A year after inducting men’s ice hockey to its arsenal of sports programs, Arizona State’s A.D., Ray Anderson, announced the high probability of the Tempe campus becoming a home to women’s lacrosse.
“We don’t want to be the largest public institution in the country with only 22 varsity sports. Now we’re at 23 with hockey. We’ll be at 24 with triathlon. And very likely go to 25 with women’s lacrosse by this time next year.”
After closing statements in a discussion on which sport – women’s crew or women’s lacrosse – to couple with ice hockey, whose program were recipients of a $32 million donation, the university ended up selecting lacrosse since women’s crew was sought out to be more of a financial risk.