Franklin Pierce Ravens

Franklin Pierce Ravens
University Franklin Pierce University
Conference Northeast-10 Conference
NCAA Division II
Division III (women's ice hockey)
Athletic director Bruce Kirsh
Location Rindge, NH
Varsity teams 22
Basketball arena FPU Fieldhouse
Ice hockey arena Jason Ritchie Ice Arena
Baseball stadium Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field
Softball stadium Melissa Bisaccia Memorial Softfall Complex
Soccer stadium Sodexo Field
Nickname Ravens
Fight song Go Ravens! Go Ravens!
Colors Crimson and Grey
         
Website athletics.franklinpierce.edu

The Franklin Pierce Ravens are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Franklin Pierce University, located in Rindge, New Hampshire, in NCAA sporting competitions. Franklin Pierce competes at the Division II level for 21 of 22 varsity sports; the women's ice hockey team competes in Division III.

In terms of conferences, the Ravens are primarily members of the Northeast-10 Conference, which it has been a member of since 2000. The three exceptions are the women's bowling team, which is a member of the East Coast Conference, the women's ice hockey team, which belongs to the New England Hockey Conference, and the women's rowing team, which competes as an independent.

Varsity teams

List of teams

Men's sports (9)

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cross country
  • Golf
  • Ice hockey
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer
  • Tennis
  • Track and field

Women's sports (13)

  • Basketball
  • Bowling
  • Cross country
  • Field hockey
  • Ice hockey
  • Lacrosse
  • Rowing
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming and diving
  • Tennis
  • Track and field
  • Volleyball

Facilities

Athletic facilities on the Rindge campus include Melissa Bisaccia Memorial Softball Complex, Pappas Field, Sodexho Field, and the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Activity Center at Northfields.

National championships

The women's soccer team has won five national championships (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999), and the men's soccer team won the 2007 national championship. The women's basketball team has won three regional championships

Team (5)

Association Division Sport Year Opponent Score
NCAA Division II Women's Soccer[1] 1994 Regis 2–0
1995 Barry 5–0
1996 Lynn 1–0
1997 West Virginia Wesleyan 3–0
1999 Cal Poly Pomona 3–1

Fight song

Go Ravens! Go Ravens!

Ravens, Ravens.
Fight for the crimson and grey.
Ravens, Ravens.
Were sure to win today.
Ravens, Ravens.
Let the call resound.
Ravens, Ravens.
From Monadnock to Pearly Pond.
And when we win this game.
We'll celebrate with this song.
And when we win this game.
We'll sing it to Franklin Pierce all night long.

Go Ravens! Go Ravens! Go Ravens!

References

  1. "Division II Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 16, 2016.

External links

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