Today the University of Calgary Athletic Department announced that the men’s soccer and women’s field hockey team will remain varsity sports at the University for the 2009-10 seasons.

From today’s Athletic Department press release: “CALGARY – Dinos Athletics is pleased to announce that both field hockey and men’s soccer will remain varsity sports at the University of Calgary in 2009-10 after the establishment of alternative funding models for both programs.

The Calgary Herald’s Kristen Odland wrote a great piece on the program cuts:“The decision to cut all funding from the University of Calgary Dinos women’s field hockey and men’s soccer programs came as a total shock to Jenn Swagar.

Here’s CTV’s take on the program cuts.

On April 15, 2009, the University of Calgary Athletic Department announced that it would be cutting funding women’s field hockey and men’s soccer in order to use those funds to further the core 8 sports in which it believes it has the best chance of winning.