The Loyola Wolf Pack are the athletic teams representing
Loyola University New Orleans in intercollegiate athletics. The Wolf Pack are a member of the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to its st ...
(NAIA), primarily competing in the
Southern States Athletic Conference
The Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The 11 member universities that compete in 19 sports are located in Louisiana, Mississi ...
(SSAC) since the 2010–11 academic year. They previously competed in the
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) is a college athletic conference made up entirely of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that's affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Member inst ...
(GCAC) from 1995–96 to 2009–10.
Loyola (La.) competes in 16 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, swimming, tennis and indoor & outdoor track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, swimming, tennis, indoor & outdoor track & field and volleyball; and two co-ed sports were recently added, in competitive cheer and dance.
History
The intercollegiate athletics program was discontinued in 1972, but was reinstated in 1991.
Sports sponsored
Baseball
The Loyola Wolf Pack baseball team represents Loyola University New Orleans. The school's team currently competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The team plays home games at 750-seat
Segnette Field.
Loyola has had five
Major League Baseball Draft
The first-year player draft is the primary mechanism of Major League Baseball (MLB) for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams. The draft order is determined based on a lo ...
selections since the draft began in 1965.
Men's basketball
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The school's team currently competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The team plays home games at the
University Sports Complex
The University Sports Complex or The Den is a 500-seat multi-purpose arena in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on the campus of Loyola University New Orleans. It was formerly called the Recreational Sports Complex or Rec Plex.
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.
The basketball team won the
1945 NAIA National Championship. They also made the
1946 NAIA National Semi-finals. The team made the
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 1954, 1957 and 1958.
The team again won the NAIA championship in 2022.
Women's basketball
The school's team currently competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The team plays home games at the
University Sports Complex
The University Sports Complex or The Den is a 500-seat multi-purpose arena in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on the campus of Loyola University New Orleans. It was formerly called the Recreational Sports Complex or Rec Plex.
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. The team has qualified for the NAIA National Tournament five consecutive seasons since 2013–14.
Men's and women's swimming
The school's teams currently competes in the
Mid-South Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, and has been consistently ranked in the top-10 nationally since its inception in 2016. The team hosts home meets at the
University Sports Complex
The University Sports Complex or The Den is a 500-seat multi-purpose arena in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on the campus of Loyola University New Orleans. It was formerly called the Recreational Sports Complex or Rec Plex.
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.
Men's tennis
The Loyola Wolf Pack men's tennis team represents Loyola University New Orleans. The school's team currently competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The team plays home matches at the
City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center.
Women's tennis
The Loyola Wolf Pack women's tennis team represents Loyola University New Orleans. The school's team currently competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The team plays home matches at the
City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center.
Men's and women's track and field
The Loyola Wolf Pack men's and women's track and field teams represent Loyola University New Orleans.
The school's teams currently competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Loyola runner
Emmett Toppino
Martin Emmett Toppino (July 1, 1909 – September 8, 1971) was an American athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
At the Los Angeles Olympics, Emmett Toppino from New Orleans ran the second leg ...
won a gold medal at the
1932 Summer Olympics as the second leg in the 4 x 100-meter relay in which a new world record was established.
Volleyball
The Loyola Wolf Pack volleyball team represents Loyola University New Orleans. The school's team currently competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The team plays home games at the
University Sports Complex
The University Sports Complex or The Den is a 500-seat multi-purpose arena in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on the campus of Loyola University New Orleans. It was formerly called the Recreational Sports Complex or Rec Plex.
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.
Former varsity sports
Boxing
Loyola University New Orleans formerly sponsored a boxing team. Loyola boxer
Eddie Flynn won the welterweight gold medal at the
1932 Summer Olympics.
Football
Loyola University New Orleans formerly sponsored a varsity football team starting in 1921.
The team was disbanded after the 1939 season for financial reasons. The team played at
Loyola University Stadium
Loyola University Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in New Orleans. It was home to the Loyola University Wolf Pack football team and track and field team. The stadium opened in 1928.
The stadium was a double-decker stadium with a track surrou ...
.
Athletic facilities
*City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center
The
City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center is a tennis facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is home to the Loyola Wolf Pack men's and women's tennis teams. It opened in 2011.
*Lafreniere Park
Lafreniere Park is the home course for the men's and women's cross country teams.
*Segnette Field
Segnette Field is a baseball venue in the New Orleans metropolitan area. It is home to the Loyola Wolf Pack baseball team.
The 750-seat venue opened in 2002.
*University Sports Complex
The
University Sports Complex
The University Sports Complex or The Den is a 500-seat multi-purpose arena in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on the campus of Loyola University New Orleans. It was formerly called the Recreational Sports Complex or Rec Plex.
...
is a basketball, indoor track, swimming and volleyball facility in New Orleans, Louisiana.
It is home to the Loyola Wolf Pack men's and women's basketball teams, men's and women's swimming teams and volleyball team. It opened in 1987.
References
External links
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