California Baptist University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Athletics== {{Main|California Baptist Lancers}} The California Baptist (Cal Baptist) athletic teams are called the Lancers. The university is a member of the [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] level of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA), primarily competing in the [[Western Athletic Conference]] (WAC) for most of its sports since the 2018β19 academic year;<ref>{{cite web |work=California Baptist University. It transitioned to Division I in 2018-2019. |url=http://www.cbulancers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=37683&SPID=3085&DB_OEM_ID=8100&ATCLID=205123091 |title=CBU Rejoins NCCAA |date=March 25, 2011 |access-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cbulancers.com/news/2017/1/13/general-cbu-announces-d1-wac-move.aspx|title=CBU Announces D1, WAC Move|website=CBU Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=A visual look at 2020-21 NCAA championships {{!}} NCAA.com|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2021-07-29/visual-look-2020-21-ncaa-championships|access-date=July 31, 2021|newspaper=Ncaa.com|language=en}}</ref> while the men's water polo team competes in the [[Western Water Polo Association]] (WWPA); and the women's water polo team competes in the [[Golden Coast Conference]] (GCC). The Lancers previously competed in the [[Pacific West Conference]] (PacWest) of the [[NCAA Division II]] ranks from 2011β12 to 2017β18; and in the [[Golden State Athletic Conference]] (GSAC) of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA) from 1987β88 to 2010β11. Cal Baptist competes in 21 intercollegiate varsity sports:<ref>{{cite web |work=California Baptist University |url=http://www.cbulancers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=37683&SPID=3085&DB_OEM_ID=8100&ATCLID=205012720 |title=Lancers to join PacWest |date=October 15, 2010 |access-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref> Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, track (distance), water polo and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, stunt, swimming & diving, track (distance), volleyball and water polo; and co-ed sports include cheerleading and dance. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page