Moving Day 2022

[canadarican]

FCS Kennesaw State University considering move to FBS. https://news.yahoo.com/ksu-consider-...ycsrp_catchall

I believe this is a done deal now. Kennesaw to Conference USA.

[Inkblot]

Young Harris to Conference Carolinas next fall. YHC was always an odd fit in the mostly-public Peach Belt. https://conferencecarolinas.com/news...s-college.aspx

[Inkblot]

Looks like Holy Names is discontinuing athletics after this season.

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[Tech Boys]

Letter from Holy Names president.

https://hnu.edu/news/spring-2023-fin...hnu-athletics/

[Tech Boys]

It's been a very busy six months. Time for a mid-year update.

More added teams

D'Youville	(W) Track & Field Indoor (W) Track & Field Outdoor	no formal announcement. a roster and a schedule is posted.
Florida Southern College	(M) Track & Field Indoor (W) Track & Field Indoor	no formal announcement until official release of the 2022-23 schedule.
LeMoyne-Owen College	(M) Track & Field Indoor (W) Track & Field Indoor (M) Track & Field Outdoor (W) Track & Field Outdoor	announced on April 4 with hiring of coach. team pages not fully functioning. unclear on actual start timeline.
New Haven	(M) Golf (W) Golf	announced on April 14. inaugural season has begun.

More dropped teams - All except Upper Iowa were quietly removed from their website with no announcement.

Daemen	Triathlon
Davis & Elkins College	Triathlon
Lincoln Memorial	Beach Volleyball
Seton Hill	Field Hockey
Southern New Hampshire	(W) Golf
Southern Wesleyan	(M) Golf (W) Golf (M) Tennis (W) Tennis
Southwest Baptist	(W) Golf
Upper Iowa	(W) Lacrosse	announced on December 28 to be dropped immediately.

Status of other teams

Bluefield State	(W) Wrestling	announced to start in 2022. team pages not fully functioning. no further information.
Converse	(M) Swimming & Diving	announced to start in 2022. no further information.
Dominican (CA)	(W) Lacrosse	playing as a club team.
Holy Family	Bowling	announced to start in 2022. roster posted but no schedule. no further information.
Malone	(W) Lacrosse	announced to start in 2022. appears to be on track to start in 2023. coach hired November 18.
Virginia State	(M) Lacrosse (W) Lacrosse	announced to possibly start in 2022. appears to be on track to start in 2023. coaches hired in August and September. team pages not fully functioning.
Bluefield State	(M) Swimming & Diving (W) Swimming & Diving Bowling	announced to start in 2021. team pages not fully functioning. no further information. Bowling intends to start in 2023 according to CIAA release.
Saginaw Valley State	(W) Lacrosse	announced to start in 2021. no further information.

More than 70 teams have been announced to start in 2023, an increase of 50 since July 1. Two more schools have posted job openings for head coaches on future teams. This would be the highest number of new teams in the 6 years I have been tracking this. I have included the NCAA Emerging Sports for 3 years but the new non-Emerging teams for 2023 is still the most in the 6 years.

Young Harris College, Upper Iowa, and Bluefield State are switching conferences with Thomas More and Westmont College joining their new conferences. Holy Names will say goodbye.

Menlo College and Roosevelt are applying; will there be others like Nichols College and Utica for the NE10 or Vanguard and William Jessup for the PWC? Any news on the Texas State University System vote on Sul Ross State moving to the LSC. Jamestown seems to still be the frontrunner for the NSIC. It has already been speculated that California-Merced is working on a 2024 application to the CCAA.

I do still expect that Bowling will become a D2 championship sport and Acrobatics & Tumbling, Triathlon, and Women's Wrestling will become NCAA championship sports by 2026.