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Athletic FacilitiesOwsley B. Frazier StadiumIn the fall of 2007, Bellarmine dedicated the $5.1 million Owsley B.Frazier Stadium on the school’s campus, just off of Newburg Road. Thisstate-of-the-art facility is now the home of Bellarmine’s soccer, fieldhockey, lacrosse, and track teams. The artificial field surface, calledthe Joseph P. and Janet A. Clayton Field, was installed by the MotzGroup and is the same “24/7” product as can be found at the footballfields used by the Miami Dolphins and the University of Kentucky.The track facilities include an eight-lane dual-durometer polyurethanepoured surface provided by Benyon Sport Surfaces, as well as threelong jump pits, two pole vault areas, a high jump pit, and a watersteeplechase pit. The field can also be fully lit for night play. It seatsapproximately 2,000 spectators and has a concession stand and pressbox facility.In the fall of 2010, Owsley B. Frazier Stadium hosted the NCAA Men’sand Women’s “Final 4s” of Soccer.Knights FieldBellarmine’s baseball and softball teams each have a home at KnightsField. Both diamonds are natural grass and are located on campus. Thebaseball field was built in 1954 and has been renovated several times.It now features an elevated press box overlooking home plate as wellas covered dugouts, bullpens, a batting cage and a large electronicscoreboard in right field. The field dimensions are 360 feet down theleft field line (where the fence is now 20-feet hight), 385 feet to deadcenter, and 340 feet down the right-field line.The softball field has a full service concession stand located behindhome plate as well as covered dugouts and an electronic scoreboardlocated in left field. The field dimensions are 190 feet down the foullines and 220 feet to center. Both fields have bleacher seating to accommodate300 spectators as well as ample hillside grass seating.Knights HallKnights Hall is home to Bellarmine basketball and volleyball. Builtin 1960, Knights Hall has an atmosphere all its own and can seat upto 2,400 passionate Knight fans in its current configuration. While“retro” in appearance, Knights Hall has plenty of modern amenities.The newly remodeled President’s room, complete with couches anda bar, overlooks the court from the east baseline, while the recentlyre-painted court includes the BU logo and the new charge line underthe baskets. The scorers’ bench features five back-lit tables and amodern sound and public address system.Besides housing all of Bellarmine’s home basketball and volleyballcontests, Knights Hall is also used for numerous high school games,graduation ceremonies, and concerts. The Hall was dedicated in 1960with a home game against the University of Louisville and has sincefeatured some great matchups starting in the ’60s with rival and NAIAnational champion Kentucky State, to Fly Williams and his teams fromAustin Peay, all the way up to the Knight’s women’s basketball regionalchampionship games of the ’90s.Last academic year, Knights Hall hosted the Elite 8 of Division II Women’sVolleyball as well as the 2011 Division II Men’s Basketball MidwestRegional.The arena has also hosted some very special guests including MotherTeresa, the Grateful Dead, Jimmy Buffett and Pete Rose among others.In 2007, Knights Hall was featured on ESPN when NBA greats suchas Bill Walton, Darrell Griffith, and Kenny “Sky” Walker judged theMcDonald’s High School All-American Slam Dunk Contest.Eddie Weber tennis complexHome to the men’s and women’s tennis teams, the Eddie WeberTennis Complex features six hard surface courts, which were recentlyconverted from clay. The Knights tennis teams also practiceand compete on three indoor courts within the adjacent Sports,Recreation and Fitness facility.32