St. Francis (NY) Terriers
| St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers | |
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| University | St. Francis College |
| Conference | Northeast Conference |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Irma Garcia |
| Location | Brooklyn, New York |
| Varsity teams | 19 |
| Basketball arena | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex |
| Soccer stadium | Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5 |
| Other arenas | SFC Aquatics Center |
| Mascot | Rocky the Terrier |
| Nickname | Terriers |
| Colors | Royal Blue and Red |
| Website | sfcathletics |
The St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers are the 19 teams that represent St. Francis College in athletics. The Terriers are members of the NCAA Division I and participate in the Northeast Conference, with the exception of the men's and women's water polo teams which compete in the CWPA and the MAAC, respectively. In 2006, St. Francis College added women's bowling, while dropping baseball and softball. St. Francis College previously sponsored a football team, but the program was dropped in 1935.
In 2007, Irma Garcia, '88, became the athletic director of the Terriers replacing longtime director Edward Aquilone, '60. As of 2010, she is the country's only female Latina athletic director in Division I sports. For the 2014–15 academic year, Garcia was named NACWAA D1 (FCS) Administrator of the Year. The award was in part because of the Terriers success in Men's Soccer (NEC Champions and NCAA Tournament Participants), Men's Basketball (NEC Regular Season Champions and NIT Participants) and Women's Basketball (NEC Champions and NCAA Tournament Participants).
Beginning on November 27, 2012, St. Francis College rebranded its Athletics programs from St. Francis (NY) to St. Francis Brooklyn. The College previously came to be known as St. Francis (NY) when the athletics program joined the Division I Northeast Conference in 1981.
A member of the Northeast Conference, St. Francis Brooklyn sponsors teams in nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports:
Men's Intercollegiate Sports
Women's Intercollegiate Sports
The men's team was founded in 1896 making it the oldest collegiate program in New York City and the women's program was founded in 1973. Both teams host their home games at The Pope and are members of the Northeast Conference. The fiercest rival of the Terriers are the Long Island University Blackbirds, the men's teams have competed since 1928 and the women's teams since 1973. Both the Men's and Women's Terrier teams play in the Battle of Brooklyn tournament against the Blackbirds, which has been played annually since 1974–75. The Terriers also compete against Wagner College Seahawks, and it is referred to as Battle of the Verrazano due to St. Francis College in Brooklyn being separated from Wagner College in Staten Island by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The Battle of the Verrazano dates back to the 1973–74 season.
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