Robertson Center

The Robertson Center is the home to Southwestern basketball and volleyball. Originally built and dedicated as the Sid W. Richardson Physical Education Center in September of 1976, the building was renamed in 1996 for Corbin J. Robertson.

The Robertson Center provides more than 95,000 square-feet of comprehensive recreational and athletic facilities. It also houses the competition gym where the men’s and women’s basketball teams and volleyball teams compete, a practice gym, weight room, indoor track/workout facility, athlete and public locker rooms and the Wazel Natatorium.

The CJR also holds a state-of-the-art athletic training room where four full-time athletic trainers reside. Additionally, the center is home to offices for the Kinesiology Department, Intercollegiate Athletics Department and offices for Health Services, Counseling Services, Athletic Training and Intramural and Recreational Activities.

During the summer, the Robertson Center is holds numerous basketball, volleyball and swimming and diving camps welcome more than 10,000 athletes from the state. Along with vaiours summer camps, a number of select basketball and volleyball tournaments are held on campus each June and July.

Varsity Fields

Southwestern men’s and women’s soccer as well as men’s and women’s lacrosse have called Varsity Field home since 1993.

During that time the Pirates have seen improvements as well as hosted numerous championships on the Southwestern campus. Men’s and women’s soccer have rotated hosting the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship Tournament starting in 2012 with the women and 2013 for the men’s tournament.

The fields most recently saw improvements with the addition of lights as most Friday nights during the fall you can watch the Pirate men's and women's soccer team in conference action.

Varsity Field hosted its first lacrosse match March 13, 2010 when the Pirate men hosted Trine University. And February 7, 2014 the Pirate women played their first ever game on Varsity Field in the inaugural women’s lacrosse game against Hendrix College.

The Southwestern men’s lacrosse program also hosted the first SCAC Lacrosse Championship April 26, 2014 against Colorado College. The Tigers held off a second half rally from the Pirates to win 13-7.