Norwich reinstates tennis, wrestling
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Published: October 14, 2009
NORTHFIELD - Norwich University officials announced today that due to record enrollments in the freshmen class, the wrestling and tennis programs will not be cut from the university's varsity sports lineup but will remain fully funded beyond this season.
In December 2008 the University announced it would cut both programs due to budgetary constraints brought on by the national and global economic crisis, which reduced the university's endowment and strained some students' ability to pay for college. University officials wanted to cut costs to keep a Norwich education affordable.
Gifts from alumni and friends made to support the programs will be used to enhance these teams' experience.
Wrestling will remain in Norwich's varsity sport lineup on the same footing as other varsity sports; there is no roster cap, and Norwich will enhance its recruiting budget to help assure that any loss in team numbers will be overcome, according to university officials.
"I am extremely pleased that we have been able to bring back the two athletic programs that were originally dropped at the end of the school year last year," said Tony Mariano, director of athletics. "Both wrestling and tennis have been successful programs at the university and have had quality student-athlete participation. They will continue in full operation and we look forward to their future success in Norwich athletics."
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