Methodist Monarchs

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Methodist Monarchs
University Methodist University
Conference USA South
NCAA Division III
Location Fayetteville, North Carolina
Football stadium Monarch Stadium
Basketball arena March F. Riddle Center
Baseball stadiumArmstrong-Shelley Field
Soccer stadiumDuggins Soccer Stadium
Tennis venueGene Clayton Tennis Center
ColorsGreen and gold [1]
   
https://mumonarchs.com/
Team NCAA championships
31 [2]

The Methodist Monarchs are the athletic teams that represent Methodist University, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports.

Contents

The Monarchs compete as members of the USA South Athletic Conference (USA South) for all sports.

Conference affiliations

Varsity teams

List of teams

Individual programs

Baseball

The baseball team is coached by coach Tom Austin, currently sixth overall among all-time NCAA Division III head coaches and fourth among active Division III head coaches in victories. [3] Tom Austin has been the coach of Methodist University's baseball team since 1980 and is one of 64 college baseball coaches ever to reach a thousand career wins. [4] [5] The Monarch baseball team has reached the NCAA National Tournament 22 times and the Division III College World Series six times, finishing fifth or better each time, including national runners-up in 1995. [6]

Golf

Golf is one of the most popular sports at Methodist. The women's golf team has won 26 national titles, winning every national title from 1986 to 2012 except 1990 and 1997, when they finished as the national runner-up both years. They later won again in 2021. [7] The men's team also has 14 NCAA Division III national golf championships (1990–1992, 1994–1999, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2024) and were runners-up three times (1984, 1989, 2000). [8]

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