The Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters are the athletic teams that represent
Lincoln Memorial University, located in
Harrogate, Tennessee
Harrogate is the largest city in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States. It is adjacent to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.
The community has been known as "Harrogate" since the 19th century, but did not incorporate by that name un ...
, in
NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Railsplitters compete as members of the
South Atlantic Conference (SAC) for most varsity sports, although the bowling team competes in the
Conference Carolinas and the men's volleyball program plays as an independent. Field hockey and men's wrestling, two of three sports to be added in 2021–22, will compete in South Atlantic Conference Carolinas, an alliance between the SAC and
Conference Carolinas (CC) that operates in those two sports, with the SAC operating the field hockey championship and CC operating the men's wrestling championship. LMU will thus become a de facto CC men's wrestling affiliate at that time. The third sport to be added in 2021–22 is women's wrestling, newly added to the
NCAA Emerging Sports for Women
NCAA Emerging Sports for Women are intercollegiate women's sports that are recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, but do not have sanctioned NCAA Championships.
History
In 1994, the NCAA adopted th ...
program for 2020–21.
History
Athletics have been a part of LMU since 1907, when baseball was first organized on campus. The first intercollegiate contest was a baseball game against Cumberland College in 1910.
From 1991 to 2006 LMU was a member of the
Gulf South Conference. Prior to that, the school was a member of the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and competed in the Smoky Mountain Athletic Conference (1929–1961) and
Volunteer State/Tennessee Valley Athletic Conference (1946–1989).
Over the years the teams have enjoyed great success on the field and in the classroom. Academically, the 2000–01 women's basketball team led the NCAA Division II in team GPA and both soccer teams' 3.0 or better cumulative GPA have won them recognition from the
NSCAA
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for the past few years.
In November of 2019, LMU hired its first ever African American Athletics Director in Jasher Cox.
Varsity teams
List of teams
Men's sports
*Baseball
*Basketball
*Bowling
*Cross country
*Golf
*Lacrosse
*Soccer
*Tennis
*Track and field
*Volleyball
* Wrestling
Women's sports
*Basketball
*Beach volleyball
*Bowling
*Cross country
* Field hockey
*Golf
*Lacrosse
*Soccer
*Softball
*Tennis
*Track and field
*Volleyball
* Wrestling
Former teams
LMU does not have a football program, though it did have one in the past. Other sports formerly offered at LMU include fencing and tumbling.
Facilities
Facilities include the
Turner Arena, Mars Gymnasium, Neely Field and Hennon Field. The golf teams are based out of Woodlake Golf Club in Tazewell, Tennessee. New soccer and tennis complexes are currently under construction.
Individual teams
The men's and women's basketball, baseball, tennis, golf, cross-country and soccer teams have all made appearances in their respective national tournaments over the years. The men's soccer team reached the
NCAA Division II Championship Match in
2007
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, losing to
Franklin Pierce College 1–0. In 2016, the men's basketball team reached the NCAA Division II National Championship game, losing 90–81 to
Augustana University. In 2019, the Men’s Golf Team reached the NCAA Division II National Championship game, dropping a heartbreaker to
Lynn University 3–2.
References
External links
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