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The NCAA News -- September 27, 1999

Division II notes

Sports sponsorship: The University of South Carolina-Spartanburg will add women's soccer beginning with the 2000-01 academic year. The addition brings to six the number of women's sports offered by South Carolina-Spartanburg, which also offers five men's sports. The university plans to name a women's soccer coach by next month.

Facilities: South Carolina-Spartanburg has broken ground for a new $1.3 million soccer complex. The 3,000-seat County University Soccer Stadium will be used by both the men's and women's teams and is expected to be ready by fall 2000.

Milestones: Ron Butcher, Keene State College, 400 wins in men's soccer. "I just hope it happens quickly," Butcher said before the season started. "I remember when I was one win shy of my 100th win. The mother of one of my players baked eight cakes because we proceeded to go 0-5-3 in our next eight games. And I never got a piece of cake" ... Karen K. Lockyer, Lewis University, 600 wins in women's volleyball. Lockyer stands fifth in victories among active Division II coaches. She has spent her entire 25-year career at Lewis ... Robert Montgomery, Adelphi University, 200 wins in men's soccer ... Lois Webb, Florida Southern College, 700 wins in women's volleyball. Webb, in her 23rd season at Florida Southern, is just the second Division II women's volleyball coach to reach the 700-win plateau.

Miscellaneous: The State University of New York at Binghamton changed its nickname and logo effective with the beginning of the 1999-00 academic year. Binghamton, previously known as the Colonials, will be known in the future as the Bearcats ("a mythical animal that combines the power and ferocity of a bear with the cunning and quickness of a cat," according to a news release). The new logo will depict a green and black animal with combined bear and cat qualities, above the word marks of "Bearcats" and "Binghamton University." The image maintains the traditional Binghamton dark green.

-- Compiled by David Pickle