New York University

Athletics

NYU's sports teams are called the Violets and its school mascot is the Bobcat. Almost all sporting teams participate in the NCAA's Division III and the University Athletic Association, except for men's volleyball, which competes in the Eastern Collegiate Volleyball Association. The fencing team is Division I, because NCAA fencing only has one division. The National Intercollegiate Women`s Fencing Association (NIWFA) was founded by NYU freshmen Julia Jones and Dorothy Hafner. The school's official colors are purple and white. NYU does not have a football team.

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Mascot - NCAA - Division III - University Athletic Association - Fencing - Division I - Football

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NYU has won one NCAA Division III national championship. In 1997, the women's basketball team, led by head coach Janice Quinn, won a championship title over the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. NYU had a football team and competed in Division I athletics until the university's Bronx campus and its athletic facilities were sold in the 1970s.

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NCAA - Division III - 1997 - Janice Quinn - University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire - Division I

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Students at New York University also compete in a number of club sports, including badminton, baseball, softball, equestrian, martial arts, and triathlon. The Coles Sports and Recreation Center serves as the home base of several of NYU's intercollegiate athletic teams, including basketball, wrestling and volleyball. This building is considered the hub of recreational and athletic needs for the university's students, faculty, staff, and alumni. It also offers around 130 classes, serving approximately 10,000 members of the university community.

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Badminton - Baseball - Softball - Equestrian - Martial arts - Triathlon - Coles Sports and Recreation Center - Basketball - Wrestling - Volleyball

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Due to limited space in Coles, however, many of the university's varsity teams have to play their home games away from Coles. The soccer teams play their home games at Van Cortlandt Park and the track and field teams have their home meets at the New Balance Track and Field Center. The golf team does not have a home course in Manhattan, but they often practice at Chelsea Piers Athletic Facility.

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In 2002, the University opened the Palladium Athletic Facility as the second on-campus recreational facility. It's amenities include a rock climbing wall, a natatorium, basketball courts, weight training, cardio rooms, and a spinning room. The Palladium, erected on the site of the famous New York night club bearing the same name, is home to the university's swimming, diving, and water polo teams.

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2002 - Natatorium - Weight training - Night club - Swimming - Diving - Water polo

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