title: UNC Asheville Bulldogs
text: # UNC Asheville Bulldogs
  
  The UNC Asheville Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent the University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA). They participate in Division I of the NCAA and are a member of the Big South Conference. UNCA fields varsity teams in 12 sports, 6 for men and 6 for women.
  
  In 1984, the UNCA women's basketball team won the NAIA national championship.
  
  ## Sports teams
  
  UNCA competes in the NCAA in the following sports:
  
  Men's Sports
  
  * Baseball
  * Basketball
  * Cross Country
  * Soccer
  * Tennis
  * Track and Field
  
  Women's Sports
  
  * Basketball
  * Cross Country
  * Golf
  * Soccer
  * Swimming *
  * Tennis
  * Track and Field
  * Volleyball
  * * = The swimming team competes as a member of the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association.
  
  ## Athletic facilities
  
  * Crowne Plaza Tennis Center: Home of UNCA tennis.
  * Greenwood Baseball Field: Completed in the spring of 1988, home of UNCA baseball. Capacity for 300 people.
  * Greenwood Soccer Field: Opened in 1989, capacity for 1,000 people. Home of UNCA soccer.
  * Kimmel Arena: Home of UNCA basketball and volleyball from 2011, replaces the smaller Justice Center. Holds 3,400 people.
  * Karl Straus Track: Home of UNCA's track and field programs.
  
  ## Championships
  
  ### Baseball
  
  * Big South tournament (1): 2006
  
  ### Men's basketball
  
  * Big South regular season (8): 1997, 1998, 2002 (shared with Winthrop), 2008 (shared with Winthrop), 2012, 2017, 2018, 2023
  * Big South tournament (6): 1989, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2023
  
  UNC Asheville men's basketball has now won at least 15 games in a season for a league-record 11 consecutive seasons. UNC Asheville's 11th straight 15 or more win season allowed the Bulldogs to pass the old mark of 10 it shared with Winthrop (1998-08). UNC Asheville has won 15 or more games every year since the 2007–08 season.
  
  ### Women's basketball
  
  * NAIA National Champions (1): 1984
  * Big South tournament (3): 2007, 2016, 2017
  * Big South regular season (1): 2016
  
  ### Men's soccer
  
  * Big South regular season (1): 2001
  
  ### Women's soccer
  
  * Big South regular season (2): 2004, 2005
  * Big South tournament (2): 1995, 2006
  
  ### Women's Tennis
  
  * Big South regular season (1): 2023
  
  ### Women's volleyball
  
  * National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) champions (1): 1991
  * Big South regular season (5): 1990, 1991 (shared), 1992, 2002, 2009
  * Big South tournament (2): 1991, 1992
  