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University Southeastern Louisiana University | ||
The Southeastern Louisiana Lions and Lady lions are composed of 13 teams representing Southeastern Louisiana University in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, and track and field. Men's sports include baseball, football, and golf. Women's sports include volleyball, tennis, soccer, and softball. The Lions compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Southland Conference.
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Teams
Southeastern Louisiana University sponsors six men's, and seven women's teams in NCAA sanctioned sports:
"Lion Up!" cheer and gesture
In 2014 all Southeastern athletic teams adopted the Texas Tech University Red Raiders hand gesture and modified the related "Guns Up!" cheer to "Lion Up!" The gesture's "L" shape thus stands for "Lion" instead of the pistol it represents at Texas Tech.