WPI Engineers

WPI Engineers
University	Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Conference	NCAA Division III NEWMAC, NEWA, ECAC
NCAA	NCAA Division III
Athletic director	Dana L. Harmon
Location	Worcester, Massachusetts
Varsity teams	18 teams
Football stadium	Alumni Stadium
Basketball arena	Harrington Auditorium
Baseball stadium	New England Baseball Complex
Mascot	Gompei the Goat
Nickname	Engineers
Fight song	"E to the X"
Colors	Crimson and gray[1]
Website	athletics.wpi.edu

The WPI Engineers are the athletic teams of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school sponsors 20 varsity sports.

WPI teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. The Engineers are a member of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, rowing, soccer, swimming & diving, track & field and wrestling; women's sports include basketball, cross country, field hockey, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, track & field and volleyball.

Sports Sponsored

Men's sports	Women's sports
Baseball	Basketball
Basketball	Cross Country
Cross Country	Field Hockey
Football	Rowing
Rowing	Soccer
Soccer	Softball
Swimming & Diving	Swimming & Diving
Track & Field	Track & Field
Wrestling	Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor

Men's sports

Baseball

The sport of baseball was played at the intercollegiate level on and off during the 1880s to the 1900s. During the years when WPI didn't have a sponsored team there would be contests between classes.^[2] Baseball was again introduced as a varsity sport in the spring of 1905 and has competed regularly since.^[3]

Basketball

Main article: WPI Engineers men's basketball

The WPI Engineers men's basketball team dates back to the early 1900s and has competed regularly since 1915. The teams has four NEWMAC conference tournament championship (2005, 2006, 2013, 2022).

Football

Main article: WPI Engineers football

The WPI Engineers football team has competed since 1887 and has the distinction of being Worcester's first college football team. The team has had three undefeated, untied seasons (1938, 1954 and 1983), two Freedom Football Conference (FFC) Championships (1992 and 1993), and one NEWMAC Championship (2019).

References

1. WPI Logo Usage: Quick Reference Guide (PDF). Retrieved January 1, 2017.
2. Taylor, Herbert Foster (1937). Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Privately Published. p. 154. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
3. Taylor, Herbert Foster (1937). Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Privately Published. p. 229. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

External links

• Official website