Sport Offerings
View all of our offerings and rules below!
Each season consists of five regular season games with a playoff for the top teams at the end.
Sport Offering Dates
| Sport |
Fall 1: Sept 9 - Oct 18 |
Fall 2: Oct 19 - Dec 8 |
Spring 1: Jan 24 - Mar 9 |
Spring 2: Mar 21 - May 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badminton | F2 | S1 | ||
| Basketball | F2 | S1 | ||
| Bowling | F1 | S2 | ||
| Cornhole (Bags) | F1 | S2 | ||
| Curling | F2 | S1 | ||
| Flag Football | F1 | |||
| Ice Hockey | F2 | S1 | ||
| Indoor Soccer (Futsal) | S2 | |||
| Pickleball | F2 | S1 | ||
| Spikeball | F1 | S2 | ||
| Table Tennis | S2 | |||
| Tennis | F1 | |||
| Volleyball | F1 | S2 |
Current Offerings
Badminton is played using a racquet and a shuttlecock. This game can be played 1 vs. 1 or as a team of doubles, with the court divided by a net, your goal is to ground the shuttlecock on your opponents side of the court to win points.
Basketball is offered in both gender-specific and open leagues. Basketball is a game played between two teams of five players in which goals are scored by throwing a ball through a netted hoop fixed above each end of the court.
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a bowling ball toward pins. In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over pins at the end of a lane. A strike is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, and a spare is achieved if all the pins are knocked over on a second roll.
Cornhole (also known regionally as bags, sack toss, or bean bag) is a lawn game in which players take turns throwing 16 ounce bags of corn kernels at a raised platform (board) with a hole in the far end. A bag in the hole scores 3 points, while one on the board scores 1 point. Play continues until a team or player reaches or exceeds the score of 21 by means of cancellation scoring.
Curling at UND started as a popular Pick Up & Play game that turned into a full-fledged RecSport! The game is played at the Grand Forks Curling Club in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards the target area, known as the house.
Flag Football is played at Memorial Field on campus, and games are typically played on weekends. Games are played 7v7, and there is no contact allowed. Tackles are made by pulling the flag belts off of the ball carrier.
Ice Hockey is played in the ICON ice facility off campus and at the Ralph Englestad Arena on campus. All leagues are non-checking. Ice hockey is defined as a fast sport played on an ice rink between two teams of six skaters, who attempt to drive a small rubber disk (the puck) into the opposing goal with hooked or angled sticks.
Indoor Soccer (also known as Futsal) is played 6v6 on the MAC court in Wellness Center. The game is played using a futsal ball (a low-bounce ball that is smaller than a normal outdoor soccer ball) on a smaller court with boards to encourage a faster-paced and higher-scoring game than outdoor soccer.
Pickleball is a paddleball sport (similar to a racquet sport) that combines elements of badminton, table tennis, and tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, with 26-40 round holes, over a net.
Spikeball is an original sport that combines the teamwork of volleyball, the hand-eye coordination of four square, and the physicality of a cardio workout. The two-on-two game is played with a small rubber ball and an elastic net stretched tight over a plastic rim.
Perfect for one-on-one matches, this Olympic sport uses a paddle and a ping pong ball. Come join the fun and show your speed, quickness, and skill in this competitive game.
Tennis is played with two players, a racquet, and a tennis ball on an outdoor court. Players can play in singles or doubles matches.
Volleyball, one of the most popular RecSports at UND, is played on our indoor courts. Each team of six players is separated by a net, with a goal of winning points by grounding the ball on the other team's side of the court.