Northwest has won four national titles (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022) and appeared in another two Elite Eights (2002, 2004).[3] Northwest was ranked #1 in 2020 going into the playoffs to defend its title but the playoffs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[4]
Women's basketball
Head coach Michael Smith finished his second season at Northwest Missouri State after the 2014–15 season, with a total record of 18–37.[5] Since 1971, the women's basketball team has a combined record of 667–533.[6]
Bearcat Stadium (formerly "Memorial Stadium" and "Rickenbrode Stadium") is the football stadium of the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats in Maryville, Missouri and is the oldest continuous site for any NCAA Division II school.[8] The stadium was originally opened in 1917 as Memorial Stadium. It has a capacity of 6,500 and had lights and FieldTurf installed in the summer of 2007.
The Arena is in Lamkin Activity Center, a part of the Ryland Milner Complex and is located between Bearcat Stadium on the west and the Martindale Gymnasium and the Robert P. Foster Aquatic Center on the east.[9]
^Plummer, William; Floyd, Larry C. (2013). A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States: Turnkey Communications Inc. ISBN978-0-9893007-0-4.
