Quincy Hawks
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UniversityQuincy University
ConferenceGLVC–West Division
MIVA (men's volleyball)
MSFL (sprint football)
NCAADivision II
Division I (men's volleyball)
LocationQuincy, Illinois
Varsity teams24
Football stadiumQU Stadium
Basketball arenaPepsi Arena
Baseball stadiumQU Stadium
Softball stadiumMart Heinen Softball Complex
Soccer stadiumLegends Stadium
MascotVictor E. Hawk
NicknameHawks
ColorsBrown, white, and gold[1]
     
Websitequhawks.com

The Quincy Hawks are the athletic teams that represent Quincy University, located in Quincy, Illinois, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Hawks, members of the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) since 1994, compete in that league in all but three sports. Men's volleyball plays in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. Since there is no men's volleyball at the Division II level, the men's volleyball team is the only program that plays at the Division I level. Sprint football, a weight-restricted form of American football governed outside the NCAA structure, competes in the Midwest Sprint Football League. Men's bowling is also governed outside of the NCAA (the NCAA governs only women's bowling); QU competes as an independent.

Quincy added women's lacrosse in 2017 and men's lacrosse in 2018, bringing the total number of programs up to 23.[2] Sprint football became the 24th varsity sport in 2022. QU is one of six charter members of the Midwest Sprint Football League.[3]

Varsity teams

List of teams

  1. ^ Men's bowling is not an NCAA-recognized sport.
  2. ^ Sprint football is governed outside the NCAA structure.
  3. ^ a b The NCAA classifies indoor and outdoor track & field as two separate sports.

National championships

Team

Association Division Sport Year Opponent/Runner-up Score
Men's Soccer (11)[4] NAIA (11) Single (11) 1966 Trenton State 6–1
1967 Rockhurst 3–1
1971 Davis & Elkins 1–0
1973 Rockhurst 3–0
1974 Davis & Elkins 6–0
1975 Simon Fraser 1–0
1977 Keene State 3–0
1978 Alabama–Huntsville 2–0
1979 Rockhurst 1–0
1980 Simon Fraser 1–0
1981 Alderson Broaddus 4–1
Softball (1) NAIA (1) Single (1) 1985 Washburn 4–2

Individual sports

Football

First Season - 1916

1993 National Champion - No. 1 in the final NCAA Division II Non-Scholarship Football Poll released by Don Hansen's National College Football Weekly Gazette.

Soccer

The men's soccer team won the NAIA national men's soccer championship a record eleven times, 1966–67, 1971, 1973–75, and 1977–81 (the five consecutive titles is also a record) and finished second in 1968 and 1970. The program moved to the NCAA's Division I in 1984. From 1987 through 1990, the Hawks competed in the Big Central Soccer Conference and was an associate member of the Mid-Continent Conference in 1994 and 1995. In 1996, both Quincy and SIU Edwardsville joined the GLVC, stepping down to division II.[5]

Softball

Prior to joining the NCAA, Quincy's women won the NAIA national softball championship in 1985 (after being runners-up the previous year).

References

  1. ^ "Quincy FB Fast Facts" (PDF). Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "QU Secures $4 Million Investment to Renovate QU Stadium". Quincy University. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  3. ^ "New Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Forms for Sprint Football" (Press release). Midwest Sprint Football League. June 21, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NAIA. NAIA Honors.com. Retrieved February 2, 2016.

External links

Great Lakes Valley Conference
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
Sports teams based in Illinois
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