[BigJohn043]

The method here is pretty simple.  6 of the 11 sports aren't even sponsored by the NCAA.  Not sure when we started to have a bunch of varsity sports that aren't part of the NCAA but that was probably a poor choice to begin with.

Fencing (mens & womens) and field hockey are fringe sports that are supported by a small number of schools and 2/1 other programs on the west coast.  And BTW, we have never won a national title in either and probably never will.

So once you get to that spot, you have to cut two mens sports due to title 9.  Wrestling was probably the easy option.  Only 3 Pac-12 schools have wrestling programs.  And this is another sport where we have never won a national title and never really competed at the highest levels.

That leaves one more mens sport to cut.  We compete in three sports that very few NCAA schools support: mens volleyball, mens water polo and mens gymnastics.  One has to go.  Unfortunately for volleyball, the other two sports won national titles last year.  The mens volleyball team had a losing season and despite a couple decent runs over the years, our results just haven't been that good for a sport that only 4 other power 5 schools sponsor.

I think we can hope that one day we add another women's sport and get mens volleyball back.  The problem is that there aren't a lot of good candidates.  Prior to this the only women's sport we didn't offer was Bowling.  Thats right, Bowling.

The emerging sports for women right now are acrobatics & tumbling, women's wrestling, equestrian, rugby & triathlon.

[BigJohn043]

The method here is pretty simple.  6 of the 11 sports aren't even sponsored by the NCAA.  Not sure when we started to have a bunch of varsity sports that aren't part of the NCAA but that was probably a poor choice to begin with.

Fencing (mens & womens) and field hockey are fringe sports that are supported by a small number of schools and 2/1 other programs on the west coast.  And BTW, we have never won a national title in either and probably never will.

So once you get to that spot, you have to cut two mens sports due to title 9.  Wrestling was probably the easy option.  Only 3 Pac-12 schools have wrestling programs.  And this is another sport where we have never won a national title and never really competed at the highest levels.

That leaves one more mens sport to cut.  We compete in three sports that very few NCAA schools support: mens volleyball, mens water polo and mens gymnastics.  One has to go.  Unfortunately for volleyball, the other two sports won national titles last year.  The mens volleyball team had a losing season and despite a couple decent runs over the years, our results just haven't been that good for a sport that only 4 other power 5 schools sponsor.

I think we can hope that one day we add another women's sport and get mens volleyball back.  The problem is that there aren't a lot of good candidates.  Prior to this the only women's sport we didn't offer was Bowling.  Thats right, Bowling.

The emerging sports for women right now are acrobatics & tumbling, women's wrestling, equestrian, rugby & triathlon.