Sport 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.

Badminton Rules

Basketball is offered in both gender-specific and open leagues. Basketball is a game played between two teams of three or five players in which goals are scored by throwing a ball through a netted hoop fixed above each end of the court.

BASKETBALL 5v5 RULES

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.

Bowling Rules

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.

Cornhole Rules

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.

Curling Rules

Floor Hockey is a 4v4 variant of ice hockey played on the MAC Court of the Wellness Center. Players are required to have a helmet with a full-face shield, hockey gloves, and shin guards to participate. Players will sign up as individuals and be assigned teams when arriving. The RecSports department has limited equipment to check out prior to games, players should make arrangements to provide their own equipment. 

floor hockey Rules

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.

Ice Hockey Rules

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. 

INDOOR SOCCER (FUTSAL) RULES

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.

Pickleball Rules

Pond Hockey is a 3v3 ice hockey game hosted at University Park's Outdoor Rink. This is a non-checking event, with both teams trying to score the puck into the opposing team net via hooked or angled sticks.

POND HOCKEY RULES

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.

Spikeball Rules

Sand Volleyball is a self-officiated 4v4 game played on the sand volleyball courts outside the Wellness Center. The league will run in a shortened format with 4 weeks through September. In case of inclement weather, the matches will move inside to the Wellness Center gym.

sand Volleyball Rules

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.

Volleyball Rules