Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Alfred State College Director of Athletics Jason Doviak announced today the addition of three new varsity sports. Alfred State will add women's wrestling along with both men's and women's Lacrosse. "We are thrilled to announce the additions of women's lacrosse, women's wrestling, and the reinstatement of men's lacrosse to our department," said Doviak. "The balanced number of sport offerings align well with our strategic efforts to provide even more females the opportunity to compete on our campus and support the growth within the AMCC Conference."
Women's wrestling continues to be a growing presence in the NCAA and Alfred State's program will become the 38th of its kind. The Pioneers are excited to add dedicated female student-athletes to the family. The team is scheduled to start competition in the winter of 2023.
The men's lacrosse program makes a return to the athletic department. After three years the program is now reinstated, meaning new beginnings in the NCAA for men's lacrosse. Scheduled to begin spring of 2025, preparations are already underway.
Women's Lacrosse will be an addition to the department. The program will begin along with the men's program in spring of 2025.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Rider University Athletic Director Don Harnum, has announced that women's lacrosse will be added as Rider's 21st NCAA Division I athletic program with regular-season competition starting in Spring 2024. The Broncs will join current full Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference members Canisius, Fairfield, Iona, Manhattan, Marist, Mount St. Mary's, Niagara, Quinnipiac and Siena in offering women's lacrosse, becoming the league's 10th program.
"We are excited to be adding women's lacrosse to our portfolio of sports offerings for women," said Harnum. "Women's lacrosse is a sport that continues to grow and thrive, both nationally and in the MAAC, and fits extremely well into our geographic recruiting footprint."
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