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Minnesota State University-Mankato Athletics
The MSU Mankato Mavericks compete in the NCAA. Men’s sports include cross country, football, golf, basketball, hockey, track, swimming, wrestling, baseball, and tennis. Women’s sports include cross country, golf, soccer, volleyball, basketball, bowling, hockey, swimming, softball, and tennis. The Mavericks’ Taylor Center seats 4,800 and hosts basketball, volleyball, and wrestling. Taylor Center is also home to the 5,000 square-foot Hall of Champions, and is home to commencement and major concerts. The Myers Field House is a multi-purpose complex with an eight-lane, NCAA-sanctioned track and accommodations for 1,000 spectators. In addition to housing track & field teams, Myers Field House hosts workouts for other Maverick teams. The Field House hosted the NCC Indoor Track and Field Championships twice in the past four years. Blakeslee Stadium seats 7,000 for MSU Mankato football, and hosts the summer training camp for the Minnesota Vikings. Midwest Civic Center has a 5,000 seating capacity and is home to men’s hockey games. The Center has also hosted concerts by such artists as Aerosmith, Styx, Kiss. Bob Dylan, and ZZ Top.
Minnesota State University, Mankato is an NCAA Division II School. Most teams compete in the North Central Conference. Men’s sports include cross country, football, golf, basketball, hockey, track & field, swimming, wrestling, baseball, and tennis. Women’s sports include cross country, golf, soccer, volleyball, basketball, bowling, hockey, track & field, swimming, softball, and tennis. The sports teams are supported by a spirit squad, which includes co-educational and all-women cheer teams. The team nick-name is the Mavericks.
Athletic facilities at Minnesota State University, Mankato include the Taylor Center, which opened in 2000 and is home to basketball, volleyball, and wrestling, a field house, a civic center, and a stadium. The football stadium is also the summer training camp for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings.
Among the championships and awards that Minnesota State University, Mankato has received are national championships in men’s track & field and a men’s regional championship in golf. Individual athletes have won various conference or regional awards and have competed in NCAA championships.
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