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Lock Haven announces plans to add women’s wrestling

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. — Lock Haven University has announced plans to add women’s wrestling as a varsity sport. The addition of women’s wrestling brings LHU’s sport-sponsorship to 20 sports and the team will compete next year during the 2019-20 academic year.  LHU currently sponsors 17 intercollegiate athletic programs including NCAA Division I field hockey and men’s wrestling. All other sports compete at the NCAA DII level and within the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). In August 2018, Lock Haven announced plans to add women’s tennis and women’s golf. Women’s tennis will begin competition next year (2019-20) and women’s golf will begin competition in 2020-21.

Currently, there are 58 other women’s collegiate wrestling programs throughout the United States and since 2004, women’s wrestling has been recognized as an Olympic Sport. Fellow PSAC institutions Gannon and East Stroudsburg currently sponsor women’s wrestling. The Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association (WCWA) serves as the governing body for women’s college wrestling and competes under international freestyle rules. “Interest in competitive women’s wrestling is on the rise,” said LHU President Robert Pignatello. “With Lock Haven’s long history of wrestling success, the expansion of our wrestling program to include women’s wrestling makes LHU athletics even more competitive. We’re excited to provide additional opportunities for current and future women student-athletes to compete at a high level.” Lock Haven’s support of women’s wrestling follows national trends as over a dozen states now sponsor a state women’s wrestling high school championship. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21947

May 24, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized