LIU Post Pioneers

LIU Post Pioneers
University C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University
Conference East Coast Conference
Northeast-10 Conference
NCAA Division II
Athletic director Bryan Collins
Location Brookville, NY
Varsity teams 19
Football stadium Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium
Basketball arena Pratt Recreation Center
Baseball stadium LIU Post Baseball Field
Softball stadium LIU Post Softball Complex
Soccer stadium Pioneer Soccer Park
Nickname Pioneers
Colors
     Green       Gold
Website liupostpioneers.com

The LIU Post Pioneers (also Long Island–Post Pioneers and formerly the C.W. Post Pioneers) are the athletic teams that represent the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, located in Brookville, New York, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Pioneers compete as members of the East Coast Conference for most sports; the football team is an affiliate of the Northeast-10 Conference. LIU Post has been a member of the ECC since 1989, when the league was established as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Varsity teams

List of teams

Men's sports (8)

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cross country
  • Football
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer
  • Track and field
  • Wrestling

Women's sports (11)

  • Basketball
  • Cross country
  • Fencing
  • Golf
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track and field
  • Volleyball

Facilities

The Pratt Center is also a venue for Nassau County and New York State high school basketball playoff games, both men's and women's, along with the Clark Center at the State University of New York College at Old Westbury.

Classifications

National championships

Team

Association Division Sport Year Opponent Score
NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse[1] 2001 West Chester 13–9
2007 West Chester 15–7
2012 West Chester 17–16
2013 Limestone 10–7

Individual Sports

Lacrosse

LIU Post won three Men's Lacrosse Division II National Championships. Their first title came in 1996 when they defeated Adelphi 15-10 in the championship and their second came in 2009 when they defeated Le Moyne 8-7 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The third title came in 2010 when they defeated Le Moyne 14-9 in a rematch of the 2009 title game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

The LIU Post Women's Lacrosse team had a perfect, undefeated season and won the NCAA Division II National Championship in 2007.

Sports clubs

Equestrian

LIU Post is also the only college campus on Long Island to maintain an Equestrian Center for horseback riding.

Ice hockey

LIU Post also boasts a nationally ranked ACHA ice hockey club team that competes in the Great Northeast Collegiate Hockey Conference.

See also

References

  1. "Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

External links

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