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ATHLETICS The University of San Diego has a long history of athletic success, including winning 66 conference championships and making it to the NCAA Tournament 116 times across its 17 intercollegiate programs. But winning at USD is more than winning on the playing field. It means winning in the classroom with a 91% graduation rate. It also represents winning in the community by contributing thousands of volunteer service hours. A member of NCAA Division I Athletics and the West Coast Conference 0N CC) since 1979, the university's mascot is the Torero, the Spanish word for bullfighter. Team colors are Torero blue, navy blue and white. Other WCC teams are Loyola Marymount, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Seattle. On the gridiron, USD plays in the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League (PFL) against other Division I FCS institutions. Men's sports are baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, rowing, soccer, and tennis. Women's sports are basketball, cross country, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. Athletic facilities include the recently upgraded Jenny Craig Pavilion, home of the basketball and volleyball teams; Walter J. Zable Field at Torero Stadium, home for football and soccer; the Softball Complex; the Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center, the Sports Center Pool, home of the swimming and diving teams; and the new Purcell Family Championship Golf Practice Facility. Fowler Park and Cunningham Field and the newly renovated Softball Complex, homes to Torero baseball and softball, are state of-the-art facilities. Torero Stadium has previously played host to the prestigious NCAA College Cup. Club sports are an integral component of the student experience. More than 500 students participate each year in events ranging from surf contests to rugby tournaments featuring college teams from across the country. usdtoreros.com sandiego.edu/campusrecreation/sports-clubs

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