Intercollegiate Athletics, Intramurals, and Recreation

Intercollegiate Athletics

The Murray Center is the home competition site for varsity programs in basketball, gymnastics, volleyball, and wrestling. Also housed in the facility are the Marocco Center for student athlete development and the Adams Recruiting Room. In addition to classroom space, the facility has a fully equipped varsity weight room, athletic medicine area, 32,000-square-foot competitive wooden floor, and locker rooms.

The benefits of participating in athletics go far beyond the thrill of competing. The athletics program can help you develop lifetime friendships with teammates. You can improve strength, endurance, agility, and sports skills. And studies show that student athletes focus better and concentrate more keenly.

Athletics RIC sponsors nineteen varsity sports through the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Six team sports are offered in the fall, six team sports during the winter, and seven during the spring.

Highlights

• Nineteen NCAA Division III sports for men and women
• The Murray Center - a $10 million state-of-the-art athletic, health, and physical education complex
• Comprehensive student athlete academic support program
• Renovated and expanded facilities for baseball, soccer, and tennis; an all-weather track; and expanded softball complex
• Ongoing plans for further upgrading intercollegiate and rec-reational facilities
• Recently enhanced Recreation Center, with indoor pool, track, multiple courts, and a cardiovascular/weight training facility
• Expanded programming and hours of operation for recre-ational and intramural offerings

Intercollegiate Athletic Teams

Men

Baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, indoor track, out-door track, soccer, tennis, wrestling

Women

Basketball, cross country, gymnastics, indoor track, lacrosse, outdoor track, soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball

Memberships

• National Collegiate Athletic Association (Division III)
• Little East Conference
• Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference
• National Collegiate Gymnastic Association
• New England College Conference Wrestling Association

Intramurals and Recreation

All students are members of the 54,000-square-foot Recreation Center. They can take advantage of a multitude of activities from intramural sports to aerobics, to individualized fitness programs and club sports. Steam rooms, saunas, locker facilities, and an indoor track are available, along with an L-shaped pool. The recently expanded cardiovascular/weight training area includes free weights, exercycles, rowers, a treadmill, a stairclimber, and related workout equipment. Off-campus recreational programs involve cycling, camping, hiking, canoeing, mountain climbing, and skiing. There is also an eighteen-hole public golf course adjacent to the campus.