Lincoln Blue Tigers

Lincoln Blue Tigers
University Lincoln University
Conferences The MIAA (primary)
GLVC (football)
NCAA Division II
Athletic director John Moseley
Location Jefferson City, Missouri
Varsity teams 9
Football stadium Dwight T. Reed Stadium
Basketball arena Jason Gymnasium
Baseball stadium LU Baseball Field
Mascot Stripes
Nickname Blue Tigers
Fight song "LU Fight Song"
Colors Navy Blue and White[1]
         
Website www.lubluetigers.com
MIAA logo in Lincoln's colors

The Lincoln Blue Tigers are the sports teams of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. The Blue Tigers participate at the NCAA Division II level in Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA). Lincoln competed in the MIAA from 1970 to 1999 when it left due to not sponsoring a football team since 1989. The university competed in the Heartland Conference from 1999 to 2010, of which, Lincoln is a founding conference member. The school revitalized its football program and reentered the MIAA in 2010.[2]

Sports sponsored

Men's sports Women's sports
BasketballBasketball
FootballBowling
GolfCross country
Track and field†Golf
Softball
Track and field†
Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor

Women's track and field

The Lincoln Blue Tigers women's track and field team made NCAA Division II history by winning the Outdoor Track and Field Championships five consecutive times, from 2003 to 2007. They won a sixth title in 2009 and a seventh in 2014.[3][4]

Songs

Fight song

Lincoln University doesn't have a name for their fight song, but it is sung to the tune of The Washington And Lee Swing.[5]

Alma mater

Sung to the tune of "Ach wie ist's möglich dann", an old German folk song published in 1827 and variously credited to Georg Heinrich or Friedrich Silcher Kuchen, Lincoln's fight song is called Lincoln, O, Lincoln. (The West Point and Wake Forest alma maters also use the same tune.)[5]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "University Relations - Lincoln University". Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ Lincoln returns to MIAA – St. Joseph News-Press – February 2, 2009
  3. ↑ "DII Women's Outdoor Track & Field". NCAA.com.
  4. ↑ "Lincoln University of Missouri Blue Tigers – Lincoln University Track & Field to be Inducted Into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame". Lincoln University.
  5. 1 2 Lincoln University Songs
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