Pacific University - Athletics

Athletics

The Pacific University athletic program competes at the NCAA Division III program as a member of the Northwest Conference. Pacific was one of the founding members of the conference in 1926.

Pacific fields 20 intercollegiate programs. Men compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field and wrestling. Women's programs are offered in basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, softball, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling. On May 22, 2009, the university announced it will reinstate the football program in 2010.

Pacific's women's wrestling program is one of just five varsity programs sponsored by a college in the United States. The team competed as part of the women's division of the National Collegiate Wrestling Association, which began competition in 2007.

Like much of the Forest Grove campus, Pacific's athletic facilities have undergone major changes and renovations over the last decade. The Pacific Athletic Center, the school's primary complex, underwent a major renovation in 2000. In 2008, Pacific realized the completion of the Lincoln Park Athletic Complex. A partnership between the university and the City of Forest Grove, the complex features a FieldTurf soccer/lacrosse field, a nine-lane track, a new baseball field and stadium, and a new softball field and stadium. The University began construction of six new Plexipave hard courts on the northeast corner of the campus in October 2008. They are expected to be completed by April.