Incarnate Word Cardinals

The Incarnate Word Cardinals, also known as UIW Cardinals, are composed of 25 teams representing the University of the Incarnate Word in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, and track and field. Men's sports include baseball and football. Women's sports include softball, synchronized swimming, and volleyball. The Cardinals compete in NCAA Division I and are members of the Southland Conference. UIW has sent multiple fencers to compete in multiple NCAA Fencing Championships (2016, 2017, 2024).,^[2][3] On November 12, 2021, Incarnate Word accepted their invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference in 2022.^[4] However, on June 24, 2022, just one week before the change of conferences was scheduled to take place, Incarnate Word announced that it would remain in the Southland Conference.^[5][6]

Incarnate Word Cardinals
University	University of the Incarnate Word
Conference	Southland (primary) OVC (men's soccer) MPSF (fencing, swimming & diving)
NCAA	Division I (FCS)
Athletic director	Richard Duran
Location	San Antonio, Texas
Varsity teams	25 (11 men's, 14 women's)
Football stadium	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium
Basketball arena	McDermott Center
Baseball stadium	Sullivan Field
Softball stadium	H-E-B Field
Soccer stadium	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium
Aquatics center	Ann Barshop Natatorium
Tennis venue	Mabry Tennis Center
Mascot	Red Cardinal
Nickname	Cardinals
Colors	Red, white, and black[1]
Website	uiwcardinals.com

Sports sponsored

Men's sports	Women's sports
Baseball	Basketball
Basketball	Cheerleading
Cross country	Cross country
Fencing	Dance
Football	Fencing
Golf	Golf
Soccer	Soccer
Swimming and diving	Softball
Tennis	Swimming and diving
Track and field†	Synchronized swimming
	Tennis
	Track and field†
	Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor

See also

• List of NCAA Division I institutions