Each school may have a sport of each gender play up, but not down, thus, each Division III school could have one men's Division I team and one women's Division I team. Certain sports are barred. You may not play up in football or basketball.
-----Original Message-----
From: "Anthony J. Buffa" <[log in to unmask]>
Date:         Thu, 6 Dec 2001 06:21:22 -0800
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject:      Re: HockeyEast Women + ECAC Women may mirror Men's leagues


> I recall I asked this very question years ago and no one had a
> definitive answer. How many teams are allowed to be D-I in a D-III
> school? Clearly the St. Lawrence example means that a school can have a
> D-I team of EACH gender. I hope RPI goes that way with their women's team.
>
> Tony Buffa
> RPI '64
>
> ==============
> >
> > Of the schools mentioned here, all but Clarkson, Rensselaer, Saint Lawrence
> > and Unkon are DI; these four are DIII schools with DI Men's Hockey.  Saint
> > Lawrence fields a women's DI team in addition to their DI Men's team.  Does
> > the NCAA's one-sport exemption (the one where a DIII school can carry one
> > DI sport) apply to both sides of a single sport?
>

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