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 Pioneer Soccer Park
Mascot Oakley the Barn Owl
Nickname Pioneers
Colors Maroon and White[1]
         
Website www.twuathletics.com

The Texas Woman's Pioneers (also TWU Pioneers) are the athletics 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 in basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball, and as an independent in gymnastics. The gymnastics team competes in the Midwest Independent Conference which comprises NCAA Division I, II and III institutions.

Sports sponsored

Women's sports
Basketball
Gymnastics
Soccer
Softball
Volleyball

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 11 team championships since 1993, with the most recent championship in 2018. 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 Athletics Brand Style Guidelines" (PDF). Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  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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