The University sponsors 18 men’s and women’s NCAA Division III varsity teams for intercollegiate competition, as well as three team sports. The 18 varsity sports include men’s baseball, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field, and women’s basketball, cross country, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, volleyball, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Men and women also compete together in equestrian, which is a varsity sport but not NCAA-sanctioned. Additionally, UMW sponsors three team sports: men’s and women’s rugby and Esports. The University competes in the Coast- to-Coast Athletic Conference in all NCAA sports, with the exception of men's and women's swimming and diving, which compete in the New Jersey Athletic Conference, men’s lacrosse which compete in the Coastal Lacrosse Conference, and filed hockey, which compete in the Collegiate Field Hockey Conference. Over the years, UMW has produced more than 350 All-America selections, as well as numerous all-region and all-conference honors, making it one of the elite programs in NCAA athletics.
The William M. Anderson Events Center seats 1,700 spectators for sports, and 2,800 spectators for concerts. The Goolrick physical education building provides a basketball gymnasium, dance studios, a newly renovated intercollegiate swimming pool with an electronic touch time system, an auxiliary gymnasium, an 8,000-square-foot weight training room, three competitive volleyball courts, two indoor batting cages, and an athletic training room. A 15,000 square foot fitness center is connected to Goolrick and is open seven days per week during the academic year. The six-court indoor Tennis Center is a great resource for student-athletes and the campus community. The outdoor facilities are among the best in the middle Atlantic region, and are located at the Battleground Athletic Complex on Hanover St. and include fields for baseball, soccer, lacrosse, softball, and field hockey; three artificial surface fields (two lighted); cross country courses and a running trail; a state-of-the-art all-weather track and field facility; and newly renovated 12 lighted tennis courts.