The Rowan Profs is the nickname used for the athletic teams of Rowan University

Rowan University

Rowan University is a public university in Glassboro, New Jersey, USA with a satellite campus in Camden, New Jersey. The school was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a twenty-five acre tract of land donated by the town...

. The school is a member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference

New Jersey Athletic Conference

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 (NJAC) and competes in NCAA Division III. There are 16 varsity

Varsity letter

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 sports teams (7 men's and 9 women's). The football, field hockey, women's lacrosse, and track & field teams play at Richard Wackar Stadium. The basketball, swimming & diving, and volleyball teams play in the Esbjornson Gymnasium. All other teams play on various fields around the campus. Rowan also has club teams for ice hockey

College hockey

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, men's rugby, ultimate frisbee, men's lacrosse, roller hockey, tennis, men's volleyball, dance, and wrestling. The nickname—"Profs" (or "Professors")—is derived from the school's history as a teaching college, and Rowan is the only school to use that name. The current mascot is named "Whoo RU" the Owl.

Men's baseball

The baseball

College baseball

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 team has won the Division III National Championship in 1978 and 1979 while making appearances in the NCAA Division III World Series in 2004 and 2005.

Men's basketball

The men's basketball

College basketball

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 team has made the Division III National Championship Tournament 12 times, winning the national title in 1996.

Men's football

The football

College football

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 team is regularly a contender for the national title, having gone to the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl

NCAA Division III national football championship

The NCAA Division III National Football Championship began in 1973. Before 1973, most of the schools now in Division III competed in the NCAA's former "College Division"....

 five times (1999, 1998, 1996, 1995, 1993) and the national semifinals in five other years (1992, 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2005).

Men's soccer

The men's soccer

College soccer

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 team has made the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament 24 times—including seven trips to the national semifinals—resulting in two national titles (1981 and 1990), two second-place finishes (1979 and 2000), and three third-place finishes (1980, 1985, and 1998). Rowan hosted the Division III National Championship Tournament Final Four for men's soccer in 2000.

Women's field hockey

• National championship (2002) – perfect season of 21 wins and no losses

Women's lacrosse

Rowan hosted the Division III National Championship Tournament Final Four for women's lacrosse

College lacrosse

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 in 2002.

Men's ice hockey

The club ice hockey

College hockey

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 teams play at the Hollydell Ice Arena in nearby Sewell

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. The Profs have two competing teams: one at the Division II level and one at the Division III level. The Division II team plays in the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association

Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association

The Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association is an ACHA Division II Southeast Region club hockey league in the east coast of the USA. Division II club hockey is a level just close to the level of ACHA Division I or NCAA Division III levels.-Format:...

 and regularly plays against schools with much larger athletic programs, such as Temple

Temple University

Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...

 and Monmouth

Monmouth University

Monmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States.Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956, and later Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter....

. The Division III team plays in the Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference

Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference

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External links

• Rowan University Athletics official website