UC Irvine Anteaters

UC Irvine Anteaters
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UniversityUniversity of California, Irvine
ConferenceBig West (primary)
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (women's indoor track & field)
NCAADivision I
Athletic directorPaula Smith (Interim)
LocationIrvine, California
Varsity teams18
Basketball arenaBren Events Center
Baseball stadiumAnteater Ballpark
Soccer stadiumAnteater Stadium
Other venues
  • Anteater Aquatics Complex
  • Big Canyon Country Club
  • Dove Canyon Country Club
  • Microsemi Field
  • UC Irvine Tennis Stadium
MascotPeter the Anteater
NicknameAnteaters
Fight song"Anteaters, Go!" and "The Big C"
ColorsBlue and gold[1]
   
Websitewww.ucirvinesports.com

The UC Irvine Anteaters are the athletic teams fielded by the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine). Its athletics programs participate in the NCAA's Division I, as members of the Big West Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. For earlier years of the school's existence, the teams participated at the Division II level with great success as explained below.

UC Irvine fields teams in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country running, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis, women's indoor track & field, men's and women's outdoor track & field, men's and women's volleyball, and men's and women's water polo. The Anteaters have won 28 national championships in nine different team sports. 64 Anteaters have won individual national championships, and 53 Anteaters have competed in the Olympics.

  1. ^ UCI Art Sheet (PDF). May 1, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.