Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

American collegiate athletic conference

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

Association| NCAA
Founded| 1992
Commissioner| Foti Mellis (since 2021)
Sports fielded|

* 11
* men's: 5
* women's: 5

Division| Division I
No. of teams| 39 (38 in 2024)
Headquarters| Seattle, Washington
Region| Western United States, Southwestern United States, Southern United States, Northwestern United States
Official website| www.mpsports.org
Locations

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) is a college athletic conference with members located mostly in the western United States, although it has added members as far east as Pennsylvania. The conference participates at the NCAA Division I level, primarily in Olympic sports that are not sponsored by a school's primary conference (such as the Pac-12 and Big West, many of whose members participate in MPSF competition in at least one of its sports).

## History

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The MPSF was founded in 1992 to provide an outlet for competition in non-revenue-producing Olympic sports. The MPSF conducts championships in men's volleyball, as well as indoor track, gymnastics, and water polo for both men and women. In 2010 the MPSF added women's swimming and diving, and added those sports for men in the 2011–12 season. The 2012–13 school year was the last for MPSF competition in men's soccer, and the 2020–21 school year was the last for MPSF women's lacrosse.

The conference membership varies by sport; 39 schools are MPSF members in at least one of its sponsored sports. Schools are not required to participate in MPSF competition for a sponsored sport if their primary conference affiliation sponsors a competition in that sport (e.g. Pac-12 in soccer and women's gymnastics).

All MPSF members have a primary conference affiliation. All Big West Conference members house at least one sport in the MPSF. The West Coast Conference is represented by six schools (Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Francisco). The Pac-12 Conference was represented by five (Arizona State, California, Stanford, UCLA, USC). Three conferences are represented by 2 schools: the Big 12 Conference (BYU, Oklahoma), the Mountain West Conference (Air Force and San Jose State), and the Western Athletic Conference (Grand Canyon and Southern Utah). Twelve conferences are represented by one school each – the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (Penn State Behrend), the Big Sky Conference (Sacramento State), the Big Ten Conference (Indiana), the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (Augustana (IL)), the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (Alaska Anchorage), the Lone Star Conference (Texas Woman's), the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (Wheaton (MA)), the Pacific West Conference (Concordia–Irvine), the Presidents' Athletic Conference (Washington & Jefferson), the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (Austin), and the Southland Conference (Incarnate Word).

All of the MPSF members from the Pac-12 left at the end of the 2023–24 school year, at which time the Big Ten is represented by three schools (adding UCLA and USC), and the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12 are each be represented by two (ACC: California and Stanford; Big 12: adding Arizona State but losing Oklahoma). Also in 2024–25, the Pacific West representation will increase to four schools with the arrival of Jessup University Jessup, Menlo, and Vanguard while the Southeastern Conference will be represented by Oklahoma.

Due to the Big West addition of men's and women's swimming and diving as a sponsored sport beginning in the 2024-25 school year,[1] six Big West members will move their aquatics programs to their primary conference, including three members (Bakersfield, Cal Poly, and UC Santa Barbara) who were only MPSF members in aquatics and will thus effectively leave the MPSF.

Al Beaird was the first Executive Director of the MPSF for 24 years, from 1998 to 2021. Foti Mellis became the second executive director on June 1, 2021. Mellis was a Senior Associate Athletic Director at the University of California.

## Members

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Source:[2]

### Existing members

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Institution  | Location  | Nickname  | Primary
conference  | Division

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United States Air Force Academy | USAF Academy, Colorado | Falcons | Mountain West | NCAA D-I
University of Alaska Anchorage | Anchorage, Alaska | Seawolves | GNAC | NCAA D-II
Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona | Sun Devils | Big 12 | NCAA D-I
Augustana College (IL) | Rock Island, Illinois | Vikings  | CCIW | NCAA D-III
Austin College[3] | Sherman, Texas | Kangaroos | SCAC | NCAA D-III
Brigham Young University | Provo, Utah | Cougars | Big 12 | NCAA D-I
California Polytechnic State University | San Luis Obispo, California | Mustangs | Big West | NCAA D-I
California State University, Bakersfield | Bakersfield, California | Roadrunners | Big West | NCAA D-I
California State University, Fullerton | Fullerton, California | Titans | Big West | NCAA D-I
California State University, Long Beach | Long Beach, California | Beach | Big West | NCAA D-I
California State University, Northridge | Northridge, California | Matadors | Big West | NCAA D-I
California State University, Sacramento | Sacramento, California | Hornets | Big Sky | NCAA D-I
University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, California | Golden Bears | ACC | NCAA D-I
University of California, Davis | Davis, California | Aggies | Big West | NCAA D-I
University of California, Irvine | Irvine, California | Anteaters | Big West | NCAA D-I
University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California | Bruins | Big Ten | NCAA D-I
University of California, Riverside | Riverside, California | Highlanders | Big West | NCAA D-I
University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, California | Tritons | Big West | NCAA D-I
University of California, Santa Barbara | Isla Vista, California | Gauchos | Big West | NCAA D-I
Concordia University Irvine | Irvine, California | Eagles | Pacific West | NCAA D-II
Grand Canyon University | Phoenix, Arizona | Antelopes | WAC
(WCC in 2025) | NCAA D-I
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa | Honolulu, Hawai'i | Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wahine | Big West | NCAA D-I
University of the Incarnate Word | San Antonio, Texas | Cardinals | Southland | NCAA D-I
Indiana University Bloomington | Bloomington, Indiana | Hoosiers | Big Ten | NCAA D-I
University of Oklahoma | Norman, Oklahoma | Sooners | SEC | NCAA D-I
University of Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | Ducks | Big Ten | NCAA D-I
University of the Pacific | Stockton, California | Tigers | WCC | NCAA D-I
Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College | Erie, Pennsylvania | Lions | AMCC | NCAA D-III
Pepperdine University | Malibu, California | Waves | WCC | NCAA D-I
University of Portland | Portland, Oregon | Pilots | WCC | NCAA D-I
Saint Mary's College of California | Moraga, California | Gaels | WCC | NCAA D-I
University of San Diego | San Diego, California | Toreros | WCC | NCAA D-I
University of San Francisco | San Francisco, California | Dons | WCC | NCAA D-I
San Jose State University | San Jose, California | Spartans | Mountain West | NCAA D-I
University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California | Trojans | Big Ten | NCAA D-I
Southern Utah University | Cedar City, Utah | Thunderbirds | WAC | NCAA D-I
Stanford University | Stanford, California | Cardinal | ACC | NCAA D-I
Texas Woman's University | Denton, Texas | Pioneers | Lone Star | NCAA D-II
University of Washington | Seattle, Washington | Huskies | Big Ten | NCAA D-I
Washington & Jefferson College | Washington, Pennsylvania | Presidents | PAC | NCAA D-III
Wheaton College (MA) | Norton, Massachusetts | Lyons | NEWMAC | NCAA D-III

### Future members

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Institution  | Location  | Nickname  | Primary
conference  | Division

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Jessup University | Rocklin, California | Warriors | PacWest | NCAA D-II
Menlo College | Atherton, California | Oaks
Vanguard University | Costa Mesa, California | Lions | PacWest | NCAA D-II

### Former members

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Institution  | Location  | Nickname  | Primary
conference[a] | Division

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University of Arizona | Tucson, Arizona | Wildcats | Big 12 | NCAA D-I
California Baptist University | Riverside, California | Lancers | WAC | NCAA D-I
California State University, Fresno | Fresno, California | Bulldogs | Mountain West | NCAA D-I
University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, Colorado | Buffaloes | Big 12 | NCAA D-I
University of Denver | Denver, Colorado | Pioneers | Summit | NCAA D-I
University of Idaho | Moscow, Idaho | Vandals | Big Sky | NCAA D-I
Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, California | Lions | WCC | NCAA D-I
University of Nebraska | Lincoln, Nebraska | Cornhuskers | Big Ten | NCAA D-I
University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Paradise, Nevada | Rebels | Mountain West | NCAA D-I
University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Lobos | Mountain West | NCAA D-I
University of North Dakota | Grand Forks, North Dakota | Fighting Hawks | Summit | NCAA D-I
University of Northern Colorado | Greeley, Colorado | Bears | Big Sky | NCAA D-I
Oregon State University | Corvallis, Oregon | Beavers | Pac-12 | NCAA D-I
San Diego State University | San Diego, California | Aztecs | Mountain West | NCAA D-I
Seattle University | Seattle, Washington | Redhawks | WAC | NCAA D-I
Seattle Pacific University | Seattle, Washington | Falcons | GNAC | NCAA D-II
University of Utah | Salt Lake City, Utah | Utes | Big 12 | NCAA D-I
Utah State University | Logan, Utah | Aggies | Mountain West | NCAA D-I
Washington State University | Pullman, Washington | Cougars | Pac-12 | NCAA D-I
University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming | Cowboys & Cowgirls | Mountain West | NCAA D-I

Notes

1. ^ Current affiliation; does not necessarily match affiliation(s) during a school's MPSF tenure.

## Sports

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The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation sponsors championship competition in five men's and five women's NCAA sanctioned sports[4] The MPSF dropped men's soccer after the 2012 season. The moves of Denver (all sports) and New Mexico (soccer only) to other conferences left the MPSF with six soccer members, but all six would soon leave due to moves by the Western Athletic Conference. MPSF soccer member Seattle was already in the WAC, and another MPSF soccer school, CSU Bakersfield, was already committed to join the WAC in 2013. Because the WAC dropped football after the 2012 season due to a near-complete membership turnover, it needed to add another men's sport to maintain its Division I status. To that end, it invited the four remaining MPSF soccer schools to join them; all accepted, and the WAC began sponsoring men's soccer in 2013–14.[5]

In October 2015, Arizona State announced that it would elevate its club team in women's lacrosse to full varsity status starting in the 2017–18 school year (2018 season), which will give the Pac-12 six women's lacrosse schools. This number is required by league bylaws for official sponsorship of a sport, and is also the number of teams required for a conference to be an automatic NCAA tournament qualifier. This led the Pac-12 to announce that all of its women's lacrosse teams would leave the MPSF for the new Pac-12 lacrosse league for the 2018 season. MPSF women's lacrosse continued to operate through the 2021 season, though it would lose its automatic NCAA tournament bid after the 2019 season.[6]

The next major change in conference membership came in January 2016, when the Golden Coast Conference, a water polo-only league that previously operated only a women's competition, announced it would add a men's division effective with the 2016–17 season. The GCC took six of the 10 members of the MPSF men's water polo league, leaving the MPSF with only the four Pac-12 members that sponsor the sport.[7]

On May 31, 2016, the Big West Conference announced that it would begin sponsoring men's volleyball in the 2017–18 school year (2018 season). The Big West men's volleyball league launched with full members Long Beach State, Cal State Northridge, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Hawai'i, plus associate member UC San Diego (which joined the Big West full-time in July 2020). UC San Diego left the federation with the launch of Big West men's volleyball, but the other Big West members remain in the MPSF in other sports.[8] California Baptist also exited the MPSF after dropping its only conference sport of men's volleyball shortly after the 2017 season, and Cal State Bakersfield (now being rebranded athletically as Bakersfield) left the MPSF after dropping its last remaining conference sport of women's water polo at the same time.[9]

It was announced in August 2021 that the MPSF would add men's and women's fencing to the conference as the tenth sport.[10]

It was announced in September 2021 that the MPSF would add women's artistic swimming to the conference as the eleventh sport.[11]

On November 9, 2023, the MPSF announced that it would add beach volleyball, a women-only sport at the NCAA level, for the 2025 season (2024–25 school year). The inaugural membership in that sport will consist mainly of schools that are leaving the Pac-12 Conference, which sponsors beach volleyball, after 2023–24: California, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, and Washington. The only member not coming from the Pac-12 is Grand Canyon.[12] The following month, the MPSF announced that Saint Mary's, which had been an MPSF member in women's lacrosse before the school dropped the sport in 2017, had returned to the conference in women's indoor track & field.[13]

MPSF Teams Sport | Men's | Women's

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Artistic Swimming | - | 4
Gymnastics | 4 | 4
Fencing | 4 | 4
Swimming & Diving | 7 | 10
Indoor Track & Field | 5 | 11
Volleyball | 7 | \-
Water polo | 8 | 7

### Membership by sport

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School  | Artistic Swimming  | Fencing[a] | Men's Gymnastics  | Women's Gymnastics  | Men's Indoor Track & Field  | Women's Indoor Track & Field  | Men's Swimming & diving  | Women's Swimming & diving  | Men's Volleyball  | Men's Water Polo  | Women's Water Polo  | Total MPSF Sports

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Air Force | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 2
Alaska Anchorage | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 1
Arizona State | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | 1
Augustana (IL) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | 1
Austin | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | 1
BYU | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | 1
Cal Poly | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | 2
Cal State Bakersfield | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | 2
Cal State Fullerton | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | 2
Cal State Northridge | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | 2
California | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | 3
Concordia–Irvine | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | 1
Grand Canyon | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | 1
Hawaii | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | 3
Incarnate Word | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | 4
Indiana | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | 1
Long Beach State | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | 2
Oklahoma | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 1
Pacific | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | 2
Penn State Behrend | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | 1
Pepperdine | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | 2
Portland | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | 2
Sacramento State | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 1
Saint Mary's | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | 1
San Diego | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | 1
San Francisco | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | 1
San Jose State | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | 1
Southern California | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | 3
Southern Utah | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 1
Stanford | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | 6
Texas Woman's | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 1
UC Davis | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | 3
UC Irvine | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | 1
UCLA | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | 3
UC Riverside | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | 2
UC San Diego | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | 3
UC Santa Barbara | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | 2
Washington & Jefferson | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | 1
Wheaton (MA) | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 1
Totals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 |

1. ^ Coed sport.

## Aquatics

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There are three sports that are sponsored under the aquatics section. Men's and women's swimming and diving were launched in the 2010-11 season. Artistic swimming was later added in the 2021-22 season.

In June 2023, the Big West announced the addition of men's and women's swimming and diving as a sponsored sport beginning in the 2024-25 school year.[1] As a result, six Big West members will move their aquatics programs to their primary conference, including three members (Bakersfield, Cal Poly, and UC Santa Barbara) who were only MPSF members in aquatics and will thus effectively leave the MPSF.

### Current members

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Institution  | Location  | Nickname  | Artistic  | Men  | Women  | Primary
conference  | Joined

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California Polytechnic State University | San Luis Obispo, California | Mustangs | N | Y | Y | Big West | 2010 (W)
2014 (M)
California State University, Bakersfield | Bakersfield, California | Roadrunners | N | Y | Y | Big West | 2010/2021 (M/W)
University of California, Davis | Davis, California | Aggies | N | N | Y | Big West | 2010
University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, California | Tritons | N | Y | Y | Big West | 2018 (M/W)
University of California, Santa Barbara | Isla Vista, California | Gauchos | N | Y | Y | Big West | 2010 (M)
2014 (M)
University of Hawaii at Mānoa | Honolulu, Hawaii | Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wahine | N | Y | Y | Big West | 2011 (M)
2012 (W)
University of the Incarnate Word | San Antonio, Texas | Cardinals | Y | Y | Y | Southland | 2021 (A)
2022 (M/W)
University of the Pacific | Stockton, California | Tigers | N | Y | Y | WCC | 2010 (M/W)
Pepperdine University | Malibu, California | Waves | N | N | Y | WCC | 2023
University of San Diego | San Diego, California | Toreros | N | N | Y | WCC | 2010
Stanford University | Stanford, California | Cardinal | Y | N | N | ACC | 2021
Texas Woman's University | Denton, Texas | Pioneers | Y | N | N | Lone Star | 2021
Wheaton College (MA) | Norton, Massachusetts | Lyons | Y | N | N | NEWMAC | 2021

### Former members

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Institution  | Location  | Nickname  | Team  | Primary
conference  | Joined  | Left

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United States Air Force Academy | USAF Academy, Colorado | Falcons | Men  | Mountain West | 2011  | 2013
Brigham Young University | Provo, Utah | Cougars | Men
Women  | Big 12 | 2011  | 2023
University of Denver | Denver, Colorado | Pioneers | Men  | Summit | 2012  | 2013
Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, California | Lions | Women  | WCC | 2010  | 2014
University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Paradise, Nevada | Rebels | Men  | Mountain West | 2011  | 2013
University of North Dakota | Grand Forks, North Dakota | Fighting Hawks | Men  | Summit | 2011  | 2013
University of Northern Colorado | Greeley, Colorado | Bears | Women  | Big Sky | 2010  | 2012
Seattle University | Seattle, Washington | Redhawks | Men  | WAC | 2010  | 2013
Women  | 2012
University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming | Cowboys & Cowgirls | Men  | Mountain West | 2011  | 2013

### Timeline

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All aquatic sports Men's & women's swimming & diving Women's swimming & diving Men's swimming & diving Artistic swimming

### Conference Champions

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Year | Men | Women

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2010–11 | CSU Bakersfield | UC Davis
2011–12 | Brigham Young | Brigham Young
2012–13 | UNLV  | UC Davis
2013–14  | Brigham Young
2014–15 | Hawaii
2015–16 | UC Davis
2016–17  | UC Santa Barbara  | Hawaii
2017–18
2018–19  | Hawaii
2019–20
2020–21  | Brigham Young
2021–22 | UC San Diego
2022–23 | Hawaii

## Fencing

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Fencing was introduced as an MPSF sport in the 2021-22 season.

### Current members

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The MPSF currently has three members that participate in fencing.

Institution  | Location  | Nickname  | Primary
conference  | Joined

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United States Air Force Academy | USAF Academy, Colorado | Falcons | Mountain West | 2021
University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, California | Tritons | Big West
University of the Incarnate Word | San Antonio, Texas | Cardinals | Southland

### Former members

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Institution  | Location  | Nickname  | Primary
conference  | Joined  | Left

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Stanford University | Stanford, California | Cardinal | ACC | 2021  | 2024

### Timeline

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Fencing members

### Conference Champions

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Year | Team

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2021-22  | Stanford
2022-23
2023-24

## Gymnastics

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Men's gymnastics was introduced as an MPSF sport with the formation of the conference while women's gymnastics was initiated for the 2001-02 season.

### Current members

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The MPSF currently has four members that participate in men's gymnastics and four for women's.

Institution  | Location  | Nickname  | Men  | Women  | Primary
conference  | Joined

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United States Air Force Academy | USAF Academy, Colorado | Falcons | Y | N | Mountain West | 1992
University of Alaska Anchorage | Anchorage, Alaska | Seawolves | N | Y | GNAC
(NCAA D-II) | 2002
University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, California | Golden Bears | Y | N | ACC | 1992
University of California, Davis | Davis, California | Aggies | N | Y | Big West | 2001
California State University, Sacramento | Sacramento, California | Hornets | N | Y | Big Sky | 2001
2013
University of Oklahoma | Norman, Oklahoma | Sooners | Y | N | SEC | 1992
Southern Utah University[14] | Cedar City, Utah | Thunderbirds | N | Y | WAC
| 2023
Stanford University | Stanford, California | Cardinal | Y | N | ACC | 1992

### Former members

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Institution  | Location  | Nickname  | Team  | Primary
conference  | Joined  | Left

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United States Air Force Academy | USAF Academy, Colorado | Falcons | Women  | Mountain West | 2001  | 2023
Brigham Young University | Provo, Utah | Cougars | Men  | Big 12 | 1992  | 2000
University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California | Bruins | Men  | Big Ten | 1992  | 1994
University of California, Santa Barbara | Isla Vista, California | Gauchos | Men  | Big West | 1992  | 2002
Women  | 2001
University of Nebraska | Lincoln, Nebraska | Cornhuskers | Men  | Big Ten | 1994  | 2011
University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Lobos | Men  | Mountain West | 1992  | 1999
San Jose State University | San Jose, California | Spartans | Men  | Mountain West | 1992  | 1997
Women  | 2001  | 2005
2013  | 2023
Seattle Pacific University | Seattle, Washington | Falcons | Women  | GNAC
(NCAA D-II) | 2002  | 2020
Utah State University | Logan, Utah | Aggies | Women  | Mountain West | 2012  | 2013

### Timeline

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Men's & women's gymnastics Women's gymnastics Men's gymnastics

### Conference champions

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| Year | Men | Women

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1992–93 | Stanford  | —
1993–94 | UCLA
1994–95 | Stanford
1995–96 | Oklahoma
1996–97 | Nebraska
1997–98 | California
1998–99  | Nebraska
Oklahoma
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02  | Sacramento State
2002–03
2003–04 | California | San Jose State
2004–05  | Oklahoma  | Sacramento State
2005–06  | Seattle Pacific
2006–07
2007–08 | UC Davis
2008–09 | Stanford | Alaska–Anchorage
2009–10 | Oklahoma  | UC Davis
2010–11 | Stanford
2011–12  | Oklahoma
2012–13
2013–14 | Sacramento State
2014–15 | UC Davis
2015–16 | Sacramento State
2016–17  | San Jose State
2017–18
2018–19  | Air Force
2019–20  | —  | —
2020–21 | Oklahoma
2021–22  | Stanford  | San Jose State
2022–23  | UC Davis
2023–24  | Southern Utah

### National champions

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| Year | Team

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1993 | Stanford (M)
1995 | Stanford (M)
1997 | California (M)
1998 | California (M)
2002 | Oklahoma (M)
2003 | Oklahoma (M)
2005 | Oklahoma (M)
2006 | Oklahoma (M)
2008 | Oklahoma (M)
2009 | Stanford (M)
2011 | Stanford (M)
2015 | Oklahoma (M)
2016 | Oklahoma (M)
2017 | Oklahoma (M)
2018 | Oklahoma (M)
2019 | Stanford (M)
2021 | Stanford (M)
2022 | Stanford (M)
2023 | Stanford (M)
2024 | Stanford (M)

## Indoor Track & Field

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Men's and women's indoor track & field were introduced for the 1992–93 season as one of the conference's inaugural sports. Conference records before 1999 are incomplete.

### Current members

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Institution  | Location  | Nickname  | Men  | Women  | Primary
conference  | Joined

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California State University, Fullerton | Fullerton, California | Titans | Y | Y | Big West | 2021 (M)
2013 (W)
California State University, Northridge | Northridge, California | Matadors | Y | Y | Big West | 1994, 2001, 2007 (M)
1992, 2001, 2007 (W)[a]
California State University, Long Beach | Long Beach, California | Beach | Y | Y | Big West | 1995
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa | Honolulu, Hawai'i | Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wahine | N | Y | Big West | 2012
Pepperdine University | Malibu, California | Waves | N | Y | WCC | 2022
University of Portland | Portland, Oregon | Pilots | Y | Y | WCC | 1995, 2014 (M)
1993, 2014 (W)[b]
Saint Mary's College of California | Moraga, California | Gaels | N | Y | WCC | 2024
University of San Francisco | San Francisco, California | Dons | N | Y | WCC | 2017
University of California, Davis | Davis, California | Aggies | N[c] | Y | Big West | 2004, 2017[d]
University of California, Irvine | Irvine, California | Anteaters | N | Y | Big West | 2002, 2010[e]
University of California, Riverside | Riverside, California | Highlanders | Y | Y | Big West | 2001, 2016[f]

1. ^ Cal State Northridge's men's and women's teams departed in 1996 before rejoining in 2001 but then departed again in 2005 to rejoin for a second time in 2007.
2. ^ Portland's men's team departed in 1996 and the women's team departed in 1999 before both teams rejoined in 2014.
3. ^ UC Davis sponsored a men's team that competed in the MPSF from 2004-2005.
4. ^ UC Davis' women's team departed in 2005 before rejoining in 2017.
5. ^ UC Irvine's women's team departed in 2007 before rejoining in 2010.
6. ^ UC Riverside's men's and women's team departed in 2002 before rejoining in 2016.

### Former members

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Institution  | Location  | Nickname  | Team  | Primary
conference  | Joined  | Left

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University of Arizona | Tucson, Arizona | Wildcats | Men & Women  | Big 12 | 1993  | 2020
Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona | Sun Devils | Men & Women  | Big 12 | 1996
2006  | 2002
2020
Brigham Young University | Provo, Utah | Cougars | Men & Women  | Big 12 | 2011  | 2023
California Polytechnic State University | San Luis Obispo, California | Mustangs | Women  | Big West | 2002  | 2006
University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, California | Golden Bears | Men & Women  | ACC | 1992  | 2020
University of California, Davis | Davis, California | Aggies | Men  | Big West | 2004  | 2005
University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California | Bruins | Men  | Big Ten | 2000  | 2020
Women  | 1996
University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, Colorado | Buffaloes | Men & Women  | Big 12 | 2011  | 2020
University of Idaho | Moscow, Idaho | Vandals | Men  | Big Sky | 1995
2002  | 1997
2004
Women  | 1995  | 1996
University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Paradise, Nevada | Rebels | Women  | Mountain West | 1992  | 1996
University of Nevada, Reno | Reno, Nevada | Wolf Pack | Women  | Mountain West | 1992  | 2000
University of Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | Ducks | Men & Women  | Big Ten | 1992  | 2020
Oregon State University | Corvallis, Oregon | Beavers | Women  | Pac-12 | 2014  | 2020
University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California | Trojans | Men & Women  | Big Ten | 2013  | 2020
Stanford University | Stanford, California | Cardinal | Men & Women  | ACC | 1992  | 2020
University of Utah | Salt Lake City, Utah | Utes | Women  | Big 12 | 2011  | 2020
Utah State University | Logan, Utah | Aggies | Men & Women  | Mountain West | 1992  | 2004
University of Washington | Seattle, Washington | Huskies | Men & Women  | Big Ten | 1992  | 2020
Washington State University | Pullman, Washington | Cougars | Men & Women  | Pac-12 | 1993  | 2020

### Conference champions

[edit]

| Year | Men | Women

|
|

1992–93 | California | UNLV
1993–94  | Arizona  | Utah State
1994–95  | Arizona
1995–96  | Washington
1996–97 | Idaho  | Stanford
1997–98 | Washington State
1998–99  | Stanford  | Washington State
1999–00
2000–01 | Washington State  | Arizona
2001–02  | UCLA
2002–03  | Stanford
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06  | Washington
2006–07  | Arizona State
2007–08 | Oregon
2008–09  | UCLA  | Stanford
2009–10  | Oregon
2010–11 | Stanford
2011–12  | Arizona State  | Stanford
2012–13  | Oregon
2013–14 | California  | USC
2014–15 | Oregon
2015–16 | USC | Oregon
2016–17 | Oregon  | USC
2017–18 | USC
2018–19  | Brigham Young
2019–20  | Oregon
2020–21 | — | —
2021-22  | BYU  | BYU
2022-23

### National champions

[edit]

All national champions are in men's volleyball.

| Year | Team

|

1999–00 | UCLA (W)
2000–01 | UCLA (W)
2006–07 | Arizona State (W)
2007–08 | Arizona State (M)
2007–08 | Arizona State (W)
2008–09 | Oregon (M)
2009–10 | Oregon (W)
2010–11 | Oregon (W)
2011–12 | Oregon (W)
2012–13 | Oregon (W)
2013–14 | Oregon (M)
2013–14 | Oregon (W)
2014–15 | Oregon (M)
2015–16 | Oregon (M)
2015–16 | Oregon (W)
2016–17 | Oregon (W)
2020–21 | Oregon (M)

## Volleyball

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Men's volleyball was introduced for the 1993 season (1992–93 school year) as one of the conference's inaugural sports. The MPSF will add beach volleyball in the 2025 season (2024–25 school year). The MPSF added the sport in the wake of the collapse of the Pac-12 Conference, which saw 10 of its 12 members leave for other conferences after the 2023–24 school year. Of the 10 departing schools, nine sponsor beach volleyball. Three left for the Big 12 Conference, which announced it would start sponsoring beach volleyball in 2024–25.[15] The other six, which joined either the Atlantic Coast Conference or the Big Ten Conference, will make up almost all of the inaugural MPSF beach volleyball membership. California, Stanford, UCLA, and USC are current MPSF members in other sports, and Oregon and Washington are returning MPSF members. The only inaugural beach volleyball member not arriving from the Pac-12 is Grand Canyon.

### Current members

[edit]

Institution  | Location  | Nickname  | Men  | Women
(beach)  | Primary
conference  | Joined

|
|
|
|
|
|

Brigham Young University | Provo, Utah | Cougars | Y | N | Big 12 | 1992
University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, California | Golden Bears | N | Y | ACC | 2024
Concordia University Irvine | Irvine, California | Eagles | Y | N | Pacific West | 2017
Grand Canyon University | Phoenix, Arizona | Antelopes | Y | N [a] | WAC
(WCC in 2025) | 2017 (M)
2024 (W)
Pepperdine University | Malibu, California | Waves | Y | N | WCC | 1992
University of Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | Ducks | N | Y | Big Ten | 2024
Stanford University | Stanford, California | Cardinal | Y | Y | ACC | 1992 (M)
2024 (W)
University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California | Bruins | Y | Y | Big Ten
University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California
(South Los Angeles) | Trojans | Y | Y
University of Washington | Seattle, Washington | Huskies | N | Y | 2024

1. ^ Joined in 2024, but leaving in 2025 when it joins the beach volleyball-sponsoring West Coast Conference.

### Future members

[edit]

Institution  | Location  | Nickname  | Men  | Women
(Beach)  | Primary
conference  | Joining

|
|
|
|
|
|

Grand Canyon University | Phoenix, Arizona | Antelopes | N | Y | WAC
(WCC in 2025) | 2024
Menlo College | Atherton, California | Oaks | Y | N | PacWest | 2024
Vanguard University | Costa Mesa, California | Lions | Y | N | PacWest
Jessup University | Rocklin, California | Warriors | Y | N | PacWest | TBD

### Former members

[edit]

Institution  | Location  | Nickname  | Team  | Primary
conference  | Joined  | Left

|
|
|
|
|
|

California Baptist University | Riverside, California | Lancers | Men  | WAC | 2012  | 2017
California State University, Long Beach | Long Beach, California | Beach | Big West | 1992
California State University, Northridge | Northridge, California | Matadors
University of California, Irvine | Irvine, California | Anteaters
University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, California | Tritons
University of California, Santa Barbara | Isla Vista, California | Gauchos
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa | Honolulu, Hawai'i | Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wahine
Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles, California | Lions | WCC | 2000
University of the Pacific | Stockton, California | Tigers | 2014
San Diego State University | San Diego, California | Aztecs | Mountain West | 2000

### Timeline

[edit]

Men's & women's (beach) volleyball Women's (beach) volleyball Men's volleyball

### Conference champions

[edit]

| Year | Men | Women
(Beach)

|
|

1993 | UCLA  | —
1994 | UCLA (2)
1995 | UCLA (3)
1996 | UCLA (4)
1997 | Stanford
1998 | Pepperdine
1999 | Brigham Young
2000 | UCLA (5)
2001 | UCLA (6)
2002 | Pepperdine (2)
2003 | Brigham Young (2)
2004 | Brigham Young (3)
2005 | Pepperdine (3)
2006 | UCLA (7)
2007 | UC Irvine
2008 | Pepperdine (4)
2009 | USC
2010 | Stanford (2)
2011 | UC Santa Barbara
2012 | UC Irvine (2)
2013 | Brigham Young (4)
2014 | Brigham Young (5)
2015 | UC Irvine (3)
2016 | Brigham Young (6)
2017 | Long Beach State
2018 | Brigham Young (7)
2019 | Pepperdine (5)
2020 | —
2021 | Brigham Young (8)
2022 | Pepperdine (6)
2023 | UCLA (8)
2024 | Grand Canyon

### National champions

[edit]

All national champions are in men's volleyball.

| Year | Team

|

1993 | UCLA
1995 | UCLA
1996 | UCLA
1997 | Stanford
1998 | UCLA
1999 | Brigham Young
2000 | UCLA
2001 | Brigham Young
2002 | Hawaii†
2004 | Brigham Young
2005 | Pepperdine
2006 | UCLA (6)
2007 | UC Irvine
2009 | UC Irvine
2010 | Stanford
2012 | UC Irvine
2013 | UC Irvine
2023 | UCLA
2024 | UCLA

† — Vacated due to NCAA violations

## Conference champions

[edit]

Source: [16]

### Women's lacrosse

[edit]

| Year | Team

|

2004 | California
2005 | Stanford
2006 | Stanford
2007 | Stanford
2008 | Stanford
2009 | Stanford
2010 | Stanford
2011 | Stanford
2012 | Oregon
2013 | Stanford
2014 | Denver
2015 | Stanford
2016 | USC
2017 | USC
2018 | San Diego State
2019 | San Diego State
2020 | N/A
2021 | UC Davis

### Men's soccer

[edit]

Year | Team

|

1992 | Washington
1993 | UCLA
1994 | Fresno State
1995 | UCLA
1996 | UCLA
1997 | UCLA
1998 | Washington
1999 | Washington
2000 | San Jose State
2001 | New Mexico
2002 | New Mexico
2003 | San Jose State
2004 | New Mexico
2005 | New Mexico
2006 | New Mexico
2007 | New Mexico
2008 | Denver
2009 | Sacramento State
2010 | Sacramento State
2011 | New Mexico
2012 | Air Force

### Men's track & field indoor

[edit]

| Year | Team

|

1992–93 | California
1993–94 | Arizona
1994–95 | Arizona
1995–96 | Arizona
1996–97 | Idaho
1997–98 | Washington State
1998–99 | Stanford
1999–00 | Stanford
2000–01 | Washington State
2001–02 | UCLA
2002–03 | UCLA
2003–04 | UCLA
2004–05 | UCLA
2005–06 | Washington
2006–07 | Washington
2007–08 | Oregon
2008–09 | UCLA
2009–10 | UCLA
2010–11 | Stanford
2011–12 | Arizona State
2012–13 | Arizona State
2013–14 | California
2014–15 | Oregon
2015–16 | USC
2016–17 | Oregon
2017–18 | USC
2018–19 | Brigham Young
2019–20 | Brigham Young
2020–21 | N/A

### Women's track & field indoor

[edit]

Year | Team

|

1992–93 | UNLV
1993–94 | Utah State
1994–95 | Arizona
1995–96 | Washington
1996–97 | Stanford
1997–98 | Stanford
1998–99 | Washington State
1999–00 | Washington State
2000–01 | Arizona
2001–02 | Arizona
2002–03 | Stanford
2003–04 | Stanford
2004–05 | Stanford
2005–06 | Stanford
2006–07 | Arizona State
2007–08 | Arizona State
2008–09 | Stanford
2009–10 | Oregon
2010–11 | Oregon
2011–12 | Stanford
2012–13 | Oregon
2013–14 | USC
2014–15 | USC
2015–16 | Oregon
2016–17 | USC
2017–18 | USC
2018–19 | USC
2019–20 | Oregon
2020–21 | N/A

### Men's water polo

[edit]

| Year | Team

|

1992 | California
1993 | California
1994 | Stanford
1995 | California
1996 | USC
1997 | USC
1998 | Stanford
1999 | UCLA
2000 | UCLA
2001 | Stanford
2002 | California
2003 | USC
2004 | Stanford
2005 | USC
2006 | California
2007 | USC
2008 | USC
2009 | UCLA
2010 | USC
2011 | UCLA
2012 | USC
2013 | USC
2014 | UCLA
2015 | UCLA
2016 | California
2017 | USC
2018 | Stanford
2019 | Stanford
2020 | Stanford
2021 | UCLA

### Women's water polo

[edit]

Year | Team

|

1996 | UCLA
1997 | UCLA
1998 | UCLA
1999 | California
2000 | Stanford
2001 | Stanford
2002 | UCLA
2003 | Stanford
2004 | USC
2005 | UCLA
2006 | Stanford
2007 | UCLA
2008 | UCLA
2009 | USC
2010 | UCLA
2011 | California
2012 | UCLA
2013 | USC
2014 | Stanford
2015 | UCLA
2016 | USC
2017 | UCLA (11)
2018 | USC
2019 | USC
2020 | N/A
2021 | USC
2022 | Stanford
2023 | Stanford
2024 | UCLA

## NCAA titles

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The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation has won 100 NCAA titles in seven sports. UCLA has won 25 national titles. Stanford has won 20 titles. USC has won 16 titles. Oregon has won 12 titles. Oklahoma has won nine titles. California has won six titles. UC Irvine has won four titles. Arizona State and Brigham Young have won three titles. Pepperdine has won two titles. The MPSF has won every men's and women's water polo NCAA title since the inception of the conference.

### Men's gymnastics

[edit]

| Year | Team

|

1992–93 | Stanford
1994–95 | Stanford
1996–97 | California
1997–98 | California
2001–02 | Oklahoma
2002–03 | Oklahoma
2004–05 | Oklahoma
2005–06 | Oklahoma
2007–08 | Oklahoma
2008–09 | Stanford
2010–11 | Stanford
2014–15 | Oklahoma
2015–16 | Oklahoma
2016–17 | Oklahoma
2017–18 | Oklahoma
2018–19 | Stanford
2020–21 | Stanford
2021–22 | Stanford
2022–23 | Stanford

### Men's soccer

[edit]

Year | Team

|

1998 | UCLA

### Men's water polo

[edit]

| Year | Team

|

1992 | California
1993 | Stanford
1994 | Stanford
1995 | UCLA
1996 | UCLA
1997 | Pepperdine
1998 | USC
1999 | UCLA
2000 | UCLA
2001 | Stanford
2002 | Stanford
2003 | USC
2004 | UCLA
2005 | USC
2006 | California
2007 | California
2008 | USC
2009 | USC
2010 | USC
2011 | USC
2012 | USC
2013 | USC
2014 | UCLA
2015 | UCLA
2016 | California
2017 | UCLA
2018 | USC
2019 | Stanford
2020 | UCLA (9)

### Women's water polo

[edit]

Year | Team

|

2001 | UCLA
2002 | Stanford
2003 | UCLA
2004 | USC
2005 | UCLA
2006 | UCLA
2007 | UCLA
2008 | UCLA
2009 | UCLA (7)
2010 | USC
2011 | Stanford
2012 | Stanford
2013 | USC
2014 | Stanford
2015 | Stanford
2016 | USC
2017 | Stanford
2018 | USC
2019 | Stanford
2021 | USC
2022 | Stanford
2023 | Stanford
2024 | UCLA (8)

## References

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1. ^ a b Writer, Matthew De George-Senior (June 13, 2023). "Big West Approves Addition of Men's and Women's Swimming in 2024-25". Swimming World News. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
2. ^ Members - Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Archived July 27, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Mpsports.Org. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.
3. ^ "'Roo Men's Water Polo to Join Mountain Pacific Sports Federation". acroos.com. January 16, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
4. ^ Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Athletics. Mpsports.Org. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.
5. ^ "WAC Adds Men's Soccer" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 9, 2013. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
6. ^ "Pac-12 Adds Women's Lacrosse for 2018 Season". Lacrosse Magazine. October 23, 2015. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
7. ^ "GCC Launches Men's Division To Begin Play in 2016" (Press release). Golden Coast Conference. January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
8. ^ "Big West Conference Makes Men's Volleyball 18th Sponsored Sport". Big West Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
9. ^ "CSUB Athletics Announces Strategic Shift in Resources" (Press release). CSU Bakersfield Athletics. June 27, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.[permanent dead link]
10. ^ "MPSF Adds Fencing in 2021-22 as 10th Sport". MPSF. August 2, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
11. ^ "MPSF Adds Artistic Swimming in 2022 as Record-Tying 11th Sport". MPSF. September 16, 2021. Archived from the original on April 29, 2023.
12. ^ "MPSF Adds Beach Volleyball as Record-Setting 12th Sport" (Press release). Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. November 9, 2023. Archived from the original on November 11, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
13. ^ "St. Mary's to Compete in MPSF Women's Indoor Track & Field" (Press release). Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. December 7, 2023. Archived from the original on December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
14. ^ "Flippin' Birds Find a New Conference". Cedar City, UT: Southern Utah University Athletics. September 21, 2023. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
15. ^ "Big 12 to Add Beach Volleyball & Women's Lacrosse" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
16. ^ "MPSF ♦ NCAA Championship History" (PDF). Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Retrieved July 29, 2023.

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Women|

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| Men|

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* Penn State Behrend Lions
* Stanford Cardinal
* UCLA Bruins
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|

Women|

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