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{{short description|Athletic teams that represent Roanoke College in Virginia, US}}
{{Infobox college athletics
| name = Roanoke Maroons
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| director = Curtis Campbell
| location = [[Salem, Virginia]]
| teams =
| stadium = [[Salem Football Stadium|Salem Stadium]]
| basketballarena = [[Cregger Center]]
| baseballfield = [[Salem Memorial Ballpark]]
| lacrossestadium = Donald J. Kerr Stadium
| softballstadium = [[James I. Moyer Sports Complex]]
| soccerstadium = Donald J. Kerr Stadium
| natatorium = Salem Family [[YMCA]]
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The '''Roanoke Maroons''' are the athletic teams that represent [[Roanoke College]], located in [[Salem, Virginia]], a suburban [[independent city]] adjacent to [[Roanoke, Virginia]].
Roanoke is an [[NCAA]] [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] member competing in the [[Old Dominion Athletic Conference]]; the Maroons were a founding member of the conference in 1976. The college fields teams in 13 men's and
==History==
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'''Women's sports'''
* Basketball
* Cheerleading
* Cross Country
* Cycling
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In 1985, the [[Salem, Virginia|Salem]] city government constructed a 7,157-seat football stadium, [[Salem Football Stadium|Salem Stadium]] adjacent to Roanoke's Elizabeth Campus, two miles from the main campus, location of athletic fields and residence halls.<ref name="Salem_Football_Stadium">[[Salem Football Stadium|Salem Stadium]]</ref> Constructed for the football team at nearby [[Salem High School (Salem, Virginia)|Salem High School]] where many hoped the college would revive its football program and that the team would play in the stadium, but the college declined. The stadium has hosted the [[NCAA Division III Football Championship|Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl]] game from 1993 to 2017.<ref name="Salem_Football_Stadium"/>
In the spring of 2023, Roanoke College raised $1.3 Million to reinstate football which
===Rivalries===
Roanoke College and [[Washington and Lee Generals|Washington and Lee University]] have been rivals for nearly 150 years. The rivalry is fueled by a long history of competition; the schools have competed against each other since the 1870s. The rivalry is also influenced by conference affiliation and geography; the schools are both charter members of the [[Old Dominion Athletic Conference]] and are located about 50 miles from each other along [[Interstate 81]]. Both schools historically have had nationally ranked men's lacrosse teams and have been ranked in the top twenty when meeting late in the season. Women's lacrosse games with Washington and Lee
Roanoke and [[Virginia Tech]] were rivals in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when Virginia Tech was a small college. In 1877, the schools competed in Virginia Tech's first intercollegiate baseball game (Virginia Tech won 53–13), and in 1896, Virginia Tech first wore its current athletic colors – Chicago Maroon and Burnt Orange – in a football game against Roanoke.<ref name="lib1">{{cite web|url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/databook/text/chap2/2_8.htm |title=Historical Data Book, Section 2.8: Student Organizations |publisher=Spec.lib.vt.edu |access-date=October 14, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vt.edu/about/hokie.html |title=What is a Hokie? | Virginia Tech |publisher=Vt.edu |access-date=October 14, 2008}}</ref> In 1895, Roanoke and Virginia Tech were charter members of the now defunct Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association along with [[Randolph-Macon College]], the [[University of Richmond]], and the [[College of William and Mary]], and in 1926, Roanoke and Virginia Tech played the inaugural football game at Virginia Tech's [[Miles Stadium]].<ref name="lib1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/databook/text/chap6/6_4.htm |title=Historical Data Book, Section 6.4: Athletic Facilities |publisher=Spec.lib.vt.edu |access-date=October 14, 2008}}</ref>
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'''Men's Swimming:''' 2021
'''Men's Wrestling (2):''' 2023, 2024
==NCAA Tournament Appearances==
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|Semifinals
|[[Salisbury Sea Gulls|Salisbury]]
|L 12-13
|}
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|Second Round
|[[Gettysburg Bullets|Gettysburg]]
|W 11-10
|-
|Quarterfinals
|[[Stevenson University|Stevenson]]
|L 14-15
|}
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|Second Round
|[[Gettysburg Bullets|Gettysburg]]
|L 8-9
|}
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|Third Round
|[[UC San Diego Tritons|UC San Diego]]
|L 1-2
|}
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|First Round
|[[Greensboro College|Greensboro]]
|T 1-1
|}
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|First Round
|[[Arcadia University|Arcadia]]
|L 0-1
|}
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|First Round
|[[Swarthmore Garnet|Swarthmore]]
|T 2-2
|}
===Women's Soccer===
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|First Round
|[[Lynchburg Hornets|Lynchburg]]
|L 0-1
|}
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|First Round
|[[Centre Colonels|Centre]]
|T 0-0
|}
===Softball===
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