Shenandoah Hornets

Shenandoah Hornets
Shenandoah Hornets
University	Shenandoah University
Conference	ODAC (primary)
NCAA	Division III
Athletic director	DeShon Foxx
Location	Winchester, Virginia
Varsity teams	23
Football stadium	Glo Fiber Field at Shentel Stadium
Basketball arena	James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics & Events Center
Mascot	Buzzy
Nickname	Hornets
Colors	Red and Blue;
Website	suhornets.com

Last updated July 19, 2025

The Shenandoah Hornets are the athletic teams that represent Shenandoah University, located in Winchester, Virginia, in intercollegiate sports. The Hornets are members of the NCAA's Division III and the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC). Shenandoah joined the ODAC in 2012 after previously competing in the USA South Athletic Conference (USA South) from 1992-2012.

Varsity teams

Shenandoah University competes in 23 intercollegiate varsity sports.

Men's sports	Women's sports
Baseball	Basketball
Basketball	Cross country
Cross country	Field hockey
Football	Golf
Golf	Lacrosse
Lacrosse	Soccer
Soccer	Softball
Tennis	Tennis
Track and field (indoor and outdoor)	Track and field (indoor and outdoor)
Volleyball ^{[n 1]}	Volleyball
Wrestling

Notes

↑ Added in 2025-26.

Baseball

Shenandoah University’s baseball program plays its home games at Kevin Anderson Field at Bridgeforth Stadium, located in Jim Barnett Park in Winchester, Virginia. The Hornets are coached by Kevin Anderson, who was introduced as the program’s fourth full-time coach in July 2003. In 22 seasons under Anderson, Shenandoah is 644-266-2, has won five conference tournament championships (2010, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022) and made back-to-back NCAA Division III baseball championship appearances in 2009 and 2010.

Shenandoah has won six conference championships in program history — including four as a member of the ODAC (2015, 2018, 2019, 2022) and one each as a member of the USA South (2010) and Eastern States Athletic Conference (1991) — and four NCAA Regional titles (2009, 2010, 2019 and 2023). The Hornets have made 12 NCAA Regional appearances, two NCAA Super Regional appearances (2019, 2023) and two NCAA Division III baseball championship appearances (2009, 2010).

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2009	Regional Regional Regional Regional Championship Championship Championship	Johns Hopkins York (Pa.) Christopher Newport Johns Hopkins Farmingdale State St. Thomas (Minn.) Carthage	W, 8-2 W, 11-2 W, 8-4 W, 11-7 W, 12-2 L, 16-5 L, 9-8
2010	Regional Regional Regional Regional Championship Championship	Bridgewater York (Pa.) Mary Washington Salisbury Illinois Wesleyan Johns Hopkins	W, 11-1 W, 9-6 W, 10-5 W, 6-4 L, 7-5 L, 7-4
2011	Regional Regional Regional Regional Regional	Wabash Piedmont Piedmont Salisbury Salisbury	W, 4-0 W, 14-5 W, 6-1 L, 9-8 L, 8-7
2012	Regional Regional Regional Regional	Rowan Salisbury Salisbury Christopher Newport	W, 5-4 W, 6-1 L, 2-1 L, 9-5
2014	Regional Regional Regional Regional	Covenant (Ga.) Birmingham Southern Bridgewater Emory	W, 11-3 W, 5-4 L, 5-3 L, 12-8
2015	Regional Regional Regional	Adrian Heidelberg Frostburg State	W, 5-1 L, 5-0 L, 7-2
2016	Regional Regional Regional Regional Regional	Marietta Birmingham Southern Emory Birmingham Southern Emory	W, 3-2 W, 6-2 L, 14-7 W, 10-8 L, 15-2
2017	Regional Regional Regional Regional Regional Regional Regional	Maritime (N.Y.) Wheaton, (Mass.) Lesley Alvernia Johns Hopkins Wheaton (Mass.) Wheaton (Mass.)	W, 5-3 L, 6-0 W, 4-1 W, 8-6 W, 4-2 W, 5-4 L, 1-0
2018	Regional Regional Regional	Marietta Wooster Ithaca	W, 3-2 L, 13-5 L, 7-5
2019	Regional Regional Regional Regional Regional Super Regional Super Regional	Kean Ithaca Westfield State Kean Kean Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins	L, 5-3 W, 9-2 W, 7-1 W, 6-4 W, 4-1 L, 6-3 L, 7-3
2022	Regional Regional Regional Regional Regional	St. Joseph's (Long Island) Catholic St. Joseph's (Long Island) Catholic Catholic	W, 10-3 L, 6-5 W, 10-8 W, 6-3 L, 13-10
2023	Regional Regional Regional Regional Regional Super Regional Super Regional	The College of New Jersey Immaculata The College of New Jersey Christopher Newport Christopher Newport Lynchburg Lynchburg	L, 22-9 W, 11-7 W, 8-1 W, 14-5 W, 5-3 L, 9-6 L, 3-1

Women's basketball

Shenandoah University’s women’s basketball program is coached by Melissa Smeltzer-Kraft, who took over the program in June 2014. The Hornets have posted a winning record in six of the last seven seasons dating back to 2018-19, with the lone losing season coming in 2020-21 when Shenandoah played just 10 regular-season games. SU, which recorded 10 conference wins in a season just twice from 1988-2019, has won at least 11 ODAC games in each of the last four seasons and is 49-21 in conference play during that span.

Shenandoah won its first ODAC championship in 2019 as the eighth seed, the lowest seed ever to win an ODAC tournament title.^[1] The Hornets won their second ODAC championship in 2022, the first of three consecutive ODAC championship game appearances. Shenandoah has won four conference championships in women’s basketball — two in the ODAC and two as a member of the Dixie Conference (1996, 2000). The Hornets have made five appearances in the NCAA Tournament (1996, 2000, 2019, 2022, 2024).

Shenandoah’s women’s basketball team plays its home games in the James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics and Events Center.

NCAA Appearances

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1996	First Round	Randolph-Macon	L, 91-74
2000	First Round	Roanoke	L, 69-55
2019	First Round	DeSales	L, 77-49
2022	First Round	Southern Virginia	L, 67-48
2024	First Round	Messiah	L, 58-57

Football

Championships

Shenandoah's football team was co-champion of the USA South twice, sharing the title both times with Christopher Newport in 2003 and 2004. Additionally, Shenandoah has made one appearance in the NCAA Division III Football Championship, in 2004, when the Hornets were defeated in the first round by Delaware Valley, 21-17.^[2]

NCAA Appearances

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2004	First Round	Delaware Valley	L 21-17

Field hockey

Championships

The Shenandoah University Field Hockey Program captured its first ODAC Championship in the fall of 2016 after defeating Washington & Lee University. SU earned an automatic bid to the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Hornets claimed the 2024 ODAC Championship after defeating Lynchburg 4-1.

NCAA Appearances

2016

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Rochester (NY)	L 0-2

2024

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Westfield State	W 11-0
	Second Round	Messiah	L 1-2

Women's lacrosse

The women's lacrosse team captured its first-ever conference championship in the spring of 2005 after defeating Methodist, 17-13, in the USA South Athletic Conference championship match.

NCAA Appearances

2024

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	SUNY Canton	W 17-9
Division III	Second Round	Ithaca	L 6-18

Women's soccer

Championships

In the fall of 2011, the women's soccer team won the USA South Conference championship for the first time in school history. The team also played in the first round of the NCAA tournament for the first time.

NCAA Appearances

2011

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Rowan	L 0-1 OT

Softball

Championships

In the spring of 2008, the women's softball team captured its first-ever USA South Athletic Conference regular-season championship in school history, finishing with a record of 30-12 (15-3 in conference).
In the spring of 2011, the softball team won the USA South Athletic Conference Tournament Championship, the first in school history. SU defeated Christopher Newport University 4-1 and 4–2, earning an automatic bid into the NCAA Regional Tournament.

NCAA Appearances

2011
Salisbury Regional

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Rowan	W 4-1
Second Round	Salisbury	L 0–4
Elimination Game	Kean	W 6–1
Elimination Finals	Rowan	L 1–8