Saint Mary's Gaels Baseball
The Saint Mary's Gaels are the athletic teams that compete at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California. The nickname applies to the college's intercollegiate NCAA Division-I teams and club sports. The nickname was given to the school's football team (now discontinued) in 1926 by a writer for the now defunct San Francisco Call-Bulletin. The school's previous nickname was the Saints, although the baseball team was known as the Phoenix until the 1940s.
The college has men's teams in basketball, baseball, cross country, golf, soccer and tennis and women's teams in basketball, cross country, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. Most teams compete in the West Coast Conference. The school also offers a number of club sports.
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