Pacific Tigers
The Pacific Tigers represent the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California in intercollegiate athletics.[3] The Tigers compete in NCAA Division I, and are currently in their second stint as members of the West Coast Conference (WCC).[4]
Teams
The University of the Pacific sponsors teams in seven men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports:[5]
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Women's Intercollegiate Sports
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- # = The men's and women's swimming teams and the men's water polo team compete in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
- † = The field hockey team competes as an associate member of the America East Conference.
- * = Beach volleyball is a fully sanctioned NCAA sport which will have its first national championship in the spring of 2016.[6] Pacific currently competes as an independent.
- ‡ = The women's outdoor track and field team competes as an independent.
- + = The women's water polo team competes in the Golden Coast Conference.
Pacific and the West Coast Conference
Pacific was one of the founding members of the West Coast Conference (originally the California Basketball Association and later the West Coast Athletic Conference) in 1952, but became a charter member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, now known as the Big West Conference, for football only in 1969 and moved the rest of its sports to the PCAA in 1971. The Tigers remained in the Big West until returning to the WCC on July 1, 2013.[7][8]
Program notes
The Pacific Tigers men's basketball program made three consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament (2004, 2005, 2006). Head coach Bob Thomason became the winningest head coach in Big West Conference men's basketball history when he collected his 206th career league victory on Feb. 14, 2009, surpassing the conference win total of former LBSU and UNLV head coach Jerry Tarkanian.[9] Pacific has also achieved a 16-game winning streak three times under Thomason.
At the end of the 1995 season, Pacific ended its football program after 77 years of competition.[10][11]
On November 12, 2012, it was announced that Pacific would add three new sports teams to its roster - a men's soccer team, a women's track and field team and a women's beach volleyball team. The two women's sports began play in 2013, and the men's soccer team began play in 2014.[12][13] The most recent change in sports sponsorship was the dropping of men's volleyball at the end of the 2014 season (2013–14 school year).[14]
References
- ↑ http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110427/A_NEWS/110429895
- ↑ http://pacifictigers.com/information/graphic_identity/paci-graphic-identity-sheet.pdf
- ↑ http://www.pacific.edu/
- ↑ http://www.wccsports.com/
- ↑ http://www.pacifictigers.com/
- ↑ "NCAA DII, DIII membership approves Sand Volleyball as 90th championship". NCAA. January 17, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ↑ "University of the Pacific Accepts Invitation to Join West Coast Conference in 2013-14 Academic Year". University of the Pacific. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ↑ http://www.bigwest.org/history/
- ↑ "Thomason Takes Most Wins in Big West Conference laccessdate=December 29, 2012". University of the Pacific. December 3, 2011.
- ↑ "Investing in Excellence". University of the Pacific. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ↑ "10 years ago today - Pacific kills off football". fanblogs.com. December 19, 2005. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
- ↑ "Three New Sports Teams Added at Pacific". University of the Pacific. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
- ↑ http://www.pacifictigers.com/genrel/Pacific_Adds_Three_Sports
- ↑ "Men’s Volleyball To Be Officially Dropped After 2014 season". The Pacifican (Stockton, CA). October 19, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
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