Sports sponsorship: Richard Stockton College of New Jersey has announced it will add field hockey as a varsity sport beginning in fall 2003. That addition, based on campus interest and a successful intramural program, will bring the Ospreys to 17 varsity sports overall ... New Jersey City University has announced it will add men's indoor and outdoor track and field, effective with the 2002-03 season. The men's program will operate in conjunction with the existing women's program under the guidance of current head coach Mark Griffin. A men's track program had existed previously at the school in the early 1980s, when the institution was known as Jersey City State.

Facilities: Formal dedication of the James W. Garrett Sports Complex at Susquehanna University took place last month as part of the university's alumni weekend activities. The sports complex honors Garrett, the school's most successful head football coach, who compiled a 39-11-1 record as head coach of the Crusaders from 1960 to 1965. The complex includes a 51,000 square-foot fieldhouse with four multisport courts and an indoor six-lane 200-meter track, concessions stand, lounge area, sports medicine and training facilities and an observation deck ... College Misericordia recently broke ground for the Robert S. Anderson Athletic Complex, a 23-acre on-campus facility. The complex will include a six-lane synthetic track with an eight-lane straightaway and also the Mangelsdorf Field for lacrosse, soccer and field hockey. The track will include areas for steeplechase, long jump, triple jump and pole vault, while a separate natural grass area will be constructed for events in the hammer, javelin and shot put.

Milestones:

George Wares, head softball coach at Central College (Iowa), recently became the second softball coach in Division III history to reach 600 wins. Having just completed his 18th season, Wares has piloted the Dutch to 17 consecutive NCAA playoff berths and three national titles ... Simpson head baseball coach

John Sirianni won his 400th game early this season when Simpson defeated Wittenberg, 7-6. Sirianni has led Simpson for 18 years, guiding his teams to three Iowa Conference championships and five NCAA Division III regional tournaments, including a regional championship and national tournament berth in 1991 ... Guilford College baseball coach

Gene Baker won his 300th career game this season. Now in his fifth season at Guilford and his 15th overall as a head coach, Baker won his 100th game as the Quakers' skipper this spring.

Su Oertel, head women's tennis coach at Luther College, earned her 300th career victory this spring. In Oertel's 26 years with Luther, the Norse won 19 consecutive Iowa Conference championships, the longest string posted by a women's or men's team in the conference. This fall, Luther's skein of 19 championships came to an end. The Norse have sent teams to the Division III national tournament eight times, most recently in 2001.

Jim Berkman, Salisbury University's men's lacrosse coach, notched his 200th career victory this season. Berkman has spent 13 of his 14 coaching years at Salisbury.

Margie Knight, head softball coach at Salisbury, earned her 200th career victory this season, making her the winningest coach in Salisbury softball history with a 205-65-1 career record through the end of the 2002 regular season ... Julie Lenhart, head softball coach at the State University College at Cortland, notched her 200th career victory this season .

Gary Smith, the softball and men's soccer coach at St. Joseph's College (New York), earned his 200th career win in softball this spring. In October, Smith recorded his 200th career win in soccer. Smith has coached the Golden Eagles soccer team since 1986. In 1989, he began the softball program at the school. The softball team is the only team at the school to have earned an NCAA tournament bid.

-- Compiled by Kay Hawes