Athletic Director Matt Cipriano sat down to discuss the status of the women’s soccer team, and other sports that will be offered during the fall semester here at bucks.

Cipriano confirmed that the women’s soccer team will not have a team this fall. Cipriano explained, “We were trying to get our varsity team together, but there weren’t enough players that had committed or were eligible by the time that we put our deadline in, so we moved away from that.”

This is the result of a trend that has continuously persisted in recent years, due to issues such as a lack of player interest at the community college level, recruiting obstacles and enrollment issues impacting smaller colleges.

Cipriano expressed, “We want to make sure we have appropriate offerings for our women athletes as well as our men.”  According to Cipriano, “We’re putting a lot more attention this year into getting interest in Women’s Flag Football as well as Women’s Volleyball.”

In addition to those sports, Bucks offers Club Sports like Equestrian, Men’s Volleyball including golf and provides opportunities for Intramural Sports such as cornhole and street hockey, which are new additions for this season.

There is also interest in wrestling and ultimate frisbee.

As for the Men’s Soccer team, they’ll have a “very new, very new squad this year,” as Cipriano told. The games will be free to attend, and the players and coaches love spectator support.

Be sure to learn about Blue and White days and when they are being held, as those are the days when Bucks students show support to the athletes who will be leaving Bucks, either as a transfer or a graduate.

Bucks will be hosting a Blue and White Day at the last home game of the season for Men’s Soccer on Saturday, Oct. 25, 12 p.m.

Lastly, Cipriano has said both the athletic website and the Bucks bookstore would be offering sport specific merchandise, as well as the fact that the Athletic Center would be organizing a day of giving on Sept. 25.

Overall, Bucks has some very exciting things coming.

Game times and dates are available on the college wide calendar.

Anyone with questions or interest in participating in fall sports can reach out to the Athletics Department through [email protected] or visit the athletics page on www.bucks.edu/catalog/info/athletics/ for the complete list of available sports to sign-up.