Salve Regina University Salve Regina University is a private Roman Catholic university in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It was founded in 1934 by the Sisters of Mercy and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. The university enrolls m ...

competes on the

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level and is a member of the

Commonwealth Coast Conference The Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions are located in New England in the states of Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, with a Connectic ...

(CCC) and

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(CCC Football). The university offers ten varsity sports for women (soccer, field hockey, tennis, cross country, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, softball, track and field, and lacrosse), eight for men (football, cross country, soccer, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, baseball, and lacrosse), and one co-ed sport (sailing). Sailing is governed by the

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(ICSA), and its subdivision, the

New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association The New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) is one of the seven conferences affiliated with the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) that schedule and administer regattas within their established geographic regions. NEISA ...

(NEISA).
The school also offers men's and women's rugby, governed by the Colonial Coast Rugby Conference,

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and the

International Rugby Board World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international ru ...

(IRB). The men's rugby program competes at the Division III level, and the women's program competes on the Division III level in the National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO). The university mascot is the Seahawk.

History

Over the last eight seasons, the men's rugby team and the women's basketball team have enjoyed the greatest success, earning 8 conference championships, and 1 runner-up finishes in that time frame. In addition, the men's rugby, women's basketball, men's basketball, men's tennis, men’s hockey and sailing teams have all competed in national collegiate championship tournaments. Although the sport does not permit easy comparisons with more traditional sports, the sailing team (co-ed) has been very successful against national powerhouse sailing programs.

Conferences and opponents

The

(CCC) governs eight varsity sports for women (soccer, field hockey, tennis, cross country, basketball, volleyball, softball, and lacrosse) and eight for men (cross country, soccer, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, baseball, golf and lacrosse). The Conference will add football as a conference sport in 2017-18. Conference opponents include Curry, Eastern Nazarene, Gordon, Nichols, Endicott, Roger Williams, University of New England, Wentworth and Western New England College. Sailing at SRU is governed by the

Intercollegiate Sailing Association The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) is a volunteer organization that serves as the governing authority for all sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the United States and in some parts of Canada. History The fi ...

(ICSA), and its subdivision, the

. In 2012 the Rugby teams moved into the newly formed Colonial Coast Rugby Conference, where the men and women compete nationally at the National Small College Rugby Organization (Division III). The Salve Regina Men’s Rugby team won the national championship in Spring 2012.

Notable alumni

Damian Costantino Damian Costantino (born c. 1978) is an American baseball player who set the record for the longest hitting streak in National Collegiate Athletic Association baseball history, with a 60-game streak that ran through the 2001, 2002 and 2003 seasons p ...

, (baseball) NCAA record holder with hits in 60 consecutive games.Derewicz, Mark
"Costantino's hitting streak breaks record"
'' Baseball America'', March 11, 2003. Accessed June 6, 2010.

References

External links

* {{Rhode Island Sports Salve Regina University New England Hockey Conference teams