NEWS AND NOTES
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NEWS ON INDIVIDUAL COLLEGES

Members of the University of Richmond men's and women's basketball staffs violated NCAA rules regarding communication with recruits via text messages and telephone calls last year. According to Athletic Director Jim Miller, the school reduced the number of recruiting days the basketball staffs typically recruited off-campus by about 25 percent, reduced the number of official visits by recruits by about 25 percent and reduced the number of calls basketball coaches make to recruits.

Arizona State University cut three men's sports - wrestling, swimming and tennis

Randolph College broke ground on a $5 million track and field project. The track will be an 8-lane 400 meter track and a synthetic turf field.

North Florida announced plans for a $30 million Varsity Village, which will upgrade current facilities and add a student wellness and sports education center. The UNF Arena and swimming and diving facility will receive improvements

Construction is set to begin on a new football field house at Samford. The 39,000-square-foot facility should be built south of F. Page Seibert Stadium in time for the 2009 season.

UC Davis will add field hockey, its sixth new women’s varsity sport since 1996-97, in 2009

Detroit broke ground last month for a new varsity tennis complex. The new facility will house eight hard courts with the blue and green color scheme used at the U.S. Open and a 4,000-square-foot viewing pavilion. The project will also add a natural grass playing field for soccer and lacrosse adjacent to the courts.

Charleston Southern announced it would discontinue men’s tennis, effective immediately. The 2008 team finished with a 12-9 record.

Massachusetts and Penn State will become associate members of the Colonial Athletic Association for men’s lacrosse competition, beginning with the 2010 season. Delaware, Drexel, Hofstra and Towson already compete in the conference.

A new women’s golf team at Ithaca – the school’s 26th varsity sport and 15th women’s program – expects to begin varsity play during 2009-10,

Maryville (Missouri), which joined Division III in 1978, has begun the process of reclassifying into Division II

Polytechnic (New York) will sponsor women’s lacrosse beginning in spring 2009, boosting the number of sports it sponsors to 16 (eight for men, eight for women). The addition will give the Skyline Conference seven women’s lacrosse programs, and the league will gain an eighth team in the sport in 2010 with Bard’s previously announced plans to add the sport.

Virginia Tech is working on a new basketball practice facility. The new practice arena will house two full-length practice courts, new men's and women's locker rooms, training rooms, weight rooms and a head office.

Salem College (D3) is now a full-fledged member of the NCAA, which means its sports teams and individual athletes can compete in NCAA postseason championships and be eligible for awards and other honors

Niagara University has installed a new turf and lighted soccer/lacrosse field, part of an 80 million dollar capital improvement campaign on campus

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