The East Stroudsburg Warriors are the athletic teams that represent East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, located in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports.
| East Stroudsburg Warriors | |
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| University | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania |
| Conference | PSAC |
| NCAA | Division II |
| Athletic director | Dr. Allen G. Snook, Jr. |
| Location | East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania |
| Varsity teams | 20 (7 men's, 13 women's) |
| Football stadium | Eiler-Martin Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Koehler Fieldhouse |
| Baseball stadium | Hughes Field |
| Softball stadium | Zimbar Field |
| Lacrosse stadium | Whitenight Field |
| Nickname | Warriors |
| Colors | Red and black[1] |
| Website | esuwarriors |
The Warriors are members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) for all eighteen varsity sports and have been members of the PSAC since its foundation in 1951.
Varsity teams
editList of teams
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Men's sports (7)
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Women's sports (11)
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Individual sports
editBasketball
editIn 2018 the men's basketball team advanced to the Elite 8 quarterfinals.
Field hockey
edit- East Stroudsburg's 2001 women's field hockey team finished runner-up for the NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship.
- East Stroudsburg's 2015 women's field hockey team won the NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship.
Football
edit- East Stroudsburg's 2005 football team got to the Division II semi-finals & quarterback Jimmy Terwilliger won the Harlon Hill Trophy.
- James Franklin, the current Head Coach of Penn State, was quarterback from 1991 to 1994.
Gymnastics
edit- East Stroudsburg won the 1983 & 1984 NCAA Division II Men's Gymnastics Championships (runner-up in 1982, fifth place in 1981).[2][3]
- East Stroudsburg won the 1985 Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League championship (runner-up in 1984, third place in 1983).[4]
Men's soccer
edit- East Stroudsburg won the 1962 NAIA national men's soccer championship.[5]
- East Stroudsburg's 1972 men's soccer team produced Division I All-American goalkeeper Bob Rigby.[6]
Softball
edit- East Stroudsburg's softball team appeared in two Women's College World Series in 1975 and 1976.[7]
Other sports
edit- East Stroudsburg's 2000 women's rugby team finished runner up for the rugby.
- East Stroudsburg's 2009 women's rugby team finished runner up for the NSCRO.
- East Stroudsburg's club archery team won numerous national collegiate team championships bestowed by the National Archery Association over an era extending into the 1970s.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ East Stroudsburg Warriors Visual Identity Guidelines (PDF). Retrieved February 24, 2018.
- ^ ESU Athletics. [1], ESU Warriors, East Stroudsburg PA, 28 October 2013. Retrieved on 13 June 2014.
- ^ Bednar, Rudy. "ESU Gymnastics", The Morning Call, Stroudsburg PA, 12 April 1984. Retrieved on 13 June 2014.
- ^ EIGL Gymnastics. [2], ECAC Affiliates, Massachusetts, 28 October 2013. Retrieved on 13 June 2014.
- ^ NAIA. [3] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, NAIA, Kansas City MO, 12 April 2012. Retrieved on 13 June 2014.
- ^ U.S. National Soccer Players. [4], USNSTPA, Washington DC, 12 April 1973. Retrieved on 13 June 2014.
- ^ Plummer, William; Floyd, Larry C. (2013). A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States: Turnkey Communications Inc. ISBN 978-0-9893007-0-4.
- ^ "Records Fall in Intercollegiate Mail Tourney". Archery World. 23 (6): 52. Nov 1972.
- ^ "Archery Results". Los Angeles Times. May 18, 1975. p. D12. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved 2011-07-14.