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The University of Richmond is eliminating its men’s soccer and track and field teams to make way for a men’s lacrosse team, The Washington Post reported Thursday, for unclear reasons but with help from a $3 million endowment spearheaded by major, anonymous donors. More than 50 students competed on the two teams that are to be cut at the end of this academic year. Only eight of the students -- all men’s soccer players -- were on athletic scholarship. A task force charged with reviewing the university’s sport offerings apparently reported in April that men’s lacrosse be added without eliminating any other sports, though it would have cost $2 million. Athletes and coaches said that they hadn’t been given a proper explanation, that they were misled about the implications of adding lacrosse, and that many students would transfer because they will no longer be able to compete.
(Note: This article has been updated from an earlier version to correct an error.)
