Categories
  • Charleston Golden Eagles
    •   Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
      supported by EncyclosphereKSF

    Charleston Golden Eagles

    From Wikipedia - Reading time: 7 min
    Not to be confused with Charleston Cougars, the athletics teams of the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.
    Charleston Golden Eagles
    Logo
    UniversityUniversity of Charleston
    ConferenceMEC (primary)[1]
    EIVA (men's volleyball)
    NCAADivision II
    Athletic directorBren Stevens
    LocationCharleston, West Virginia
    Varsity teams19 (9 men's, 10 women's)
    Football stadiumUniversity of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field
    Basketball arenaWehrle Arena
    Baseball stadiumTriana Field
    Appalachian Power Park
    MascotMoHarv
    NicknameGolden Eagles
    ColorsMaroon and gold[2]
       
    Websiteucgoldeneagles.com

    The Charleston Golden Eagles, known previously as the Morris Harvey Golden Eagles, are the athletic teams that represent the University of Charleston, located in Charleston, West Virginia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Golden Eagles compete as members of the Mountain East Conference for all varsity sports except men's volleyball. Charleston was a founding member of the Mountain East following the 2013 demise of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, of which Charleston had been a member since 1924. Prior to 1978, the university was called Morris Harvey College. Charleston's main rivals are the West Virginia State University Yellow Jackets.

    Varsity teams

    [edit]

    History

    [edit]

    In June 2012, UC was one of nine members of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) that announced their plans to leave to form a new Division II conference. Two months later, the new conference was unveiled as the MEC, with UC as one of 12 charter members.[1] The school's newest sport is men's volleyball, which played its first season as a varsity program in spring 2015. Since men's volleyball has a combined national championship for Division I and Division II schools, UC competes as an effective Division I member in that sport; it spent its first season as an independent before joining the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association for the 2016 season and beyond.[3]

    In 2005, UC entered into a partnership with the local school board to refurbish the school board–owned Laidley Field, which was renamed University of Charleston Stadium. The campus also boasts new or renovated softball, football, baseball, and soccer fields, and competes in 18 Division II sports.

    List of teams

    [edit]
    Men's sports Women's sports
    Baseball Basketball
    Basketball Cheerleading
    Cross Country Cross Country
    Football Golf
    Golf Lacrosse
    Soccer Soccer
    Tennis Softball
    Track & Field Tennis
    Volleyball1 Track & Field
    Volleyball
    Notes
    • 1 = Men's volleyball competes in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association.[3]

    National championships

    [edit]

    Team

    [edit]
    Sport Association Division Year Opponent/Runner-up Score
    Men's soccer NCAA Division II 2017 Lynn 2–2 (2OT, pen.)
    2019 Cal State Los Angeles 2–0

    Team

    [edit]
    Sport Association Division EIVA Record Overall Record
    Men's volleyball NCAA Division I 2022/23 NCAA Division I Conference Record 5-5 (3rd overall) 22-7

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ a b "Member Institutions - Mountain East Conference". Mountain East Conference. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
    2. ^ UC Branding Manual (PDF). Retrieved August 4, 2016.
    3. ^ a b "Main Page - Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association". Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
    [edit]
    Wikimedia Commons has media related to University of Charleston athletics.
    This article is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
    Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston Golden Eagles
    Status: article is cached
    Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF