ELIMINATED PROGRAMS
Four-year college athletic teams eliminated because of budgetary cuts or school closures associated with the coronavirus pandemic, according to Associated Press research through Friday, (x-denotes school closure) :
DIVISION I (19)
Baseball (2): Bowling Green, Furman. Men’s cross country (1): Akron. Men’s golf (1): Akron. Men’s lacrosse (1): Furman. Men’s soccer (2): Appalachian State, Cincinnati. Men’s swimming (1): East Carolina. Men’s tennis (3): Appalachian State, East Carolina, Green Bay. Men’s track (3): Appalachian State indoor only, Central Michigan, Florida International indoor only. Men’s wrestling (1): Old Dominion. Women’s tennis (3): Akron, East Carolina, Green Bay. Women’s swimming (1): East Carolina.
DIVISION II (47)
Baseball (1): x-Urbana. Equestrian (1): Tiffin. Football (2): Florida Tech, x-Urbana. Men’s basketball (2): Notre Dame De Mur, x-Urbana. Men’s cross country (3): Notre Dame De Mur, Rollins, x-Urbana. Men’s golf (3): Notre Dame De Mur, St. Edward’s, x-Urbana. Men’s lacrosse (1): Notre Dame De Mur. Men’s soccer (3): Notre Dame De Mur, St. Edward’s, x-Urbana. Men’s swimming/diving (2): Tiffin, x-Urbana. Men’s tennis (3): Alabama-Huntsville, St. Edward’s, Sonoma State. Men’s track (1): Notre Dame De Mur. Men’s volleyball (1): x-Urbana. Men’s wrestling (1): x-Urbana. Softball (2): Notre Dame De Mur, x-Urbana. Women’s acrobatics/tumbling (1): x-Urbana. Women’s basketball (2): Notre Dame De Mur, x-Urbana. Women’s cross country (3): Notre Dame De Mur, Rollins, x-Urbana. Women’s golf (2): St. Edward’s, x-Urbana. Women’s lacrosse (1): x-Urbana. Women’s soccer (2): Notre Dame De Mur, x-Urbana. Women’s swimming/diving (2): Tiffin, x-Urbana. Women’s tennis (4): Alabama-Huntsville, Fayetteville State, St. Edward’s, Sonoma State. Women’s track (1): Notre Dame De Mur. Women’s volleyball (2): Notre Dame De Mur, x-Urbana. Women’s water polo (1): Sonoma State. NOTES: There are 19 Division III cuts, 14 of them MacMurray, and 12 NAIA cuts, all of them Holy Family. … Brown University reduced its number of sports from 38 to 29 in a move to enhance competitiveness and unrelated to the coronavirus outbreak. Taylor University (Indiana) dropped men’s and women’s tennis and women’s lacrosse in a March 11 announcement unrelated to the coronavirus outbreak.