Texas Woman's Pioneers

Texas Woman's Pioneers
University Texas Woman's University
Conference Lone Star Conference
Midwest Independent Conference (gymnastics)
NCAA Division II
Athletic director Chalese Connors
Location Denton, Texas
Varsity teams 5
Basketball arena Kitty Magee Arena
Soccer stadium TWU Soccer Field
Nickname Pioneers
Colors Maroon and White[1]
         
Website www.twuathletics.com

The Texas Woman's Pioneers (also TWU Pioneers) are the athletic teams that represent Texas Woman's University, located in Denton, Texas, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. Even though TWU accepts male students, only female sports are sponsored. The Pioneers compete as members of the Lone Star Conference for all 5 varsity sports with the exception of gymnastics. The gymnastics team competes as an independent program in the Midwest Independent Conference which comprises NCAA Division I, II and III institutions.

Varsity sports

List of Teams

Women's sports

Individual sports

Softball

As an AIAW Division I team in the 1979 Women's College World Series, the Pioneer softball team won the national championship by defeating UCLA, 1–0, in the deciding game, led by pitcher Kathy Arendsen.[2]

Gymnastics

The TWU Gymnastics squad has won the USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships (non-NCAA) with a record nine team championships since 1993, with the most recent championship in 2008. The team finished second overall in 2010, in addition to squad members winning four out of the five individual titles. TWU is the only varsity-level intercollegiate gymnastics program in the state of Texas.

Track and Field

TWU won three women's collegiate outdoor track-and-field national championships in 1969, 1971 and 1973. These included the first (and three of the first five) DGWS/AIAW track-and-field championships ever held.

Volleyball

In 1973, TWU reached the national championship match of the AIAW women's volleyball tournament, only to fall to Long Beach State.

Teams

Venues

References

  1. "TWU Website colors". Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  2. Plummer, William; Floyd, Larry C. (2013). A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series. Oklahonma City, Oklahoma, United States: Turnkey Communications Inc. pp. 45–50. ISBN 978-0-9893007-0-4.
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