Bethesda University is a member of the
National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). Their men's basketball team was a member of the now defunct
Pacific Christian Athletic Conference (PCAC). They currently have five intercollegiate sports teams made up of men and women's soccer, men and women's basketball, and baseball. The Lion Angels, as they are known, have enjoyed some success in athletics in the past few years. Both women's basketball and baseball have reached the NCCAA's national tournament championship game in 2015 and 2016. Men's soccer has also made national tournament appearances in 2015 and 2016. However, the most prominent accomplishment for their athletics program comes from the men's basketball team. In 2016 and 2021, BU men's basketball became only the second non-
NCAA/
NAIA program in history to upset an
NCAA Division I program twice when it defeated
Cal State Northridge of the
Big West Conference on two occasions. ==References==