Long Island University to unify all sports programs into NCAA Division I, including wrestling
Long Island University will combine each of its sports programs at its two campuses — LIU Brooklyn, and LIU Post — into a single NCAA Division I program as part of a “One LIU” initiative announced Wednesday at the New York Athletic Club.
All intercollegiate sports programs at LIU Post in Brookville, NY, which now compete in NCAA Division II — including the wrestling program — will now participate in NCAA Division I, effective in the 2019-20 academic year, according to Newsday.
Starting next fall, the LIU wrestling program — and all other athletic programs now in existence at either or both campuses — will compete under the name “Long Island University”, and wear uniforms with a blue and gold color scheme. Students and alumni will help decide a new nickname, the school said. LIU Post wrestling will maintain its competitive schedule already announced for this fall.
Under the “One LIU” initiative, no sports will be eliminated. In fact, LIU is adding women’s ice hockey and women’s water polo to its roster of intercollegiate sports. Rest of the story at http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/20598
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