Xavier Musketeers
{{Short description|Teams representing Xavier University}}
{{Infobox college athletics
| name = Xavier Musketeers
| logo = Xavier Musketeers logo.svg
| logo_width = 150
| university = Xavier University
| association = NCAA
| conference = Big East (primary)
independent (women's lacrosse)
| division = Division I
| director = Greg Christopher
| location = Evanston, Cincinnati, Ohio
| teams = 16
| stadium =
| baseballfield = J. Page Hayden Field
| basketballarena = Cintas Center
| mascot = D'Artagnan, Blue Blob
| nickname = Musketeers
| fightsong =
| pageurl = https://goxavier.com/
| altlogo = 170px
}}
The Xavier Musketeers are the 19 teams representing Xavier University in intercollegiate athletics, including men's and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field. The Musketeers compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Big East Conference.{{cite web |title=Xavier Musketeers Official Athletic Site - Xavier University |website=goxavier.com |url=http://www.goxavier.com/ |access-date=June 14, 2012}} Their official colors are Xavier blue, silver metallic, silver gray and white.[http://www.goxavier.com/ot/xavi-08-styleguide.html Official Logos & Style Guide – Xavier University Athletics.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901011605/http://www.goxavier.com/ot/xavi-08-styleguide.html |date=September 1, 2012 }} Retrieved August 20, 2012.
On March 20, 2013, the Xavier administration announced that the university would leave the Atlantic 10 Conference to join the Big East, and it moved to the new conference on July 1, 2013.{{Cite web |date=March 20, 2013 |title=Xavier University Joins The New Big East |url=https://goxavier.com/news/2013/3/20/Xavier_University_Joins_The_New_Big_East?path=mbball |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241031220317/https://goxavier.com/news/2013/3/20/Xavier_University_Joins_The_New_Big_East |archive-date=2024-10-31 |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Xavier University Athletics |department=Men's Tennis }}
Teams
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| {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Xavier Musketeers |Men's sports|Women's sports}} | |
| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Cross country |
| Cross country | Golf |
| Golf | Soccer |
| Soccer | Swimming |
| Swimming & diving | Tennis |
| Tennis | Track & field† |
| Track & field† | Volleyball |
| Lacrosse | |
| colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Xavier Musketeers }}" | {{small|† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.}} |
Xavier previously fielded an American football team, but it was discontinued in 1973.
Xavier also fielded a wrestling team that was discontinued in 1978.
Xavier's next sport to be added will be women's lacrosse, which starts play as an independent in the 2023 season (2022–23 school year) before starting Big East play in 2024.{{cite press release|url=https://goxavier.com/news/2021/5/16/athletic-department-xavier-athletics-announces-the-addition-of-womens-lacrosse.aspx |title=Xavier Athletics Announces the Addition of Women's Lacrosse |publisher=Xavier Musketeers |date=May 16, 2021 |access-date=May 20, 2021}}
National championships
=Individual=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Xavier Musketeers|Association|Division|Sport|Year|Event|Individual(s)|Score}} |
| align="center"
|rowspan="1"| NCAA |rowspan="1"| Single Division |rowspan="1"| Rifle |rowspan="1"| 1998 | Smallbore rifle | 1,169 |
| align="center"
|rowspan="1"| NCBA |rowspan="1"| Women's 165-lb. |rowspan="1"| Boxing |rowspan="1"| 2019 | — | Joah Yu | — |
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