Cal Baptist sophomore libero Emmett Enriques, a 2015 Kamehameha graduate, and the rest of his Lancer volleyball teammates were blindsided.
No one on the team, including the coaches, knew men’s volleyball was being dropped until athletic director Micah Parker announced the news Monday on the school’s website.
Cal Baptist discontinued its men’s volleyball program effective immediately as it prepares to move to the Western Athletic Conference and Division I status.
“Decisions to discontinue a program are never easy,” Parker said on the website. “As we look at the long-term future of our athletics department, however, we feel this decision is needed based on budgetary and competitive factors as CBU moves toward D-I status.