Word: sporting
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...first championship under the AWCHA was played in 1998 and won by UNH. Harvard captured the second ever championship, bringing the Crimson's once-struggling club sport to the fore of national competition...
Harvard women's hockey had an inauspicious beginning as a club sport begun by interested undergraduates in 1977. A year later, the sport received varsity status, making it eligible to receive greater funding from Harvard...
Acceptance into the NCAA indicates that the sport has made the transition from an "emerging sport" to a sport whose growing popularity cannot be ignored...
...deciding to sponsor a National Championship that draws from all three divisions of collegiate women's hockey, the NCAA process looked at evolution of the sport. A sub-committee of the Championship and Competition Cabinet scours the nation for sports that are popular on the youth and high school level...
Indeed, the sport has grown on every level. Youth leagues, sponsored by USA Hockey hold championships, and many high schools now secure ice time for women who want to do more than double axels. On a collegiate level, numbers support the trend. In 1996, there were 21 schools with women's teams, fielding a total of 414 participants. Today, women's hockey boasts 900-plus skaters from 61 schools...