sentences:  Women's sports include basketball, field hockey, lacrosse, golf, sailing, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, rowing, and volleyball.The Monarchs compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and are members of Conference USA (C-USA) as their primary conference affiliation.The football team played one season as an independent as part of the transition to FBS and began competing as a full football-playing member of C-USA in 2014.