Southeastern Louisiana Lions and Lady Lions

Intercollegiate sports teams of Southern Louisiana University

Athletic teams representing Southeastern Louisiana University

Southeastern Louisiana Lions and Lady Lions

University| Southeastern Louisiana University
Conference| Southland Conference
NCAA| Division I (FCS)
Athletic director| Jay Artigues
Location| Hammond, Louisiana
Varsity teams| 14
Football stadium| Strawberry Stadium
Basketball arena| University Center
Baseball stadium| Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field
Softball stadium| North Oak Park
Soccer stadium| Southeastern Soccer Complex
Other venues| Southeastern Tennis Complex
Southeastern Track Complex
Mascot| Roomie the Lion
Nickname| Lions and Lady Lions
Colors| Green and gold[1]

Website| lionsports.net/index.aspx

The Southeastern Louisiana Lions and Lady Lions are composed of 14 teams representing Southeastern Louisiana University in intercollegiate athletics, competing in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Southland Conference.[2]

## Sports sponsored

[edit]

Men's sports  | Women's sports

|

Baseball | Basketball
Basketball | Beach volleyball
Cross country | Cross country
Football | Soccer
Golf | Softball
Track and field† | Tennis
| Track and field†
| Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor

### Baseball

[edit]

Main article: Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball

The Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball team represents Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana.[3] The team is a member of the Southland Conference, which is part of the NCAA Division I. The team plays its home games at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field.

### Men's basketball

[edit]

Main article: Southeastern Louisiana Lions basketball

The Southeastern Louisiana Lions basketball team represents Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana.[4] The school's team currently competes in the Southland Conference, which is part of the NCAA Division I. The team plays its home games at the University Center.

### Women's basketball

[edit]

Main article: Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions basketball

The Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions basketball team represents Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana.[5] The school's team currently competes in the Southland Conference, which is part of the NCAA Division I. The team plays its home games at the University Center.

### Women's beach volleyball

[edit]

The Southeastern Louisiana Lions women's beach volleyball team represents Southeastern Louisiana University in Division I women's beach volleyball in the Southland Conference.[6] The team first played in spring 2020.[6]

### Football

[edit]

Main article: Southeastern Louisiana Lions football

The Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team represents Southeastern Louisiana University located in Hammond, Louisiana.[2] The team competes in the Southland Conference, which is part of Division I FCS. The team plays its home games at Strawberry Stadium.

### Softball

[edit]

Main article: Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions softball

The Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions softball team represents Southeastern Louisiana University located in Hammond, Louisiana.[7] The team competes in the Southland Conference, which is part of the NCAA Division I. The team plays its home games at North Oak Park.

## National championships

[edit]

### Team

[edit]

Sport  | Association  | Division  | Year  | Opponent/Runner-up  | Score

|
|
|
|
|

Men's outdoor track and field (1)  | NAIA | Single[8] | 1975  | Eastern New Mexico | 68–63 (+5)
Cheer (1)  | UCA  | Open Co-Ed Game Day[9][10] | 2024  |  | 97.1667

## Traditions

[edit]

### "Lion Up!" cheer and gesture

[edit]

In 2014 all Southeastern athletic teams adopted the Texas Tech University hand gesture and modified the related "Guns Up!" cheer to "Lion Up!" The gesture's "L" shape thus stands for "Lion" instead of the pistol it represents at Texas Tech.[11][12]

## See also

[edit]

* List of NCAA Division I institutions

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "SLU Athletics Branding". July 27, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
2. ^ a b "Southeastern Louisiana University". ncaa.com. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
3. ^ "Southeastern Louisiana". d1baseball.com. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
4. ^ "Southeastern Louisiana Lions School Men's Basketball History". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
5. ^ "SLU Women's Basketball". lionsports.net. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
6. ^ a b "White Named Head of SLU Volleyball Program, Beach Volleyball Added as NCAA Sport". lionsports.net. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
7. ^ "SLU Softball". lionsports.net. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
8. ^ "NAIA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship Results" (PDF). NAIA Sports Information Directors Manual. NAIA. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
9. ^ "SLU Cheer, Lionettes Claim National Titles at UCA/UDA College Nationals". Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
10. ^ Pieroni, Leanza (2024-12-13). "UCA College Nationals 2024 Champions". Varsity TV. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
11. ^ Artigues, Jay (August 29, 2014). "Luncheon address". Hammond Chamber of Commerce. Hammond, Louisiana. Artigues was Athletic Director at Southeastern at the time the gesture was adopted and the cheer adapted.
12. ^ "Southeastern Names Jay Artigues Director of Athletics". lionsports.net. October 14, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2014.

## External links

[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Southeastern Louisiana University athletics.

* Official website

* v
* t
* e

Southeastern Louisiana University

Campus|

* Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts
* North Oak Park
* Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field
* Strawberry Stadium
* Pride Roofing University Center

Athletics|

* Southeastern Louisiana Lions and Lady Lions
* Baseball
* Men's basketball
* Women's basketball
* Football
* Softball

Media|

* KSLU
* Louisiana Literature

* v
* t
* e

Southland Conference

Full members|

* East Texas A&M Lions
* Houston Christian Huskies
* Incarnate Word Cardinals
* Lamar Cardinals
* McNeese State Cowboys
* Nicholls State Colonels
* New Orleans Privateers
* Northwestern State Demons
* Southeastern Louisiana Lions
* Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
* Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders
* UTRGV Vaqueros

Associate members|

* Boise State Broncos1
* San Jose State Spartans1
* Augusta Jaguars2
* Bryant Bulldogs3
* NJIT Highlanders1

Related entities|

* Southland Bowling League

* 1beach volleyball
* 2golf
* 3tennis (m)
* 4tennis (m/w)

* v
* t
* e

Sports teams based in Louisiana

Basketball|

NBA
New Orleans Pelicans

Football|

NFL
New Orleans Saints
NAL
Shreveport Rouxgaroux

Hockey|

FPHL
Baton Rouge Zydeco
Monroe Moccasins
NAHL
Shreveport Mudbugs

Rugby|

MLR
New Orleans Gold

Soccer|

NPSL
New Orleans Jesters
USL2
Louisiana Krewe FC

College athletics
(NCAA Division I)|

* Grambling State
* Louisiana
* Louisiana–Monroe
* Louisiana Tech
* LSU
* McNeese
* New Orleans
* Nicholls
* Northwestern State
* Southeastern Louisiana
* Southern
* Tulane

This article about a sports team in Louisiana is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template