The best place to check would be the St Cloud State Athletic department.  My
contact there is anne abicht and her email address is
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> So has anyone heard if SCSU Women's team is for sure varsity this fall?
> That would give us 40 women's varsity teams.  I'm thinking a DI Midwest
> league must be in the making right now with Minnesota, Mankato State,
> Bemidji State and St Cloud perhaps starting play this fall.
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> >From USA Today (another first!):
>
> St. Cloud State will put a women's varsity hockey team on the ice as soon
> as this fall thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Minnesota Amateur Sports
> Commission. The Commission awarded the money to the university to help
> move up the timeline for the women's varsity program. SCSU officials said
> a search for a coach would begin immediately.
>
> Students from SCSU had filed a class action suit against the university
> because the school has failed to raise its club women's ice hockey program
> to varsity status. St. Cloud State was originally offered $125,000 by the
> Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission to start a program this fall, but the
> university turn it down saying it wasn't enough to meet the needs or
> elevating the women's club team to varsity before the proposed 1999-2000
> season. The students said other grants available had been available. Among
> the assets at SCSU are two Olympic-sized ice rinks.
>
> A quarter of the is earmarked for space renovation and the remainder for
> start-up costs. SCSU president Bruce Grube said that fundraising will have
> to be geared up to provide future scholarships. "This will be a transition
> year for us," said SCSU athletic director Morris Kurtz. "It's late for
> recruiting and scheduling so we'll likely have to supplement NCAA team
> play with competitions against club teams from around the area."
>
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