Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas

For club and intramural sports at the Claremont Colleges, see Claremont Colleges § Athletics.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas
University	Claremont McKenna College Harvey Mudd College Scripps College
Conference	SCIAC [1]
NCAA	Division III
Athletic director	Erica Jasper [2]
Location	Claremont, California
Football stadium	Fritz B. Burns Stadium [3]
Basketball arena	Robert Pavilion
Baseball stadium	Bill Arce Field
Softball stadium	Softball Field
Soccer stadium	John Pritzlaff Field
Aquatics center	Matt M. Axelrood Pool
Lacrosse stadium	John Zinda Field
Other venues	Biszantz Family Tennis Center
Nickname	Stags (men) Athenas (women)
Colors	Cardinal and Gold
Website	cmsathletics.org

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags (men) and Athenas (women) is the joint intercollegiate sports program of Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and Scripps College, all located in Claremont, California. The teams participate in the NCAA's Division III as a member of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

According to the Division III Fall Learfield Director's Cup Standings for the 2016–2017 year, CMS ranks 12th among all Division III programs, and first among SCIAC colleges. ^[4]

Varsity teams

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps competes in 21 men's and women's varsity sports. They have won 7 national championships and 346 SCIAC Championships. ^[5]

Men's sports	Women's sports
Baseball	Basketball
Basketball	Cross country
Cross country	Golf
Football	Lacrosse
Golf	Soccer
Soccer	Softball
Swimming & diving	Swimming & diving
Tennis	Tennis
Track and field1	Track and field1
Water polo	Volleyball
	Water polo
1 – includes both indoor and outdoor.

Facilities

Matt M. Axelrood Pool

Venue	Sport(s)	Ref.
Bill Arce Field	Baseball	[6]
Roberts Pavilion	Basketball Volleyball	[7]
Fritz B. Burns Stadium	Football Lacrosse Track and field [n 1]	[6]
John Pritzlaff Field	Soccer	[6]
Athena Field	Softball	[6]
Matt M. Axelrood Pool	Swimming	[6]
Biszantz Family Center	Tennis	[6]
Parents Field [n 2]	Soccer Lacrosse	[6]

Notes

1. At the Burns Track Complex.
2. For practises only, not used in official matches.

National champions

*NCAA Division III unless otherwise noted. ^[8]

Team	Titles	Winning years
Golf (m)	3	2010 – Tain Lee, 2013 – Bradley Shigezawa, 2016 – Team
Swimming (m)	7	1967 – Team (NAIA), 1969 – Eric Jones (50y) (NAIA), 1969 – David Tempkin (100, 200 Butterfly) (NAIA), 1970 – Eric Jones (50y, 100y) (NAIA), 1970 – David Tempkin (100, 200 Butterfly) (NAIA), 2014 – Matt Williams (100 Backstroke), 2022 - Frank Applebaum (200 Butterfly)
Swimming (w)	2	2002 – Suzy Nicoletti (200 Breast), 2003 – Lisal Smith (400 IM)
Tennis (m)	4	1981 – Team, 1992 – Ryan McKee & Chris Noyes (Doubles), 1993 – Ryan McKee (Individual, Doubles), Tim Cooley (Doubles), 2015 – Team
Tennis (w)	2	2018 – Team, 2019 – Catherine Allen & Caroline Cox (doubles)
Track and field (m)	5	1986 – Carl Giles (Hammer), 1994 – Jason Rhodes (800m), Mike Susank (Hammer), 1997 – Quang Leba (Javelin), 2004 – Matt Roberson (Decathlon), 2006 – Matt Roberson (Decathlon)
Track and field (w)	6	1985 – Gwyn Hardesty (3000m), 1998 – Jennifer Culley (400m), 2016 – Tyra Abraham (100m), 2018 – Tyra Abraham (100m), 2018 – Bryn McKillop (5000m), 2018 – Emily Bassett (Hammer)
Volleyball (w)	1	2017
Water polo (w)	2	1992 (Collegiate II), 2001 (Collegiate III)

Rivals

The other sports combination of the Claremont Colleges is the team made up of Pomona College and Pitzer College known as Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens. It is known by the student body as the Sixth Street Rivalry. ^[9]

References

1. "CMS Quick Facts". cmsathletics.org.
2. "CMS: Erica Perkins Jasper Named Director of Athletics". thesciac.org. April 19, 2019.
3. "CMS Athletic Facilities". cmsathletics.org.
4. "2016–17 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup" (PDF). NCADA. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
5. As of Dec 19, 2021. CMS Athletics Home Page (Report). CMS Athletics. December 19, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
6. Athletics facilities
7. Roberts Pavillion website
8. "1946-2021: 75 Years of Great Athletics Moments".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
9. Williams, Miller (2 December 2011). "CMS Bans Puck Fomona Shirts at Homecoming". The Student Life . Retrieved 6 May 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Coverage of the Stags and Athenas in The Student Life