Odd "Lady team names"?

[naraht]

Both my school (Carnegie-Mellon U.), my wife's school (Frostburg State U.) and my son's school (University of Maryland), the women's teams either play under the same nickname as the men's teams or put Lady in front of it (So for Maryland either the Terrapins or the Lady Terrapins).

But I was looking at Kentucky State and the men play under the name Thorobred (The spelling for the horse breed is Thoroughbred) and the women play under the name Thorobrette.

What are other odd collegiate name for the women's teams that people have seen?

[FSUZeta]

It is a pet peeve of mine that women collegiate sports teams have "Lady" in front of their team name. If it's softball it is a safe bet that the team members are female-the same for assuming the football team is male. As for sports that both sexes participate in? Just say "The Local University mens( or women's)alligator wrestling team won another championship, yadda, yadda, yadda."

[summer_gphib]

Southeast Missouri State was formerly the "Indians" with the female teams being the "Otahkians." Now it's the "Redhawks" and "Lady Redhawks."

[ARKTTKA]

Arkansas Tech - The women are called the "Golden Suns" while the men are the "Wonder Boys"
Arkansas- Monticello - The women are the "Cotton Blossoms" and the men are the "Boll Weevils"

[naraht]

Originally Posted by ARKTTKA

Arkansas- Monticello - The women are the "Cotton Blossoms" and the men are the "Boll Weevils"

Who the heck came up with this?!? The men's teams are named after something that eats the women's teams namesake?

[Sciencewoman]

Ewww...who wants to be a "Boll Weevil?" I can't imagine that's a big draw when recruiting athletes.

[Sen's Revenge]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

Ewww...who wants to be a "Boll Weevil?" I can't imagine that's a big draw when recruiting athletes.

Alabama sent me recruitment materials after I took the PSAT. The outside of the envelope said "BE A BAMA!"

I threw it away.

"Bama" is a slur among DC area youth. LOL

[honeychile]

My DH is the SID at Concordia University, so I asked him. He said that now, they're all the Cougars, but they used to be the Cougars and the Kittens.

FSUZeta, they do have troubles with some of the sports, such as basketball, soccer, and lacrosse. They have both men & women's teams for each

[aephi alum]

MIT's athletes are officially known as the Engineers. However, the school's mascot is the beaver - nature's engineer. This means that, sometimes, the athletes are referred to as the Beavers ... Yes, female athletes too.

[stufield]

Here are a few that might be of some interest to some readers:

Kenyon College [Gambier, Ohio]: Predictably, the mens' teams are called the Lords, in honour of Lord Kenyon, the initial major financial supporter of the college, and the womens' teams are correspondingly called the Ladies.

Similarly, at Centenary College of Louisiana [Shreveport, LA]: The mens' teams are called the Gents, and the womens' teams are called the Ladies.

Two variations on a same name: At Northland College [Ashland, WI], the mens' teams are the Lumber Jacks and the womens' are the Lumber Jills [clever and catchy], and at Stephen F. Austin State University [Nacodoches, TX] the mens' teams are the Lumberjacks and the womens' are the Ladyjacks [not as imaginative].

St. Ambrose University [Davenport, Iowa]: The mens' teams are the Fighting Bees and the womens' are the Queen Bees ... pretty cool.

At Saint Peter's University [Jersey City, NJ] the mens' teams are the Peacocks and the womens' are, properly, the Peahens.

Similarly, at the University of Central Missouri (formerly Central Missouri State University) [Warrensburg, MO]: the mens' teams are the Mules and the womens' are, properly, the Jennies.

A nice play on spelling and pronunciation: At Tarleton State University [Stephenville, TX] the mens' teams are the Texans and the womens' are the TexAnns.

At Washington College [Chestertown, MD], the mens' teams are the Shoremen and the womens' are the Shorewomen ... predictable, politically correct, but sounds stiff/awkward/forced to my ear at least.

At the University of Alberta [Edmonton, Alberta, Canada] the mens' teams are the Golden Bears and the womens' teams are the Pandas. There is no commonality whatsoever between a Golden Bear and a Panda, other than that they are both bears, but Pandas are cute and the name is very popular with womens' team members and the student body as a whole.

I'm not aware of any relationship or commonality between the previously posted Wonder Boys (men) and Golden Sons (women) at Arkansas Tech, but both names are classic.

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by honeychile

My DH is the SID at Concordia University, so I asked him. He said that now, they're all the Cougars, but they used to be the Cougars and the Kittens.

FSUZeta, they do have troubles with some of the sports, such as basketball, soccer, and lacrosse. They have both men & women's teams for each

I know that, but my point is cutesy names are not needed. For instance " The FSU women's cross country team won the ACC championship today" is an easy way to distinguish the men's and women's teams.

[dukedg]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

I know that, but my point is cutesy names are not needed. For instance " The FSU women's cross country team won the ACC championship today" is an easy way to distinguish the men's and women's teams.

I'm with FSUZeta. You want to call the women's leam the Lady Vols? That's fine as long as the men's is Gentlemen Vols. Otherwise, why should the women's team be designated as such and the men's not?

I'm okay with some of the situations stufield listed and think they are fun when they are words that already designated male and female, but things like "Texans" and "TexAnns" make me cringe...

[ARKTTKA]

For a period of time my alma mater (University of Arkansas) called the women's teams the "Ladybacks" while the men are "Razorbacks" they have since moved on to call both "Razorbacks".

Quite thankful they never referred to the women's teams as the "Sows"!

[BraveMaroon]

Originally Posted by dukedg

I'm with FSUZeta. You want to call the women's leam the Lady Vols? That's fine as long as the men's is Gentlemen Vols. Otherwise, why should the women's team be designated as such and the men's not?

I proposed "Vols with Balls" for the men's teams at University of Tennessee - my friends who went there were not amused.

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by BraveMaroon

I proposed "Vols with Balls" for the men's teams at University of Tennessee - my friends who went there were not amused.

Love it!