Athletics
Northwestern sponsors 18 intercollegiate athletic sports, including football, women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and men's and women's tennis.
The Eagles are one of eight full-time members of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC), and are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The school is also a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association.
On October 8, 2005, Northwestern's football team became the first college team in modern history to play two games in the same day. They first played Trinity Bible College at home in the early afternoon, winning 59-0. After a two-hour break, the team boarded a bus for the 6.5-mile (10.5 km) drive to Macalester College for a 7:00 p.m. (0000 UTC, 9 October) game, which the Eagles won 47-14.
The Northwestern men's basketball team won the 2010 NCCAA Division I Men's Basketball National Tournament, defeating King College (Tenn.), for its first ever Division I championship by a score of 58-54.
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