Barry University Athletics

1989: A Season to Remember: Bucs Win First-Ever National Soccer Championship

MIAMI SHORES, Fla.--The 1989 season was a championship year to remember. Mike Covone's soccer team earned Barry its first national title in any sport, highlighting the school's Golden Jubilee celebration.
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1992: Barry Captures its Second NCAA Division II Soccer Title

ADELPHI, N.Y.--The 1992 season brought Barry University its second NCAA Division II national soccer title in four years, allowing head coach Mike Covone's seniors to achieve bookend championships in their college careers.
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1993: Buccaneers Win Back-to-Back National Soccer Championships

MIAMI SHORES, Fla.--The Barry University women's soccer team continued its national dominance in 1993, winning its second consecutive NCAA Division II National Championship. It was Barry's third title in five years and its sixth straight trip to the NCAA Final Four.
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1995: Defense Wins National Championship For Volleyball Team

MIAMI SHORES, Fla.--Defense wins championships. The 1995 Barry University volleyball team proved that adage to be painfully true to its opponents, as the Bucs blocked their way to the NCAA Division II National Championship.
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2001: Volleyball Brings Home Division II Title

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan -- For the second time in school history, Barry University was crowned the NCAA Division II National Champions after trouncing the South Dakota State Jackrabbits 3-0 in the final match and ending the 2001 season with a 21-game win streak.
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2004: Volleyball Wins Third National Title

MIAMI SHORES, Fla.- The Barry Buccaneers rallied from a game-one loss to defeat Truman State University 25-30, 30-21, 30-25, 30-24 to win the 2004 NCAA Division II Volleyball national championship in the Health & Sports Center at Barry University.
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2007: Men's Golf Wins NCAA Division II Championship

ALLENDALE, Mich. - Hernan Borja (Sr., Coral Springs, Fla.) finished second out of 105 individuals with a four-round score of 291 ( 7) to lead the Barry University men's golf team to their first NCAA Division II national title in school history.
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2010: FINALLY! Men's Tennis Wins National Championship

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla.-Despite falling behind 4-2 in the NCAA DII national Championship match, the Barry men's tennis team won four of the six singles matches to capture the all-elusive national championship 5-4 over the #1 Valdosta State Blazers. This group of Bucs, who finished runner up in 2008 and 2009, finally won the title on their third try.
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2011: WOMEN'S TENNIS WINS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla.-A sixteen-hour delay wasn't enough to deter the Barry University women's tennis team from winning their first-ever national championship over the Lynn University Knights on Sunday afternoon. Though play was stopped on Saturday afternoon, the Bucs came out with force on Sunday morning and took one doubles match and four singles matches to win the school's ninth national championship since 1989.
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2013: Men's Tennis Nets National Title

SURPRISE, Ariz. - El Presidente laid down the law once again, and Barry University men's tennis team became a national champion Saturday.

In a match that was as dramatic as they come, No. 1 Barry outlasted No. 2 Armstrong Atlantic in a 5-4 thriller to secure the program's second NCAA Division II National Championship. It marked the university athletic program's 10th national title in school history.
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2013: Sweet Success: Men's Golf Wins NCAA Championship

HERSHEY, Pa. - It can't get any sweeter for Barry University men's golf.

Barry defeated Lynn by four strokes to break a 2-2-1 tiebreaker in the NCAA Division II National Championship match Friday at the par-71, 6,984-yard Hershey Country Club course. It marks the Buccaneers' second national title in the program's history.
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2014: Women's Tennis Wins National Championship

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. - For Barry University women's tennis team, it doesn't get any better than this.

No. 1 Barry beat No. 2 Armstrong Atlantic, 5-4, in the NCAA Division II Championship match at Sanlando Park Saturday. It was the Buccaneers' second national title in the program's history, and the school's 12th overall.
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2014: Michigan Made: Men's Golf Revisits NCAA Championship Glory

ALLENDALE, Mich. - Call it a sweet repeat in Pure Michigan.

Barry University's No. 1-ranked men's golf team repeated as NCAA Division II National Champions, beating Nova Southeastern, 3-1-1 in the match play finals at The Meadows Golf Course. It was the same layout the Bucs won their first title in 2007 under what then was a stroke-play only format.
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