Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
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| Fairleigh Dickinson Knights | |
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| University | Fairleigh Dickinson University |
| Conference | Northeast Conference |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Bradford Hurlbut |
| Location | Teaneck, New Jersey |
| Varsity teams | 20 |
| Basketball arena | Rothman Center |
| Baseball stadium | Naimoli Family Baseball Complex |
| Mascot | Knightro |
| Nickname | Knights |
| Colors | Burgundy and blue[1] |
| Website | fduknights |
The Fairleigh Dickinson Knights refer to the 17 sports teams representing Fairleigh Dickinson University's Metropolitan campus in Teaneck & Hackensack, New Jersey. Fairleigh Dickinson University or (FDU) offers a variety of sports on the Division I level. The women's bowling team has won two national titles: in 2006 and 2010. The men's basketball team has reached the NCAA Tournament six times in the history of the program (1985, 1988, 1998, 2005, 2016, and 2019). The Knights compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Northeast Conference.[2]
Teams
A member of the Northeast Conference, Fairleigh Dickinson sponsors teams in nine men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports:[3]
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Men's Intercollegiate Sports |
Women's Intercollegiate Sports
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- ^ a b The NCAA considers indoor and outdoor track & field to be separate sports. The indoor championship is held in the NCAA's winter season, and the outdoor championship is held in the spring season.
- ^ Men's volleyball is competing as an independent in its inaugural 2022 season (2022–23 school year). After that season, FDU will become part of the NEC's new men's volleyball league.
- ^ The fencing team competes as an independent and participates in the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association as well as in the NCAA.
Soccer
Seth Roland has been coach of the soccer team for over a quarter of a century, and was named 2000 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Coach of the Year. As of 2022, he was the winningest coach in FDU men's soccer history (223-186-65, .538), the winningest coach in Northeast Conference history (115-60-37, .626), and the ninth active-winningest-coach in NCAA Division I.[4]
Jacob Lissek holds the Knights’ all-time career record for shutouts (26).[5][6][7]
Notes
References
- ^ "Media Relations". FDUKnights.com. June 6, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- ^ http://www.northeastconference.org/
- ^ "Fairleigh Dickinson Knights". Fairleigh Dickinson University. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ^ "Seth Roland - Head Coach - Men's Soccer Coaches". FDU Knights Athletics.
- ^ Geller, Jessica (August 16, 2013). "Jacob Lissek helps US men's soccer team take gold". Intermountain Jewish News.
- ^ "Jacob Lissek - Men's Soccer Goalkeeper Coach - Men's Soccer Coaches". University of Hartford Athletics.
- ^ "Jacob Lissek". MLSsoccer.
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