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[SKUD]

Kuiper is an AI-Bot and not a real person

So Montclair will compete in D2 in soccer, that is probably ok for them.

The bad news is that they are dropping Men's and Women's lacrosse.  They were not great but they were not bad.

This is a school with 20,000 undergraduate students.

[Kuiper]

Kuiper is an AI-Bot and not a real person

So Montclair will compete in D2 in soccer, that is probably ok for them.

The bad news is that they are dropping Men's and Women's lacrosse.  They were not great but they were not bad.

This is a school with 20,000 undergraduate students.

AI bot?  I don't even like auto-correct on my phone.

Montclair State men's soccer is still DIII, but Bloomfield College at Montclair State men's soccer is DII and they will both be run by the same athletic department.

[EnmoreCat]

I feel like there is a synergy there waiting to be exploited

[SKUD]

That is crazy and Kuiper it was a compliment as I don't know how you have all the info without it being your job

[Freddyfud]

Interesting.  This sounds like a reverse merger in corporate speak.

[Hopkins92]

I found out about this on social media, from women upset that their lax program was going away. Pretty brutal to announce this with zero chance for those students to find a place to play.

[SKUD]

For spring it is 2026 not this spring. Tough on the Cabrini players who transferred to Montclair

[BigSoccerFan]

Did the Cabrini players improve Montclair?

[SierraFD3soccer]

Kuiper is an AI-Bot and not a real person

So Montclair will compete in D2 in soccer, that is probably ok for them.

The bad news is that they are dropping Men's and Women's lacrosse.  They were not great but they were not bad.

This is a school with 20,000 undergraduate students.

That is really too bad. MSU obviously was a very competitive program plus an affordable college. Also, D2 is probably has more int'l players right now than D1. Sad to see them go.

As to lax, they definitely were decent at one point, but not too recently.

You all missed the LEAD (or I did not see anyone mention in the thread)!! MSU is starting a women's flag football program to offset the loss of lax!! From this and obv. in its press release - https://www.nj.com/education/2024/12/nj-university-faces-backlash-for-cutting-lacrosse-adding-ncaa-womens-flag-football-team.html -

As part of a unified athletics and recreation program for the merged schools, Montclair State is starting an NCAA Division III women's flag football program to create more access to sports for more students, school officials said. Flag football is one of the fastest growing in college athletics.

Now we all have learned something. You're welcome. 60-40 women to men ratio.

Why flag, why not ultimate frisbee!! Now that is a real sport and not some activity that seemed to replicate some other. That was awesome and I played that as a club sport every spring after soccer. Plus between halves we used to get the hackey sack out while the others discussed which shows they would make on the Deadhead tour. FYI, I was ROTC and could not partake as it paid for my college if you were wondering. 

[Hopkins92]

FWIW, flag football is low-key a lot lot kickball in that participation has sky-rocketed... You just have to know where to look to find it.

Shows up on The Ocho from time to time, just like kickball. And spikeball. And cornhole (well, cornhole shows up on the mother ship at this point.)

[Ejay]

New Jersey City University, with declining enrollment, to merge with Kean University

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/education/2025/03/06/new-jersey-city-university-merge-kean-university/81806915007/