Cleveland_State_Vikings

Cleveland State Vikings

Cleveland State Vikings

Athletic teams of Cleveland State University


The Cleveland State Vikings, or Vikes, are the athletic teams of Cleveland State University. Before as Fenn College they were known as the Fenn College Foxes or Fenn Foxes. Cleveland State competes in NCAA Division I. The Vikings have competed in NCAA Division I since 1972. They were previously members of the NCAA College Division, a precursor to NCAA Division II. The university is a member of the Horizon League (1994–present), the Mid-American Conference (2019–present) for wrestling, and the ASUN Conference (2021–present) for men's lacrosse. Cleveland State was formerly in the Mid-Continent Conference (1982–1994) and North Star Conference (1989–1992). Cleveland State previously fielded baseball, men's cross country as well as men and women's track and field. As Fenn College they fielded men's ice hockey and rifle. Cleveland State has a number of club sports as well.

Fenn College Foxes logo (1950s–1965)
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Facilities

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McCafferty Trophy

The McCafferty Trophy is awarded by the Horizon League to the school with the best overall athletic performance in all the sponsored sports. Cleveland State has won the award twice, in 2008 and 2013. Below is a table of the Cleveland State finishes and points.

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Baseball

Baseball at Cleveland State was played for a total of 69 seasons. On May 2, 2011, Clevleland State University announced that they would eliminate the baseball team. The reasons cited were budget concerns as well as the difficulty of having a baseball team in the northern United States with the season starting earlier and earlier and favoring teams in the warmer southern United States.[15]

Men's basketball

Men's cross country

  • Cleveland State dropped Men's Cross Country after the 1993 season.
  • Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (1):
1992

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E-Sports

Cleveland State University launched a Division I esports program which kicked off its inaugural season in the fall of 2022.

Men's fencing

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Football

On October 14, 2008, Cleveland State University President Michael Schwartz stated "he wants a blue ribbon panel to give him a recommendation on the football team before July 1 when he is scheduled to retire. He also said the program will have to be structured to pay for itself."[16] On November 19, 2008, it was revealed that President Schwartz had chosen the committee members to explore the feasibility of football at Cleveland State.[17] On October 9, 2009, it was announced the university had completed its feasibility study.[18] From April 12–14, 2010 the Cleveland State Student Government Association polled students online about whether they favored football at Cleveland State. The results were as follows.[19]

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Men's golf

Men's ice hockey

  • Ohio-Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Hockey League Team Championships (0):

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Men's lacrosse

Cleveland State established its varsity men's lacrosse program on March 30, 2015.[22] The Vikings' inaugural lacrosse match was a 138 home loss to Michigan on February 4, 2017.[23]

CSU competed as an independent for its first five men's lacrosse seasons. After the 2021 season, CSU joined the newly reinstated men's lacrosse league of the ASUN Conference.[24]

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Men's rifle

  • No team since 1937–1938, no place to shoot.

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Men's soccer

Men's swimming & diving

  • Penn-Ohio Conference Championships (14): 1974, 1976–1986, 1990-1992
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  • Horizon League Team Championships (4):
1998, 1999, 2006, 2013

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Men's tennis

Cleveland State dropped tennis as a sport following the 1991–1992 school year. Tennis was brought back for the 1999–2000 school year.

  • Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0):
  • Horizon League Team Championships (5):
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013,[25] 2018, 2019.

Men's track & field

  • Cleveland State dropped Men's Track & Field after the 1992 season.[26]

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Wrestling

  • Eastern Wrestling League Team Championships (1):
1979
  • Program has had at least one NCAA qualifier for the last 42 years, going back to the 1964–65 season.
  • Eight Vikings have achieved All-American status.
Lee Barylski, 142 pounds (1970)
Paul Azzarti, Heavyweight (1971)
Frank Yoo, 142 pounds (1972)
Tony DiGiovanni, 134 pounds (1973)
Tom Cavanaugh, 150 pounds (1973)
Toby Matney, 158 pounds (1979)
Dave Zahoransky, 142 pounds (1986, 1988)
Dan Carcelli, 142 pounds (1995)

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Women's basketball

Women's cross country

  • Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0):
  • Horizon League Team Championships (0):

First Season 1980

Women's fencing

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Women's golf

  • Horizon League Team Championships (1): 2017

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  • Totals updated through the end of the 2010–2011 school year.[27][28]

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Women's soccer

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  • Totals updated through the end of the 2016–2017 school year.[29][30]

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Softball

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Women's swimming & diving

  • Penn-Ohio Conference Championships (2): 1990 and 1991
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Women's tennis

  • North Star Conference Team Championships (0):
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Women's track & field

  • Women's Track & Field ceased to exist after the 199? season. It was reinstated beginning in 2017.

Women's volleyball

Club sports – crew (rowing)

Viking Crew is a successful coed club crew.[31] Each year the team travels around the nation to compete against other top collegiate crew. In 2006 the team's lightweight men's four traveled to Boston to race in the Head of the Charles Regatta. In 2007 and 2009 the team raced at Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta with over 37 boats in their race. In 2009 Cleveland State won the Hammer Ergatta cup and the Cleveland Collegiate Regatta cup.

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  • Cleveland Collegiate Regatta Championships (1):
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Notes

  1. "Color Palette | Cleveland State University". Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  2. Alexander, Elton (April 14, 2010). "Cleveland State athletic director Lee Reed leaving for Georgetown". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  3. Alexander, Elton (May 7, 2010). "Cleveland State announces John Parry as interim athletic director". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  4. McCann, Brian (April 1, 2011). "John Parry Named Cleveland State University Athletic Director". Cleveland State University. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  5. "UW-Milwaukee Captures James J. McCafferty Trophy | Horizon League". horizonleague.org. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. McCann, Brian (28 May 2008). "VIKINGS WIN McCAFFERTY TROPHY". Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland State University. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. "Milwaukee claims McCafferty Trophy as Horizon League all-sports champion for fifth time in nine years". Oak Brook, Illinois: Horizon League. 27 May 2009. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  8. "Butler Captures James J. McCafferty Trophy". Butler University. 7 June 2010. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  9. "Butler Claims Record-Setting Eighth McCafferty Trophy". Horizon League. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  10. Potter, Bill (30 May 2012). "Milwaukee Earns Sixth McCafferty Trophy as Horizon League All-Sports Champion". Horizon League. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  11. Potter, Bill (28 May 2013). "Cleveland State Earns Second McCafferty Trophy". Horizon League. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  12. "Cleveland State University Ends Baseball Program". 2 May 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
  13. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/10/cleveland_state_university_con.doc Cleveland State considers a new name and a new football team. Accessed October 25, 2008.
  14. http://www.csuohio.edu/news/inthenews/081119football.doc CSU Picks Committee to Explore Football. Accessed October 2, 2010.
  15. "Football Feasibility Study Announced - CLEVELAND STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved 2010-10-03. Football Feasibility Study Announced . Accessed October 2, 2010.
  16. "Board of Elections - Student Life - Cleveland State University". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-06-19. 2010 SGA Election Results . Accessed October 2, 2010.
  17. "College Icers in Dual Bill; Dukes Meet Fenn, Tech Tackles Carroll". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. March 11, 1940. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  18. "Dukes Win Hockey Title". The News-Dispatch. March 2, 1939. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  19. "ASUN Conference Announces Formation of Men's Lacrosse League" (Press release). ASUN Conference. February 5, 2021. Archived from the original on February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  20. Potter, Bill (28 April 2013). "Cleveland State Takes Dramatic Men's Tennis Championship". Horizon League. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  21. "JUDGE OVERTURNS BARNES RULING". Dayton Daily News. June 26, 1992. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  22. Horizon League (2011). "2011 Horizon League Golf record book" (PDF). Horizon League. p. 8. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  23. Cleveland State University (2010). "2010 Cleveland State Vikings golf media guide" (PDF). Cleveland State University. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 15, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  24. Cleveland State University (2011). "2011 Cleveland State women's soccer media guide" (PDF). Cleveland State University. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 25, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  25. Horizon League (2011). "Horizon League Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Horizon League. p. 14. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  26. http://www.csurowing.com Viking Crew . Accessed November 28, 2010.

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