Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros

The Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros (also CSU Dominguez Hills Toros, CSUDH Toros, and California State-Dominguez Hills Toros) are the athletic teams that represent California State University, Dominguez Hills, located in Carson, California, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Toros compete as members of the California Collegiate Athletic Association for all 9 varsity sports.

Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros
UniversityCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAADivision II
LocationCarson, California
Varsity teams9
Basketball arenaTorodome
Baseball stadiumToro Field
Soccer stadiumToro Stadium
NicknameToros
ColorsCardinal and Gold[1]
         
Websitewww.gotoros.com

The men's soccer team plays at Toro Stadium (capacity 3,000). Other sports venues for the university are the Torodome (capacity 3,602) for basketball and volleyball; Toro Field (capacity 300) for baseball; and Toro Diamond (capacity 300) for softball. Select home games are nationally televised live via Internet TV. Even though Dignity Health Sports Park, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy and the temporary home of the Los Angeles Chargers, is located on the campus of CSUDH, the Toros do not play there.

Individual teams
Men's sports Women's sports
BaseballBasketball
BasketballSoccer
GolfSoftball
SoccerTrack and field†
Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.

Baseball

Kevin Pillar played center field for the Toros baseball team, for which he was an All-American.[2] In 2010, as a junior he set an NCAA Division II record at the school, with a 54-game hitting streak.[3] In August 2013, he became a major leaguer, for the Toronto Blue Jays.[4]

Soccer

The men's soccer won its second national NCAA Division II championship in a match against Dowling College on December 7, 2008 at the University of Tampa’s Pepin Stadium. The women's soccer team won an NCAA Division II title in 1991. The women's track & field team won the NCAA Division II 4x400 meter relay national championship in 2011.

Track & Field

The university's most notable athlete alumna is the fastest woman in the world, sprinter Carmelita Jeter (Class of ’06, B.A., kinesiology), who is a 2012 Olympic bronze, silver and gold medalist.

Golf

The university's men's golf team has won the 2015, 2016, 2018, & 2019 PGA Works Collegiate Golf Championships, a National Championship open to Historically Minority Colleges.

Championships

Appearances

The CSU Dominguez Hills Toros competed in the NCAA Tournament across 9 active sports (4 men's and 5 women's) 72 times at the Division II level.[5]

NCAA Tournament Appearances
Baseball (5): 1986 • 1987 • 1994 • 2009 • 2010
Men's basketball (5): 1981 • 1987 • 1989 • 2009 • 2011
Women's basketball (7): 1995 • 1996 • 2005 • 2007 • 2009 • 2014 • 2015
Men's golf (2): 1985 • 1989
Men's soccer (14): 1982 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2011 • 2015 • 2017
Women's soccer (12): 1989 • 1991 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009
Softball (9): 1982 • 1989 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2008 • 2012 • 2013
Women's indoor track and field (5): 2003 • 2005 • 2006 • 2009 • 2012
Women's outdoor track and field (13): 1985 • 1999 • 2000 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012

Team

The Toros of CSU Dominguez Hills earned 3 NCAA team championships at the Division II level.[6]

Results

School year Sport Opponent Score
1991–92Women's soccerSonoma State2–1
2000–01Men's soccerBarry2–1
2008–09Men's soccerDowling3–0

Below are two national club team championships:

  • Men's badminton (2): 1975, 1979 (ABA)

Individual

CSU Dominguez Hills had 1 Toro win an NCAA individual championship at the Division II level.[6]

References
  1. "Colors – Cal State Dominguez Hills". Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  2. David Driver (May 21, 2013). "Cal State Dominguez Hills Athletics – Former Toro Kevin Pillar Off to Great Start in Double-A Debut". Gotoros.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  3. "Cal State Dominguez Hills Athletics – Kevin Pillar – 2010 Baseball". Gotoros.com. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  4. "California State University Dominguez Hills Baseball Players". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  5. "NCAA Championships Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  6. "Championships Summary" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  7. "Division II Women's Outdoor Track Championships Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
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