The Cal Baptist Lancers are the athletic teams that represent
California Baptist University
California Baptist University (Cal Baptist or CBU) is a private Baptist Christian university in Riverside, California. Founded in 1950 as California Baptist College, it is affiliated with the California Southern Baptist Convention, an organiz ...
, located in
Riverside, California
Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. As of the 2020 census, the city has a population of 314,998. It is the most populous city in th ...
, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the
Division I level of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA), primarily competing in the
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the Western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, Texas, Utah and Washington (state), Washington.
Due to ...
(WAC). The men's water polo team competes in the
West Coast Conference
The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting o ...
(WCC), the women's water polo team competes in the
Golden Coast Conference (GCC), and the men's wrestling team competes in the
Big 12 Conference
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.
Cal Baptist will be joining the
Big West Conference
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in 2026.
Sports sponsored
Cal Baptist competes in 19 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, track (distance), water polo and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, stunt, swimming & diving, track (distance), volleyball and water polo; and co-ed sports include cheerleading and dance. In 2017, Cal Baptist announced that women's beach volleyball will be a varsity sport "in the near future", but no specific date for the addition of the sport has been given.
The Lancers also field a team in
stunt
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, an NCAA emerging sport for women.
Championships
Team
;Notes
Athletics facilities
Source:
Facilities
at cbulancers.com
Gallery
file:CBU Soccer Field (Riverside, California).jpg, CBU Soccer Stadium
File:CBU Events Center (Riverside, California).jpg, Fowler Events Center
File:James W. Totman Stadium (Riverside, California).jpg, James W. Totman Stadium
File:John C. Funk Stadium outfield (Riverside, California).jpg, John C, Funk Stadium
File:Lancer Aquatics Center (Riverside, California).jpg, Lancer Aquatics Center
File:Van Dyne Gym (Riverside, California).jpg, Van Dyne Gym
References
External links
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