Athletics

Students have an opportunity to participate in intercollegiate, club, intramural, and recreational sports and activities.

Roanoke has excellent facilities to support every phase of a well-rounded athletic program. There are six athletic fields which include playing and practice fields for soccer, lacrosse, and field hockey, an all-weather track with seating for 2,500, and tennis courts. The physical education and recreation center includes two basketball courts, a state-of-the-art fitness center, classrooms, an athletic training room, offices, and locker rooms.

The College is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III and the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Men compete with other colleges in soccer, cross-country, basketball, baseball, track and field, tennis, golf, and lacrosse. Women’s varsity sports include soccer, field hockey, volleyball, cross-country, basketball, softball, tennis, lacrosse, and track and field.

The intramural and recreational programs provide a wide variety of team and individual activities. Additional sports and games are played as coed teams or on an individual basis. Club sport activities include men’s lacrosse, cheerleading, men’s ice hockey and dance.