Athletics

Saint Francis University announced a decision by its Board of Trustees that directs the president and the leadership team to pursue a reclassification of its NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics program to Division III.

The Red Flash Men's Basketball Team has been making headlines across the country after their historic NEC Championship win and ticket punch to the NCAA Tournament. From major sports outlets to popular podcasts, everyone's talking about Saint Francis University.

The Saint Francis University Men's Basketball won their first Northeast Conference (NEC) Championship since 1991 with a 46-43 victory over the no. 1 seeded CCSU Blue Devils.

Saint Francis University is pleased to announce the appointment of Jim Brazill, as the new Director of Athletics. Brazill, a seasoned athletic administrator, has been an integral part of the Red Flash Athletics team for nearly two decades.

Saint Francis University proudly announces MLK and Stokes Legacy Week 2025, a weeklong celebration honoring the remarkable legacies of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Maurice Stokes. From January 20-24, 2025, the campus will host events that reflect the values of justice, equality, and compassion, exemplified by Dr. King’s vision and Stokes’ inspiring journey.

This past athletic season has been deemed historic at Saint Francis University. For the first time in Red Flash history, all five Fall teams competed in Northeast Conference (NEC) postseason play after their respective 2022 season with one team clinching an NEC championship title.

On Saturday, October 29, 2022 Saint Francis University held the official Blessing and Dedication of the Fr. Ronald Bodenschatz, T.O.R. Driving Range at the Immergrun Golf Club in Loretto, Pa.

Senior accounting major Erika Ellison is a member of the Red Flash women's lacrosse team and an ROTC cadet who just finished her 35-day Advanced Camp training in the top 20 percent of her platoon.

The Saint Francis softball team won its fourth-consecutive NEC Tournament Championship with a 12-4 win in five innings against LIU (27-8, 25-7 NEC) on Saturday. The win earned the Red Flash earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament Regional. The team (40-8, 22-2 NEC) was selected to travel to No. 12 Texas (39-11, 12-6 Big 12) This will be Saint Francis' fourth appearance in the NCAA Tournament, previously traveling to Arizona in 2017 and 2018 and Michigan in 2019.

During the week of April 12-16, 2021, Saint Francis University will participate as one of more than 30 teams from across the country in the first ever Special Olympics Unified Sports® Virtual College Championship Week. The teams will compete across a series of 15 challenges that require team members to connect with each other and spread a message of inclusion through social media. Through its partnership with ESPN, Special Olympics is hosting the week as a way for Special Olympics Colleges to compete against others while adhering to social distancing and in-person restrictions that many