The Lander Bearcats are the athletic teams that represent Lander University, located in Greenwood, South Carolina, in intercollegiate sports at the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Peach Belt Conference since the 1990–91 academic year.

Lander has been a member of the Peach Belt since 1990 and has won 26 PBC Tournament championships while winning or sharing 36 regular-season titles.

Lander's major rival is Erskine, a fellow NCAA Division II institution whose campus is located 19 miles (31 km) away.

Within the Peach Belt, Lander enjoys a rivalry with USC Aiken, the PBC member closest in proximity.

The 2014 squad won the program's first Peach Belt Conference regular-season and tournament titles, setting a school record with 52 wins.

In 2024, the team won their second Peach Belt Conference Regular Season Title in the program's history.

In 1999, Lander became the first Peach Belt Conference men's basketball team to ever advance to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight, beating Winston-Salem State 47–46 in the Southeast Regional championship.

The Lander women's basketball team has won or shared six Peach Belt Conference regular-season titles and has claimed five PBC Tournament championships.

The Lander "Sassy Cats" dance team has won six PBC championships, winning the conference's Spirit Competition in 2012 and 2014 before capturing four consecutive titles from 2017 to 2020.

In 2007, Lander made the Southeast Regional for the first time in program history and advanced to the national championships, finishing 14th.

In 2013, Lander won its first Peach Belt Conference golf championship, shooting a 611 over two days to win the event by nine strokes.

During the 2012–13 season, Teresa Caballer Hernani set a conference record that still stands today with a 73.50 stroke average.

On January 14, 2019, Lander announced the addition of the university's club rugby program to the athletic department.

The men's team won the 2019 Southern Rugby Conference championship with a 43–16 victory over Elon and advanced to the Mid-Atlantic South Region Champions Cup.

Lander has advanced to the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Tournament 13 times in program history, winning three Southeast Regional championships (2001, 2005, 2018).

Lander has won a share of 10 Peach Belt Conference regular-season title and five PBC Tournament championships.

In the program's second season, Lander finished second in the South Atlantic Conference Carolinas standings and placed two wrestlers in the NCAA Division II National Championship field.

When the Lander men's basketball program was formed in 1968, the team was referred to as the "Senators" because the Greenwood area had produced multiple statesmen.