Summit League Announces 2013-14 Championships Schedule

ELMHURST, Ill. - The Summit League announced dates and hosts for all 19 of its sport championships in 2013-14 after approval at the league's President's Council meeting.

Headlining the schedule is The Summit League Basketball Championships, which will be held in Sioux Falls, S.D., for a record sixth consecutive year. The Sioux Falls Sports Authority will host the 2014 championships for the final year at the Sioux Falls Arena before moving into the new Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in 2015.

Five of the first six championship sites will be in the state of Indiana with Fort Wayne hosting five championships (men’s and women’s cross country, women’s soccer, men’s and women’s indoor track & field) and IUPUI hosting three championships (volleyball, men’s and women’s swimming & diving).

North Dakota State will host championships on consecutive weekends this spring in softball and outdoor track & field. It will be the third time in the last five seasons the Bison have hosted the softball championship.

Western Illinois welcomes the men’s soccer championship to Macomb for the second-straight year, while South Dakota State will host the baseball championship for the second time in school history.

In all, a total of five different Summit League institutions will host a championship event during the 2013-14 season.

2013-14 Summit League Championships Calendar

Sport	Date(s)	Site / Host	Qualifying Teams
Cross Country (M/W)	Nov. 2, 2013	Fort Wayne, Ind. / Fort Wayne	All teams
Women's Soccer	Nov. 8/10, 2013	Fort Wayne, Ind. / Fort Wayne	Top four
Men's Soccer	Nov. 15/17, 2013	Macomb, Ill./Western Illinois	Top four
Volleyball	Nov. 22-24, 2013	Indianapolis, Ind. / IUPUI	Top six
Swimming & Diving (M/W)	Feb. 19-22, 2014	Indianapolis, Ind. / IUPUI	All teams
Indoor Track & Field (M/W)	Feb. 28-March 1, 2014	Fort Wayne, Ind. / Fort Wayne	All teams
Basketball (M/W)	March 8-11, 2014	Sioux Falls, S.D. / Sioux Falls Sports Authority	Top seven
Golf (M/W)	April 21-23, 2014	Keller, Texas / Summit League	All teams
Tennis (M/W)	April 25-27, 2014	TBD	All teams
Softball	May 7-10, 2014	Fargo, N.D. / North Dakota State	Top six
Outdoor Track & Field (M/W)	May 15-17, 2014	Fargo, N.D. / North Dakota State	All teams
Baseball	May 22-24, 2014	Brookings, S.D. / South Dakota State	Top four

 

ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at eight institutions, including three located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced eight NCAA Champions, 62 All-Americans and 50 Academic All-America selections.