Methodist Monarchs | |
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University | Methodist University |
Conference | USA South |
NCAA | Division III |
Location | Fayetteville, North Carolina |
Football stadium | Monarch Stadium |
Basketball arena | March F. Riddle Center |
Baseball stadium | Armstrong-Shelley Field |
Soccer stadium | Duggins Soccer Stadium |
Tennis venue | Gene Clayton Tennis Center |
Colors | Green and gold[1] |
https://mumonarchs.com/ | |
Team NCAA championships | |
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TheMethodist Monarchs are the athletic teams that representMethodist University, located inFayetteville, North Carolina, inNCAA Division III intercollegiate sports.
The Monarchs compete as members of theUSA South Athletic Conference (USA South) for all sports.
Men's sports
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The baseball team is coached by coach Tom Austin, currently sixth overall among all-time NCAA Division III head coaches and fourth among active Division III head coaches in victories.[3] Tom Austin has been the coach of Methodist University's baseball team since 1980 and is one of 64college baseball coaches ever to reach a thousand career wins.[4][5] The Monarch baseball team has reached the NCAA National Tournament 22 times and the Division III College World Series six times, finishing fifth or better each time, including national runners-up in 1995.[6]
Golf is one of the most popular sports at Methodist. The women's golf team has won 26national titles, winning every national title from 1986 to 2012 except 1990 and 1997, when they finished as the national runner-up both years. They later won again in 2021.[7] The men's team also has 14NCAA Division IIInational golf championships (1990–1992, 1994–1999, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2024) and were runners-up three times (1984, 1989, 2000).[8]