Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Sport Men 's Women 's
Baseball Y
Basketball Y Y
Cross Country Y Y
Football Y
Golf Y Y
Soccer Y
Softball Y
Swimming & Diving Y
Tennis Y
Track & Field Indoor Y Y
Track & Field Outdoor Y Y
Volleyball Y
Wrestling Y
Sports
A divisional format is used for basketball ( M / W ) and football . North Bemidji State Mary Minnesota State–Moorhead Minnesota–Crookston Minnesota–Duluth Minot State Northern State St . Cloud State South Augustana Concordia–St . Paul Minnesota State Sioux Falls Southwest Minnesota State Upper Iowa Wayne State Winona State
The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the western Midwestern United States. Nine of its members are in Minnesota, with three members in South Dakota, two members in North Dakota, and one member each in the states of Iowa and Nebraska. It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division II level. It was founded in 1932. With the recent NSIC expansion, the original six member schools have been reunited. With the inclusion of the several new member institutions, it is one of the largest Division II conferences in the country with 16 members. The conference sponsors 18 sports; ten for women and eight for men. Both men and women compete in basketball, cross country, golf, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Men compete in baseball, football, and wrestling. Women compete in soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, and volleyball.