Rollins Tars

{{Short description|Intercollegiate sports teams representing Rollins College}}

{{Infobox college athletics

| name = Rollins Tars

| logo = Rollins tars anchor logo.png

| logo_width = 150

| university = Rollins College

| association = NCAA

| conference = Sunshine State (primary)

| division = Division II

| director = Pennie Parker

| location = Winter Park, Florida

| first season =

| teams = 21

| mens_teams = 10

| womens_teams = 11

| coed_teams =

| basketballarena = Harold & Ted Alfond Sports Center

| baseballfield = Alfond Stadium at Harper-Shepherd Field

| softballstadium = Rollins Softball Stadium at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park

| soccerstadium = Barker Family Stadium at Cahall-Sandspur Field

| natatorium = Alfond Swimming Pool

| lacrossestadium = Barker Family Stadium at Cahall-Sandspur Field

| tenniscourt = Bert W. Martin Tennis Complex
John Tiedtke Courts

| mascot =

| nickname = Tars{{cite web|url=http://www.rollinssports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19500&ATCLID=1549320|title=Rollins Athletics Quick Facts|publisher=Rollins Athletics Department|access-date=2010-09-20}}

| fightsong =

| pageurl = https://rollinssports.com/

| ncaa titles = 12

| indiv_relay ncaa champs =

| altlogo = 200px

}}

The Rollins Tars are the athletic teams that represent Rollins College, located in Winter Park, Florida, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Tars, an archaic name for a sailor,{{cite web|url=http://www.rollinssports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19500&ATCLID=1549320|title=Rollins Athletics Quick Facts|publisher=Rollins Athletics Department|access-date=2010-09-20}} compete as members of the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) for all 21 varsity sports. Rollins has been a member of the SSC since 1975.{{cite web|url=http://www.rollinssports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1547223|title=Rollins Women's Golf Tradition|work=RollinsSports.com|date=July 3, 2014|access-date=17 March 2017}}

Varsity teams

=List of teams=

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! width= 150px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Rollins Tars|border=1|color= white }}"| Men's sports

! width= 150px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Rollins Tars|border=1|color= white }}"| Women's sports

BaseballBasketball
BasketballGolf
GolfLacrosse
LacrosseRowing
RowingSailing
SailingSoccer
SoccerSoftball
SwimmingSwimming
TennisTennis
WaterskiVolleyball
Waterski

=Women's golf=

In 1950 and 1956, Betty Rowland and Marlene Stewart, respectively, won the women's individual intercollegiate golf championship (an event conducted by the Division of Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS) — which later evolved into the current NCAA women's golf championship). In later years, Bettina Walker (1988, 1989), Debbie Pappas (1990, 1991, 1992), Mariana De Biase (2006) and Joanna Coe (2008) became individual national champions at the Small College and NCAA Division II levels. As a team, Rollins College has won 13 national championships.

Former sports

=Football=

{{main|Rollins Tars football}}

Rollins previously fielded a football team, first in 1904 and last in 1949.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.rollins.edu/libraryarchives/2016/03/03/rollins-football-a-history/ |title=Rollins Football: A History |website=From the Rollins Archives |date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=May 27, 2020}}

National championships

The Tars have won twelve NCAA Division II team national championships.

=Team=

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|rowspan="12"| NCAA (12)

|rowspan="12"| Division II (12)

|rowspan="2"| Men's Golf (2)

| 1970

| Georgia Southern

| 1,195–1,205

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| 2002

| Cal State Stanislaus

| 1,194–1,195

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|rowspan="6"| Women's Golf (6)

| 2003

| Florida Southern

| 1,237–1,276

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| 2004

| Ferris State
Florida Southern

| 1,196—1,264

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| 2005

| Grand Valley State

| 1,185–1,220

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| 2006

| Ferris State

| 919–925

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| 2008

| Nova Southeastern

| 1,181–1,188

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| 2016

| Indianapolis

| 1,173—1,182

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|rowspan="4"| Men's Tennis (4)

| 1966

| Cal State Los Angeles
Long Beach State

| 17–12

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| 1972

| Kalamazoo

| —

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| 1991

| Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

| 5–3

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| 2001

| Hawaii Pacific

| 5–0

References

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