Limestone Saints | |
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University | Limestone University |
Conference | South Atlantic (primary) Conference Carolinas (acrobatics & tumbling, men's wrestling) Independent (men's volleyball) |
NCAA | Division II |
Athletic director | Hailey P. Martin |
Location | Gaffney, South Carolina |
Varsity teams | 25 (11 men's, 14 women's) |
Football stadium | Saints Field |
Basketball arena | Timken Center |
Baseball stadium | Founders FCU Stadium |
Softball stadium | Babe Ruth Field |
Soccer stadium | Saints Field |
Aquatics center | Timken Aquatic Center |
Lacrosse stadium | Saints Field |
Tennis venue | Emmie Evans Rector Tennis Center |
Nickname | Saints |
Colors | Blue, white, and limestone gold[1] |
Website | golimestonesaints |
Team NCAA championships | |
6 | |
Individual and relay NCAA champions | |
6 |
The Limestone Saints are the athletic teams that represent Limestone University, located in Gaffney, South Carolina, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sporting competitions. The Saints compete as members of the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) for most sports, having joined that league in July 2020 after 22 years in Conference Carolinas (CC). Limestone maintains CC membership in two sports, specifically men's wrestling and women's acrobatics & tumbling. Men's wrestling is one of two sports in which the SAC and CC operate as a single league, the other being women's field hockey. The SAC operates the field hockey championship, while CC operates the wrestling championship. The men's volleyball team competes as an independent. The swim team competed in the Bluegrass Mountain Conference before being dropped in 2018; the field hockey and wrestling teams were members of the ECAC–Division II before 2018, when the SAC and CC established their alliance in those two sports. The football team had been independent, but entered into a scheduling agreement with the SAC in 2015. This agreement was replaced in 2017 by formal affiliate membership, which continued until the Saints joined the SAC full-time in 2020.