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California State University-Fresno Athletics
The Fresno State Bulldogs compete in baseball, football, wrestling, equestrian, soccer, softball, volleyball, and men’s and women’s basketball, golf, tennis, and track. The Bulldogs compete in the NCAA Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Bulldogs football team finished the 2004 season with a 9-3 record and outscored their opponents 482 to 253 for the season. The Bulldogs’ 2004 performance gained the attention of many fans and media nationwide, and will have a number of games televised to national audiences in future seasons as a result. Bulldog Stadium is well-regarded as a “complete stadium,” seating over 41,000 and selling out 12 of its last 17 games. The Bulldogs win a great majority of their games playing at home, which was ranked 23rd on the CBSSportsline.com rankings in 2003. The men’s basketball team posted 18 wins in the 2004 season, playing in the comfortable and exciting Save Mart Center. The Fresno State softball team has an impressive history of winning, with fifteen championships won in the last twenty years, and eighteen championships since 1978. It is the only team to have appeared in 23 consecutive NCAA Softball Championships.
Fresno State University is an NCAA Division I School. Teams compete in the Western Athletic Conference. Men’s sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf, tennis, track & field, and wrestling. Women’s sports include basketball, cross country, equestrian, golf, soccer, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. The sports teams are supported by a spirit squad, which includes a co-ed cheerleading squad and a mascot. The marching band also performs at some events. The team nick-name is the Bulldogs, named after a white bulldog that hung around campus in 1921 and became the mascot.
Fresno State athletic traditions include the “Red Wave,” which is manifested in the loud fan participation at Fresno State athletic events. The university is a leader in attendance and ticket sales among schools on the West Coast.
Athletic facilities at Fresno State University include a stadium with a capacity of over 41,000, a softball stadium opened in 1996 with a capacity of 5,767 (including 388 box seats) and many amenities, a tennis center, an equestrian center, and a nine-lane track. The Save-Mart Center next to campus provides an arena for basketball and a location for other community events, such as rock concerts.
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