Intercollegiate Athletics
Rhode Island College sponsors twenty-one varsity sports through the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Seven team sports are offered in the fall, seven team sports during the winter, and seven during the spring.
Men’s teams compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track, outdoor track, soccer, tennis, and wrestling. Women’s teams compete in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, indoor track, lacrosse, outdoor track, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. Participation is open to qualified undergraduate degree candidates who are taking a minimum of 12 credit hours of courses.
The college’s intercollegiate athletic facility, The Murray Center, features practice and competition sites for basketball, gymnastics, and volleyball. In addition, there are team and general locker rooms, a fully equipped training/rehabilitation room, an equipment area, a weighttraining facility, offices and classrooms, team meeting rooms, and the Athletic Hall of Fame. Additional facilities include Anchormen Field (baseball); the Bazar softball complex; competitive tennis courts; the Black Track complex, including a 4,000-seat outdoor competitive venue; a five-acre practice complex; and the new Student-Athlete Success Center. For additional, and the most up-to-date, information on the intercollegiate athletic program, visit www.goanchormen.com.
In men’s athletics, Rhode Island College holds membership in the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference. In women’s athletics, the college is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference, the National Collegiate Gymnastic Association, and the Rhode Island Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. Rhode Island College is a charter member of the Little East Conference, which sponsors conference championships in men’s baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis, and track; and in women’s basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track, and volleyball. The Little East Conference includes Plymouth State University, University of Massachusetts (Dartmouth), University of Massachusetts (Boston), Eastern Connecticut State University, University of Southern Maine, Western Connecticut State University, and Keene State College.