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The Clan competes in Canadian Interuniversity Sport ( CIS ) and the U. S. National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) and the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association ( MCLA ).

In total, SFU has 15 varsity sport teams and 300 athletes.

Football, men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball and women's wrestling compete for CIS championships only.

Men's and women's soccer, women's softball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's cross-country and men's and women's track and field compete for NAIA championships only.

Men's wrestling competes for championships of both organizations.

The lacrosse team plays in the MCLA, and has reached the final four of the national tournament five times.

The team is the only collegiate lacrosse team in Canada to compete for a national title.

SFU has won the NAIA NACDA Director's Cup five times, among others.

On Friday, July 10, 2009, the NCAA announced that it has accepted SFU as a Division II member that will begin after a two year transition period.

SFU will compete in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

It is the first Canadian university to be accepted as a member of the NCAA at any level.