Athletics teams of Texas Woman's University
Athletic teams representing Texas Woman's University
The
Texas Woman's Pioneers
(also
TWU Pioneers
) are the athletics teams that represent
Texas Woman's University
, located in
Denton, Texas
, in
NCAA Division II
intercollegiate sports. Even though TWU accepts male students, only female sports are sponsored. The Pioneers compete as members of the
Lone Star Conference
in basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball, and as an independent in gymnastics. The gymnastics team competes in the Midwest Independent Conference which comprises NCAA Division I, II and III institutions. TWU also fields teams in artistic swimming, dance, stunt, and wrestling.
Softball
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As an
AIAW
Division I team in the 1979
Women's College World Series
, the Pioneer softball team won the national championship by defeating UCLA, 1?0, in the deciding game, led by pitcher
Kathy Arendsen
.
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Gymnastics
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The TWU Gymnastics squad has won the
USA Gymnastics
Collegiate National Championships (non-NCAA) with a record 11 team championships since 1993. The most recent championship was in 2018.
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TWU is the only varsity-level intercollegiate gymnastics program in the state of Texas.
Track and field
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TWU won three women's collegiate outdoor track-and-field national championships: in 1969, 1971, and 1973. These included the first (and three of the first five)
DGWS/AIAW track-and-field championships
ever held.
Basketball
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The TWU basketball team reached the championship game at the
2024 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
, where they lost to
Minnesota State
.
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They finished the season with a program-record 34 wins.
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Volleyball
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In 1973, TWU reached the national championship match of the AIAW women's volleyball tournament, only to fall to Long Beach State.
Gallery
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Teams
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Venues
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References
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- ^
TWU Athletics Brand Style Guidelines
(PDF)
. March 22, 2019
. Retrieved
September 11,
2019
.
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Plummer, William; Floyd, Larry C. (2013).
A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series
. Oklahonma City, Oklahoma, United States: Turnkey Communications Inc. pp. 45?50.
ISBN
978-0-9893007-0-4
.
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Wilkerson, William (April 16, 2018).
"This DFW college just won consecutive gymnastics national titles"
.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
. Retrieved
April 2,
2024
.
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a
b
Vito, Brett (March 29, 2024).
"TWU falls to Minnesota State in DII championship game"
.
Killeen Daily Herald
. Retrieved
April 2,
2024
.
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