Fielding the Steelers

For a small college, Saint Vincent has exceptional athletic fields. They have to be to stand up to the rigors of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The NFL team has held its summer training camp at Saint Vincent every year since 1967. That means the Bearcat football players and Saint Vincent College’s other NCAA Division III athletes train on the same equipment and run their plays on the same fields as Super Bowl champs. The newest addition to the top-notch athletic fields is the 1,050-seat Chuck Noll Field, opened in 2007 and named after the former Steelers coach and Hall of Famer. The baseball, softball, lacrosse and soccer fields have all been overhauled within the past five years and have sophisticated drainage and watering systems to keep them in prime shape.