at USF since 1997 when it begins play in spring 2025. The team was originally scheduled to begin in spring 2024, but have been postponed. They will play home games at Corbett Stadium, the current home of the Bulls soccer teams, but have plans to move to their own lacrosse-specific stadium in the future. The university has announced that Mindy McCord will be the first head coach of the team. Beach volleyball The women's beach volleyball team is scheduled to begin play in spring 2025. They will play on campus with a new facility planned to be built on the north side of the Yuengling Center. Because beach volleyball is not sanctioned by the American Athletic Conference, the team will either have to join another conference as an affiliate member or play as an independent. Discontinued varsity sports Swimming and diving Men's swimming and diving was one of the original sports at USF in 1965. Joe Lewkowicz of the team won the first individual national title in school history with the 1969 200-yard butterfly event. The 12 time All-American also won the 1972 400-yard medley relay national championship with other members of the team. The program as a whole won six individual national titles and one relay national title during its existence, and finished as national runners up in 1971. The women's swimming and diving team was founded in 1972. USF's only team NCAA national championship came in women's swimming and diving in 1985. The 1984–85 team alone won five individual national titles, two relay national titles, and racked up 35 All-American honors. All 10 members of the team as well as the coaching staff were inducted into the USF Athletic Hall of Fame's inaugural class in 2009. During its existence, members of the team won an additional two individual and one relay national championship and the team earned a third-place finish at the 1984 NCAA Championship. Financial difficulties, along with the sport not being sponsored by the Sun Belt Conference, led to both the men's and women's teams being cut after the 1986–87 season. Rifle The co-ed rifle team only existed from 1985–1990 and competed in four NCAA Rifle Championships. In spite of this, the team did extremely well each time, finishing fifth in the 1986 NCAA Championship, third in the 1987 and 1988 NCAA Championships and second in the 1989 NCAA Championship. They also won the NRA Smallbore