NCAA Division II Location Denton, Texas | Athletic director Chalese Connors Varsity teams 5 | |
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University Texas Woman's University Conference Lone Star Conference
Midwest Independent Conference (gymnastics) | ||
The Texas Woman's Pioneers (also TWU Pioneers) are the athletic teams that represent Texas Woman's University, located in Denton, Texas, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. Even though TWU accepts male students, only female sports are sponsored. The Pioneers compete as members of the Lone Star Conference for all 5 varsity sports with the exception of gymnastics. The gymnastics team competes as an independent program in the Midwest Independent Conference which comprises NCAA Division I, II and III institutions.
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List of teams
Women's sports
Softball
As an AIAW Division I team in the 1979 Women's College World Series, the Pioneer softball team won the national championship by defeating UCLA, 1–0, in the deciding game, led by pitcher Kathy Arendsen.
Gymnastics
The TWU Gymnastics squad has won the USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships (non-NCAA) with a record nine team championships since 1993, with the most recent championship in 2008. The team finished second overall in 2010, in addition to squad members winning four out of the five individual titles. TWU is the only varsity-level intercollegiate gymnastics program in the state of Texas.
Track and field
TWU won three women's collegiate outdoor track-and-field national championships: in 1969, 1971, and 1973. These included the first (and three of the first five) DGWS/AIAW track-and-field championships ever held.
Volleyball
In 1973, TWU reached the national championship match of the AIAW women's volleyball tournament, only to fall to Long Beach State.