Bellarmine Knights
| Bellarmine Knights | |
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| University | Bellarmine University |
| Conference |
GLVC (East Division) SoCon (men's lacrosse) ECAC (field hockey) |
| NCAA |
Division II Division I (men's lacrosse) |
| Athletic director | Scott Wiegandt |
| Location | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Varsity teams | 22 |
| Basketball arena | Knights Hall |
| Baseball stadium | Knights Baseball Field |
| Soccer stadium | Owsley B. Frazier Stadium |
| Nickname | Knights |
| Colors | Scarlet and Silver |
| Website | athletics |
The Bellarmine Knights are the athletic teams that represent Bellarmine University, located in Louisville, Kentucky, in NCAA intercollegiate sporting competitions.
The majority of Bellarmine's 22 athletic teams compete at the Division II level, although the men's lacrosse program belongs to Division I. The Knights are members of the Great Lakes Valley Conference for most sports; in the six GLVC sports in which the conference conducts divisional play (baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, and women's volleyball), Bellarmine is part of the conference's East Division. The Knights have separate memberships in two sports that are not sponsored by the GLVC. Men's lacrosse competes in the Southern Conference, and field hockey plays in the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Bellarmine originally joined the GLVC in 1978.
On March 26, 2011, the Knights won the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship.
The university announced the athletic department would begin sponsoring men's lacrosse in 2004. BU hired Jack McGetrick as the program's first head coach. In 2005 the team competed as independent members in NCAA Division I. In 2007 the Knights joined the Great Western Lacrosse League (GWLL) after the league lost Butler to athletic department cuts. In 2010 the GWLL ceased operations after Notre Dame left the league for the Big East. Bellarmine and the remaining members of the GWLL joined the ECAC Lacrosse League.
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