Club Sports
Men's Ice Hockey
The men's ice hockey team has existed as a non-NCAA sport since the 1968 and currently competes at the Division I level of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) and is a member of the Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL). The team plays off-campus at the historic Frank Southern Ice Arena. The team holds the 1971 and 2001 Big Ten Hockey League championships, 8 Midwestern Collegiate Hockey League (MCHL) championships during the 1980s and 1990s, and the 2002 Great Midwest Hockey League (GMHL). The Hoosiers men's ice hockey team was the national runner-up in the 1995, 1998, 2000, and 2008 ACHA DII National Championships. In 2009 the program left the GMHL and ACHA Division II to join the ACHA Division I level, after playing one season as an independent team the team joined the CSCHL for the 2010–11 season.
Rugby
The Hoosiers college rugby team was founded in 1962 and played its first game against in-state rival Notre Dame. Indiana currently plays in Division 1-A in the Big Ten Universities conference against traditional rivals such as Purdue and Michigan State. Indiana has also played in the Collegiate Rugby Championship, finishing 12th at the 2010 tournament, which was broadcast live on NBC. Indiana finished the 2010-11 season ranked 11th.
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