Details from the St Paul Pioneer Press:
 
Augsburg College will add women's ice hockey to its intercollegiate athletic
program for the 1995-96 season, becoming the first Minnesota college or
university to make it a varsity sport.
 
Women's hockey will become the 19th varsity sport (ninth for women> at
Augsburg. It will be funded on a level equal with the men's program,
according to women's athletic director Marilyn Florian, and the schedule
will consist primarily of games against club teams.
 
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I expect to see a few more announcements like this before next season.
Minnesota now has girls' high school hockey, with 24 schools competing this
year.  The first Minnesota girls' high school tournament will happen next
weekend.
 
-- Erik