The Northwood Timberwolves are the athletic teams that represent

Northwood University Northwood University (NU) is a private university focused on business education with its main campus in Midland, Michigan. Opened in 1959, more than 33,000 people have graduated from the institution. History Northwood University opened as Nort ...

, located in

Midland, Michigan Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Michigan. The city's population was 42,547 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Midland Micropolitan Statistical Area, part of the larger Saginaw-Midland-Bay City Com ...

, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the

NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...

ranks, primarily competing in the

Great Midwest Athletic Conference The Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. It was named the 24th (at the time) NCAA Division II conference and oper ...

(G-MAC) since the 2022–23 academic year. The Timberwolves previously competed in the

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) is a competitive college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Its ele ...

(GLIAC) from 1972–73 to 1986–87, and again from 1992–93 to 2021–22. On April 29, 2021, Northwood announced that it will leave the GLIAC to join the G-MAC in July 2022.

Varsity teams

Northwood competes in 18 varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. Club sports include men's ice hockey.

Club teams

Men's Ice Hockey

Northwood University men's ice hockey competes in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) and is a member of the

Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference The Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference (MCHC) is a Men's American Collegiate Hockey Association, ACHA Division 3 conference made up of smaller colleges and universities in the state of Michigan. Championship History ACHA National Champions Th ...

(MCHC).

References

External links

* {{Great Midwest Athletic Conference navbox