Sports
Member universities compete in the following sports:
- Baseball - Men
- Basketball - Men & Women
- Cross Country - Men & Women
- Field hockey - Women
- Football - Men
- Golf - Men & Women
- Indoor track and field - Men & Women
- Lacrosse - Men & Women
- Rowing - Women
- Soccer - Men & Women
- Softball - Women
- Swimming & Diving - Men & Women
- Tennis - Men & Women
- Track and field - Men & Women
- Volleyball - Women
- Wrestling - Men
Outside of the ACC, Boston College plays ice hockey as a member of Hockey East; and Maryland, North Carolina, and NC State are members of the East Atlantic Gymnastics League for women's gymnastics. Notre Dame hockey will join with BC in Hockey East in 2013.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)
“In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)
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—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)