WCLA before the team moved to the NCAA level. In June 2011, the Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
(WILA) announced Lindenwood was accepted into the conference, beginning with the 2012 lacrosse season.
at the NCRHA Division I level. The team is a Division I member of the Great Plains Collegiate Inline Hockey League
(GPCIHL). Lindenwood also fields a team in the B Division of the NCRHA and GPCIHL. Roller Hockey has been one of the most successful sports at Lindenwood, winning more national championships than any of the other sports. The DI team has won the NCRHA Division I National Championship in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010; while the B Division team has won the NCRHA B Division Championship in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
player; in addition, he was the first American coach to complete the International Rugby Board's Level 3 certification program. LU will begin play in USA Rugby
Division II level, as rugby is not governed by the NCAA. LU rugby currently plays at the Division II level in the Missouri Rugby Football Union
(MRFU). In it's first season Lindenwood played a mixed schedule of both Division I and II college programs, but intends to advance to higher levels of college rugby competition as the program matures. The team played it's first game in program history on September 4, 2011 in an exhibition match against coach Laszewski's former team, the St. Louis Bombers RFC
, by a score of 21-12. The program earned its first official win against Kansas
47-10 on September 10, 2011.
The team finished the 2011 regular season 11-0 and outscored opponents 1077-43 and won the program's first Missouri Rugby Football Union Championship. The season included five straight 100-point games, and six overall 100-point games. The Lions also had six shutouts and held opponents under 10 points nine times. The upstart program quickly climbed through the Top 25 poll and finished 2nd to defending Division II rugby champions, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. Lindenwood qualified for the Division II playoffs in its first season and will begin playoff competition in the West playoffs, held March 31-April 1, 2012 in St. Louis.
began in 2008 and is one of the newer sports at LU. The team began a competition season in 2010-11. It is Missouri's first and only collegiate synchronized skating team and one of the few varsity programs in the United States and is goverened by the United States Figure Skating Association
.
In its first season in open college competition the Lady Lions Synchronized Skating Team won the first at the 37th annual Gateway Invitational, held in nearby Brentwood, Missouri
.
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ii. American Midwest Conference (AMC) Championships:
iii. Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Championships:
iv. Liberal Arts Conference:
v. Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association (CCWHA) - 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
vi. Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL) - 2009, 2010, 2011
vii. Central Plains Women’s Lacrosse League (CPWLL) - 2005, 2007, 2008
viii. Great Plains Collegiate Inline Hockey League (GPCIHL) - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
ix. Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference (GRLC) - 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
x. Mid-American Men’s Volleyball Intercollegiate Conference (MAMVIC) - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
xi. Missouri Rugby Football Union (MRFU). - 2011
xii. Women's Collegiate Lacrosse League (WCLL) - 2009, 2010
as a training camp location. The stadium opened in 1979 and was renovated in 1988. The stadium is named after Dr. Harlen C. Hunter who founded the St. Louis Orthopedic Sports Medicine Clinic in Chesterfield in 1979, and made key monetary contributions for the upgrades of the playing surface in 1988.
After the 2004 season, the stadium was completely renovated including: end zone seating, a brand new two story press box with luxury boxes and a new concession area. In 2009, the playing surface at the facility was replaced with Enviroturf. The facility has hosted NAIA football playoff games in 2004, 2008 and 2009 and the NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championships in 2001 and 2002.
and it is the home of both men’s and women’s ice hockey programs along with the synchronized skating team. The arena has been host to such events as the ACHA Women's Division I National Championships, and has also hosted the State Games of America's figure skating. The facility features two NHL Size (85' x 200') rinks and has capacity of 1,000 spectators. The ice arena is open year-round for public skating sessions, birthday parties, group outings and local high school hockey programs.
player, Lou Brock
, who played for the Cardinals from 1964–1979.
The facility also includes the athletic department offices. It was named after Robert Hyland
who was the chairman of the Lindenwood board for many years and was also the CBS Regional Vice President and General Manager of radio station KMOX in St. Louis, Missouri
for four decades.
Lindenwood University
Lindenwood University, often referred to as Lindenwood or LU, is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States...
, located in St. Charles, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
. The Lions are currently in the process of transitioning from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
(NAIA) to the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Division II. Lindenwood was previously a member of the Heart of America Athletic Conference
Heart of America Athletic Conference
The Heart of America Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska in the United States....
(HAAC), as well as other teams in other organizations for non-NAIA sponsored sports. With a total of 46 sports teams, it is one of the largest athletic departments in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in terms of sports offered.
NAIA
The university was previously a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate AthleticsNational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
(NAIA) and competed within the Heart of America Conference (HAAC) as its primary conference in addition to other athletic organizations for sports not sponsored by the HAAC. During the university's time in the NAIA it expanded athletic offerings to a total of 46 varsity sports teams making LU one of the largest athletic departments in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in terms of sports offered. Lindenwood University has been competing in NAIA athletics for nearly 40 years but has begun the application process for NCAA II membership. Lindenwood officially concluded its NAIA and HAAC membership at the conclusion of the 2010-11 academic year. During the university's 15 seasons a member of the HAAC the Lions set a conference record, winning 128 HAAC titles. Lindenwood averaged 8.5 conference titles a year and won at least one conference championship in sport sponsored by the conference.
Move to NCAA
Over the years LU has upgraded and/or replaced many of its sports facilities and teams have consistently ranked in the top of the NAIA and other respective sport organizations for non-NAIA sports.Lindenwood has also been rumored to be interested in transitioning to the NCAA in the past and has explored options for several sports before. On February 12, 2009, the Lindenwood University Board of Directors authorized the administration to begin the application process for NCAA Division II membership. For two years, Lindenwood would remain a member of the NAIA and Heart of America Athletic Conference. In 2012-2013, the school would be a provisional member of the NCAA. The fourth year, 2013–2014, the NCAA would vote to make Lindenwood an active member.On July 12, 2010 Lindenwood was accepted into NCAA Division II. Plans include the 21 sports currently competing in NAIA to move to NCAA Division II along with non-NAIA sports field hockey, men’s lacrosse, and women’s lacrosse. Women’s ice hockey and men’s volleyball will compete in NCAA Division I, and all other sports will remain in their non-NCAA and non-NAIA sport organizations. With expectation of NCAA approval in June 2010 LU applied to join the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association is a college athletic conference which operates in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and effective in 2012 in Oklahoma in the Midwestern United States. The conference was formerly known as the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic...
(MIAA). Lindenwood was approved for membership into the MIAA on September 24, 2010 with the affiliation taking place in 2012-2013 school year. LU will participate in all 17 sports offered by the MIAA. In addition men's volleyball will compete in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
The Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association is a college athletic conference whose member schools compete in men's volleyball. Its member institutions are located in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Illinois in the west to Ohio in the east...
(MIVA). In June 2011, the Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
The Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II lacrosse-only college athletic conference composed of schools located in the Western United States. All schools are members of other conferences in other sports...
(WILA) announced the Lindenwood will join the conference for men's and women's lacrosse. Lindenwood was admitted into the conference on November 11, 2011 and will begin conference play starting in the 2012-13 season.
Sports
The Lindenwood University Department of Athletics sponsors the following sports:Men's intercollegiate athletic teams
- BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- BowlingBowlingBowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
* - CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
* - Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- CyclingCyclingCycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
* - FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Ice HockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
* - LacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
- Olympic Weightlifting*
- Roller HockeyRoller hockeyRoller Hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using skates with wheels. The term "Roller Hockey" is often used interchangeably to refer to two variant forms chiefly differentiated by the type of skate used. There is traditional "Roller Hockey," played with quad roller skates, and...
* - RugbyRugby footballRugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
* - Shooting sportsShooting sportsA shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
* - Soccer
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
and DivingDivingDiving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one... - Table TennisTable tennisTable tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
* - TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- Track & Field
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- Water PoloWater poloWater polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
* - WrestlingWrestlingWrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
Women's intercollegiate athletic teams
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- BowlingBowlingBowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
* - CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
* - Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- CyclingCyclingCycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
* - DanceDanceDance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
* - Field HockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- GymnasticsGymnasticsGymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
(2013) - Ice HockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
- LacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
- Olympic Weightlifting*
- RugbyRugby footballRugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
* - Shooting sportsShooting sportsA shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
* - Soccer
- SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
and DivingDivingDiving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one... - Synchronized skatingSynchronized skatingSynchronized skating or synchronised skating, a large and fast-growing discipline, consists of 8—20 athletes skating on ice at one time moving as one flowing unit at high speeds...
* - Synchronized SwimmingSynchronized swimmingSynchronized swImming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music....
* - Table TennisTable tennisTable tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
* - TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- Track & Field
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- Water PoloWater poloWater polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
* - WrestlingWrestlingWrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
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Note:
Men's Basketball
The current head coach of the men's basketball program is Brad SoderbergBrad Soderberg
Brad Soderberg is the men's head basketball coach at Lindenwood University in Saint Charles, Missouri Soderberg has been a head coach previously at Saint Louis University, South Dakota State University, Loras College, and as an interim head coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison...
, former DI head coach at Saint Louis University
Saint Louis Billikens
The Saint Louis Billikens are the collegiate athletic teams from Saint Louis University. This NCAA Division I program has teams in soccer, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, swimming and diving, cross country, tennis, track and field, and field hockey...
and Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers
The Wisconsin Badgers are the collegiate athletic teams from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This NCAA Division I athletic program has teams in football, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, soccer, cross country, tennis, swimming, wrestling, track and field, rowing, golf, and softball...
. He was hired in 2009 and joined the Lions for the 2009-10 season. Under Soderberg, the Lions compiled an overall record of 23-10, going 13-7 in the HAAC. The season was the most wins since the 2005-06 season when the Lions won the HAAC Tournament. Soderberg’s 09-10 team set a new school record for most home wins with a home record of 13-1. On January 6, 2011 the Lions set a new school record for most straight wins after Defeating Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley College
Missouri Valley College is a private, four-year liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church . The campus is in Marshall, Missouri.The college was founded in 1889 and supports 27 academic majors and an enrollment close to 1,800 students...
77-66 for the team's 12th straight win. The Lions finished the regular season 26- and earned an automatic bid to the 2011 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
2011 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2011 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 74th annual NAIA basketball tournament will feature 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format....
as well as won the 2011 HAAC Regular Season Title. The 26 wins set a new best record in school history.
Women's Basketball
The current head coach of the women's basketball program is Tony Francis, formerly assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis Billikens
The Saint Louis Billikens are the collegiate athletic teams from Saint Louis University. This NCAA Division I program has teams in soccer, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, swimming and diving, cross country, tennis, track and field, and field hockey...
for eight seasons. He was hired in April 2010, in his first season with the Lady Lions he led the team to a 21-10 overall record, 15-5 in the HAAC. The Lady Lions finished the season with a 72-81 loss to Avila
Avila University
Avila University is a private university in Kansas City, Missouri sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. It offers Bachelor's degrees in thirty-six majors and Master's degrees: Master of Science in Counseling Psychology, Master of Science in Counseling Psychology/Art Therapy, Master...
in the HAAC Tournament semifinal round.
Field Hockey
Lindenwood field hockey competes as an NCAA DII independent program against mostly NCAA Division II and Division III opponents, as well as Division I competition, including in-state programs at Missouri StateMissouri State Bears
The Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears are the athletic teams representing Missouri State University. Missouri State athletics date back to 1908. Missouri State is in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, and most teams compete in the Missouri Valley Conference...
and St. Louis University
Saint Louis Billikens
The Saint Louis Billikens are the collegiate athletic teams from Saint Louis University. This NCAA Division I program has teams in soccer, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, swimming and diving, cross country, tennis, track and field, and field hockey...
. The Lady Lions have posted a record of 30-31 over the past five seasons. After dismal seasons in 2004 and 2006, the team has recorded plus .500 records 2007-2009. In 2010 the LU athletics department identified field hockey as one of the sports moving to NCAA Division II, placing field hockey in the same division as rival Bellarmine University
Bellarmine University
Bellarmine University is an independent, private, Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky. The liberal arts institution opened on October 3, 1950, as Bellarmine College, established by Archbishop John A. Floersh of the Archdiocese of Louisville and named after the Cardinal Saint Robert...
. LU field hockey will be eligible for NCAA post season play in 2013; it would be the first season in program history that LU could compete for a championship due to the NAIA not sponsoring a championship for field hockey.
Football
The current head football coach at Lindenwood is Patrick RossPatrick Ross
-External links:*...
, who has held the position since 2004. The program began in 1990 under David Schroeder and has accumulated an overall record of 119 wins, 112 losses, and 2 ties.(as of conclusion of the 2010 season). Lions Football has had recent success, winning the HAAC Championship three seasons in a row from 2007-2009. In the 2009 season the Lions went 12-0 and advanced to the NAIA Football Championship Series
NAIA national football championship
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Football National Championship is decided by a post-season playoff system featuring the best NAIA college football teams in the United States. Under sponsorship of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the championship game has...
in Rome, Georgia
Rome, Georgia
Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Rome is the largest city and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the Rome, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Floyd County...
before losing to the 2009 NAIA Champions University of Sioux Falls
University of Sioux Falls
The University of Sioux Falls is a private, liberal arts college affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. It is also commonly called USF.-History:...
by the final score 22-25 and finishing with a record of 13-1. Lions football entered the 2010 season ranked 2nd in the 2010 NAIA Football Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll. The team finished ranked second in the HAAC in 2010, only losing one game in the regular season to first placed MidAmerica Nazarene University
MidAmerica Nazarene University
MidAmerica Nazarene University is a Christian liberal arts college in Olathe, Kansas. It was established in 1966 by the Church of the Nazarene.-History:Mid-America Nazarene College was founded in 1966...
20-26 on September 25, 2010. Lindenwood suffered a 38-46 loss at home in the first round of the NAIA Football Championship Series
NAIA national football championship
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Football National Championship is decided by a post-season playoff system featuring the best NAIA college football teams in the United States. Under sponsorship of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the championship game has...
to the University of Saint Francis
University of Saint Francis (Indiana)
The University of Saint Francis is a liberal arts university located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, the university promotes Catholic and Franciscan values...
and finished the 2010 season 9-2 overall, ranked 1st in the NAIA in scoring with an average of 52.5 points per game and 1st in total offensive yards with an average of 551.5 yards per game. As part of the transition to NCAA Division II, the 2010 schedule would be the last full NAIA schedule played by Lindenwood; the Lions played an independent schedule of NCAA Division I FCS, Division II, and NAIA schools for the 2011 season and finished the season 8-3. The 2011 season included the schools first win over a Division I program when Lindenwood upset Northern Colorado
University of Northern Colorado
-Organization:The University of Northern Colorado offers 100 undergraduate programs and more than 100 graduate programs. The university has a satellite campus in Denver, Colorado...
22-20. The program will begin a full Division II and MIAA conference schedule starting in 2012.
Gymnastics
In July 2011, the university announced today the addition of women's gymnastics as the 27th NCAA athletic program. Lady Lions Gymnastics will begin competition in the 2012-2013 academic year with Gretchen Goerlitz serving as LU's first gymnastics coach, after serving as head coach of at Centenary College of LouisianaCentenary College of Louisiana
Centenary College of Louisiana is a primarily undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences college in Shreveport, Louisiana. The college is one of the founding members of the Associated Colleges of the South, a pedagogical organization consisting of sixteen Southern liberal arts colleges...
.
Men's Ice Hockey
Lindenwood University added ice hockeyIce hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
in 2003 and currently competes in the varsity-club ACHA
Acha
Acha is a HINDI word for OK.Acha is also an Ewokese word for OK. Ewokese is a language used in the Star Wars Ewok Adventures: Caravan Of Courage / The Battle For Endor* Acha, Argyll and Bute, Scotland...
Division I ice hockey for both men's and women's teams, as well as a JV men's team at the ACHA Division II level in the Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association
Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association
The Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association is a ACHA club hockey league comprising colleges and universities in the Midwestern USA. The Gold Division comprises ACHA Division II club hockey programs. The Silver Division comprises smaller colleges and universities at the ACHA D-II and D-III levels...
. The Lion's men's and Lady Lions women's teams won back-to-back ACHA DI National Champions for 2009 and 2010 and LU men's hockey is the 2011 runner-up. The team is a member of the Central States Collegiate Hockey League
Central States Collegiate Hockey League
The Central States Collegiate Hockey League is Division I ACHA club level hockey-college athletic conference. The CSCHL is in its 39th season of existence and is one of the top ranked ACHA leagues. It currently has 7 member teams in the Midwestern United States.-Format:League teams play a 20-game...
and has had recent success on the ice, as national runner-up to the University of Illinois in 2008 and winning their first National Championship in 2009 in a rematch of the 2009 game, this time defeating Illinois. 2009 marked the first year a school has won National Championships at men's and women's hockey in the same season.
The Lions continued in the 2009-10 season and recorded a regular season record of 42-3-0-2 (42 wins, 3 losses, and 2 shootout losses). The Lion's came in second in the CSCHL standings to Ohio University
Ohio University
Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...
but won the league playoff championship. LU advanced to the ACHA DI National Tournament ranked #1 in the nation and repeated as National Champions, defeating Iowa State 2-0 in the championship game.
Following the 2009-2010 season, Lindenwood's first and only men's ice hockey coach, Derek Schaub, announced he will step down as head coach of the team. Under Shaub The Lions have amassed a record of 217-57-3 who stepped down to coach the LU Men's Lacrosse team. Schaub was replaced by assistant coach and former NHL player with the St. Louis Blues, Rick Zombo
Rick Zombo
Richard J. Zombo is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the NHL for 12 seasons between 1984 and 1996...
. Under Zombo the Lions won their third consecutive CSCHL Regular Season Championship and finished the regular season with a 29-3-0 record and qualified for the 2011 national championship tournament. The team finished the 2010-11 season season with an overall record of 32-4-0 and 13-1-0 in the CSCHL. The season concluded on March 9, 2011 when the Lions were defeated by Davenport University 2-3 in overtime of the championship game.
Women's Ice Hockey
The Lady Lions compete at the NCAA Division I level as of the 2011-12 season with no conference affiliation, making the program one of two IndependentNCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
NCAA Division I independent schools are teams that compete in NCAA college ice hockey but are not members of a conference. There are several current schools who, at one time or another, competed as Division I independents.-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:...
NCAA women's programs. In September 2011, it was announced that Lindenwood officially submitted an application to join College Hockey America
College Hockey America
College Hockey America is a women's college ice hockey conference in the United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The conference is currently made up of four women's teams in New York and Pennsylvania....
(CHA) for the 2012–2013 season. On November 11, 2011, Lindenwood was notified by CHA officials that the program was accepted and will become a member and begin conference competition starting with the 2012-13 season.
The program previously competed at the ACHA Division I
American Collegiate Hockey Association
The American Collegiate Hockey Association is the national governing body of non-varsity college ice hockey in the U.S. The organization provides structure, regulations, promotes the quality of play, sponsors National Awards and National Tournaments....
level as members of the Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association
Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association
The Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association is a Women's Division I ACHA club level hockey-college athletic conference. The league has seven member teams in from schools located in the Midwestern United States.-Current members:...
(CCWHA). Lindenwood women's hockey has reached the championship game five seasons in a row and won four National Championships in 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010; and runner-up in 2007. The first four appearances from 2006-2009 were against Robert Morris University (Chicago). The Lady Lions concluded the 2010-10 season with a program-best 43 wins, including CCWHA regular season and conference tournament championships. The Lady Lions advanced to the ACHA Women's Division I National Championship Tournament. After pool play the lady Lions beat University of Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island
The University of Rhode Island is the principal public research university in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Its main campus is located in Kingston. Additional campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West...
in the semi-finals before a 2-0 shutout of Michigan State for the National Championship. The Lady Lions concluded the 2010-11 regular season with a 29-2-2 record and overall record of 33-3-2. The team won a fourth consecutive CCWHA title in a 3-0 win over Grand Valley State
Grand Valley State University
Grand Valley State University is a public liberal arts university located in Allendale, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1960, and its main campus is situated on approximately west of Grand Rapids...
, The Lady Lions advanced through pool play before falling 1-3 to rival Michigan State in the semifinal round, taking third place.
Men's Lacrosse
Lindenwood University has fielded Lacrosse since 2003 and is coached by Derek Schaub, the first coach in the program's history who returned to the program in 2011. The team competed at the at the Division I MCLAMen's Collegiate Lacrosse Association
The Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association is a national organization of non-NCAA, men's college lacrosse programs. The MCLA oversees game play and conducts national championships for over 200 teams in ten conferences throughout the United States and Canada...
level in the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference
Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference
The Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference is a conference in the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association . The GRLC incorporates teams in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin and is divided into two divisions, Division I and Division...
from 2003-2011 because the NAIA does not sponsor lacrosse. Lindenwood has won six GRLC championships, including five straight titles from 2005–2009. Lions Lacrosse has made a total of six National Tournament appearances, the last to the 2011 MCLA National Tournament in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
before losing in the first round 8-16 to #1 ranked University of Michigan
Michigan Wolverines men's lacrosse
The Michigan Wolverines men's lacrosse team represents the University of Michigan in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse as a member of the ECAC Lacrosse League. The Wolverines play their home games at the Oosterbaan Fieldhouse in Ann Arbor, Michigan...
. Since the program was started in 2003, LU has a combined record of 119-46. The team will join the Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
The Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II lacrosse-only college athletic conference composed of schools located in the Western United States. All schools are members of other conferences in other sports...
(WILA) in 2012, along with LU women's lacrosse.
Women's Lacrosse
The program began in 2006 and competed at the at the Division I Women's Collegiate Lacrosse AssociatesWomen's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates
The Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates is a national organization of 200+ non-NCAA, women's college lacrosse programs organized and run by US Lacrosse, the national governing body. The mission of the WCLA is to promote the growth of women’s lacrosse nationwide...
(WCLA) level because the NAIA does not sponsor championships in lacrosse. The team was a member of the Central Plains Women's Lacrosse League
Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates
The Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates is a national organization of 200+ non-NCAA, women's college lacrosse programs organized and run by US Lacrosse, the national governing body. The mission of the WCLA is to promote the growth of women’s lacrosse nationwide...
(CPWLL) from 2006–2008 and a member Women's Collegiate Lacrosse League
Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates
The Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates is a national organization of 200+ non-NCAA, women's college lacrosse programs organized and run by US Lacrosse, the national governing body. The mission of the WCLA is to promote the growth of women’s lacrosse nationwide...
(WCLL) from 2009-2010. Lindenwood won foru straight league titles in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. LU women's lacrosse lost 5-7 the program's first appearance in the national semifinals to Colorado State
Colorado State Rams
Colorado State University competes in 16 sponsored intercollegiate sports, including 10 for women and six for men...
, with LU finishing 4th in nation. The Lady Lions Lacrosse team made the WCLA National Tournament again in 2011 and finished ranked 12th in the nation. The 2011 tournament was the last in the WCLA before the team moved to the NCAA level. In June 2011, the Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
The Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II lacrosse-only college athletic conference composed of schools located in the Western United States. All schools are members of other conferences in other sports...
(WILA) announced Lindenwood was accepted into the conference, beginning with the 2012 lacrosse season.
Roller Hockey
The LU Roller Hockey team competes in National Collegiate Roller Hockey AssociationNational Collegiate Roller Hockey Association
The National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association , is non-profit corporation and is the national governing body of collegiate inline hockey in the United States...
at the NCRHA Division I level. The team is a Division I member of the Great Plains Collegiate Inline Hockey League
Great Plains Collegiate Inline Hockey League
The Great Plain Collegiate Inline Hockey League is a member organization of the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association.-Division I:-Division II:-Junior College:-B division:-External links:* * *...
(GPCIHL). Lindenwood also fields a team in the B Division of the NCRHA and GPCIHL. Roller Hockey has been one of the most successful sports at Lindenwood, winning more national championships than any of the other sports. The DI team has won the NCRHA Division I National Championship in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010; while the B Division team has won the NCRHA B Division Championship in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
Men's Rugby
In January 2011, LU announced the additions of men's and women's rugby to begin competition in the 2011-12 academic year. Ron Laszewski was announced as the first head rugby coach of the Lions rugby team, Laszewski is a former head coach in the Rugby Super League and a former USA EagleUnited States national rugby union team
USA Rugby's men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, represents the United States in the sport of rugby union. The Eagles are currently ranked 17th by the IRB World Rankings. Their highest ranking was from November 2, 2006 – September 10, 2007 at the 14th position...
player; in addition, he was the first American coach to complete the International Rugby Board's Level 3 certification program. LU will begin play in USA Rugby
USA Rugby
USA Rugby is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States. It is divided into seven territorial Unions: Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, Pacific Coast, Southern California, South, and West...
Division II level, as rugby is not governed by the NCAA. LU rugby currently plays at the Division II level in the Missouri Rugby Football Union
Missouri Rugby Football Union
The Missouri Rugby Union is the Local Area Union for rugby union teams in Missouri and parts of Illinois. MRFU is part of the Western Rugby Football Union , which is one of the seven Territorial Area Unions that comprise USA Rugby.- History :Early History.The honor of creating the Missouri...
(MRFU). In it's first season Lindenwood played a mixed schedule of both Division I and II college programs, but intends to advance to higher levels of college rugby competition as the program matures. The team played it's first game in program history on September 4, 2011 in an exhibition match against coach Laszewski's former team, the St. Louis Bombers RFC
St. Louis Bombers Rugby Football Club
The St. Louis Bombers Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based out of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The Bombers are former members of the SuperLeague, the premier league in the United States.-History:...
, by a score of 21-12. The program earned its first official win against Kansas
Kansas Jayhawks
The sports teams at the University of Kansas are known as the Jayhawks. They are one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a member of the Big 12 Conference...
47-10 on September 10, 2011.
The team finished the 2011 regular season 11-0 and outscored opponents 1077-43 and won the program's first Missouri Rugby Football Union Championship. The season included five straight 100-point games, and six overall 100-point games. The Lions also had six shutouts and held opponents under 10 points nine times. The upstart program quickly climbed through the Top 25 poll and finished 2nd to defending Division II rugby champions, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. Lindenwood qualified for the Division II playoffs in its first season and will begin playoff competition in the West playoffs, held March 31-April 1, 2012 in St. Louis.
Swimming and Diving
Lindenwood men's and women's swimming and diving teams have consistently been ranked as one of the top swimming and diving programs in the NAIA. LU Swimming and Diving finished top-10 in the NAIA Championships for six straight seasons from 2006–2011, ranking 4th in 2006 and 2007, 7th in 2008 and 2011, 8th in 2009, 10th in 2010. Men's swimming and diving won two Liberal Arts Swimming and Diving Conference championships in 2010 and 2011 while the women's team won in 2006. In addition Lindenwood has hosted the NAIA Championships from 2009-2011.Synchronized Skating
Lindenwood's synchronized skatingSynchronized skating
Synchronized skating or synchronised skating, a large and fast-growing discipline, consists of 8—20 athletes skating on ice at one time moving as one flowing unit at high speeds...
began in 2008 and is one of the newer sports at LU. The team began a competition season in 2010-11. It is Missouri's first and only collegiate synchronized skating team and one of the few varsity programs in the United States and is goverened by the United States Figure Skating Association
United States Figure Skating Association
U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating on ice in the United States. It is recognized as such by the United States Olympic Committee "USOC" under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act and is the United States member of the International Skating...
.
In its first season in open college competition the Lady Lions Synchronized Skating Team won the first at the 37th annual Gateway Invitational, held in nearby Brentwood, Missouri
Brentwood, Missouri
Brentwood is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri. The population was 8,055 at the 2010 census. Brentwood is home to Brentwood High School, a 2006 National Blue Ribbon Award winner, and Mark Twain Elementary School, a 2009 National Blue Ribbon Award...
.
Men's Wrestling
Men's Wrestling has been one of the most successful NAIA sports at Lindenwood on the national stage. LU Wrestling has one five NAIA National Championships, including three-straight from 2007-2009. LU's five national titles are currently the most of any one NAIA school. The 2010 season ended with a 7th place finish at the NAIA National Championships. LU wrestling returned to the National Chammpionship in 2011, finishing as the runner-up to defending champion, Notre Dame (OH)Notre Dame College
Notre Dame College, also known as Notre Dame College of Ohio or simply NDC, is a Catholic, coeducational, liberal arts college in South Euclid, Ohio, USA. Established in 1922 as a women's college it has been coeducational since January 2001...
.
National Championships
| Bowling (M) | 2005 |
| Bowling (W) | 2006 |
| Dance and Cheer | 2008, 2009, 2011 |
| Ice Hockey (M) | 2009, 2010 |
| Ice Hockey (W) | 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| Roller Hockey | 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 |
| Shooting (Intercollegiate Clay Targets) | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Soccer (M) | 2004 |
| Track and Field (Indoor, M) | 1998, 2005, 2006 |
| Track and Field (Outdoor, M) | 2003 |
| Volleyball (M) | 2009 |
| Water Polo (M) | 2006, 2007, 2008 |
| Wrestling (M) | 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
Conference Championships
i. Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) Championships:| Baseball | 1999, 2008 |
| Basketball (M) | 2006, 2011 |
| Basketball (W) | 2000 |
| Cross Country (M) | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2008 |
| Cross Country (W) | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2008 |
| Football | 2004, 2007, 2009 |
| Golf (M) | 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Golf (W) | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Soccer (M) | 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003 |
| Soccer (W) | 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 |
| Softball | 1998, 2000, 2002 |
| Spirit Squad | 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Tennis (M) | 2005 |
| Tennis (W) | 1999, 2007 |
| Track and Field (Indoor, M) | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| Track and Field (Indoor, W) | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 |
| Track and Field (Outdoor, M) | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
| Track and Field (Outdoor, W) | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011 |
| Volleyball (W) | 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 |
ii. American Midwest Conference (AMC) Championships:
| Basketball (W) | 1994, 1995, 1996 |
| Soccer (M) | 1995 |
| Soccer (W) | 1995 |
| Softball | 1995 |
iii. Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Championships:
| Water Polo (M) | 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| Water Polo (W) | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 |
iv. Liberal Arts Conference:
| Swimming and Diving (M) | 2010, 2011 |
| Swimming and Diving (W) | 2006 |
v. Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association (CCWHA) - 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
vi. Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL) - 2009, 2010, 2011
vii. Central Plains Women’s Lacrosse League (CPWLL) - 2005, 2007, 2008
viii. Great Plains Collegiate Inline Hockey League (GPCIHL) - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
ix. Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference (GRLC) - 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
x. Mid-American Men’s Volleyball Intercollegiate Conference (MAMVIC) - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
xi. Missouri Rugby Football Union (MRFU). - 2011
xii. Women's Collegiate Lacrosse League (WCLL) - 2009, 2010
Directors' Cup Results
| Year | National Rank | Level |
|---|---|---|
| 2010–2011 | 4th Place | NAIA |
| 2009–2010 | 2nd Place | NAIA |
| 2008–2009 | 5th Place | NAIA |
| 2007–2008 | 8th Place | NAIA |
| 2006–2007 | 2nd Place | NAIA |
| 2005–2006 | 2nd Place | NAIA |
| 2004–2005 | 2nd Place | NAIA |
| 2003–2004 | 3rd Place | NAIA |
| 2002–2003 | 1st Place | NAIA |
| 2001–2002 | 1st Place | NAIA |
| 2000–2001 | 4th Place | NAIA |
| 1999–2000 | 2nd Place | NAIA |
| 1998–1999 | 4th Place | NAIA |
Harlen C. Hunter Stadium
Harlen C. Hunter Stadium is an outdoor 7,450-seat stadium that serves as the home for Lindenwood football, men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey and both men’s and women’s lacrosse programs. Hunter Stadium was built in 1976 by the St. Louis Cardinals NFL Football TeamArizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
as a training camp location. The stadium opened in 1979 and was renovated in 1988. The stadium is named after Dr. Harlen C. Hunter who founded the St. Louis Orthopedic Sports Medicine Clinic in Chesterfield in 1979, and made key monetary contributions for the upgrades of the playing surface in 1988.
After the 2004 season, the stadium was completely renovated including: end zone seating, a brand new two story press box with luxury boxes and a new concession area. In 2009, the playing surface at the facility was replaced with Enviroturf. The facility has hosted NAIA football playoff games in 2004, 2008 and 2009 and the NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championships in 2001 and 2002.
Lindenwood Ice Arena
Lindenwood University is the only university in the State of Missouri that owns its own ice arena. The ice arena is located in nearby Wentzville, MissouriWentzville, Missouri
Wentzville is a city located in western St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 29,070. The city's major employer is General Motors which has a full size van assembly plant located there. As the site of the county fairgrounds,...
and it is the home of both men’s and women’s ice hockey programs along with the synchronized skating team. The arena has been host to such events as the ACHA Women's Division I National Championships, and has also hosted the State Games of America's figure skating. The facility features two NHL Size (85' x 200') rinks and has capacity of 1,000 spectators. The ice arena is open year-round for public skating sessions, birthday parties, group outings and local high school hockey programs.
Lou Brock Sports Complex
The Lou Brock Sports Complex is the home for the Lindenwood baseball and softball programs. The complex was built in 2005 and has hosted NAIA regional tournaments along with the 2009 NAIA National Championship Opening Round. The complex is named former St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
player, Lou Brock
Lou Brock
Louis Clark "Lou" Brock is an American former professional baseball player. He began his Major League Baseball career with the Chicago Cubs but, spent the majority of his career as the left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. Brock was best known for breaking Ty Cobb's all-time major league...
, who played for the Cardinals from 1964–1979.
Robert F. Hyland Performance Arena
The Arena was built in 1997 and is home to both men’s and women’s basketball, gymnastics (2013), volleyball, wrestling, table tennis, dance, and cheerleading. Tennis Courts are also attached to the Performance Arena for use by the men’s and women’s tennis programs. Hyland Arena seats 3,000 spectators plus and additional 270 in Luxury box seating.The facility also includes the athletic department offices. It was named after Robert Hyland
Robert Hyland
Robert Hyland, Jr. was CBS regional vice president and general manager of radio station KMOX in St. Louis, Missouri for four decades.-Personal life:...
who was the chairman of the Lindenwood board for many years and was also the CBS Regional Vice President and General Manager of radio station KMOX in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
for four decades.