Pitt Athletics to drop Women’s Tennis

A few months ago, Pitt had announced it was adding Women’s Lacrosse as a varsity sport in 2021. Considering the popularity of the sport in the ACC and the sports overall rising growth it was a move that made sense. It now appears to have been made to in anticipation of dropping a program. Pitt announced today that it would be discontinuing Women’s Tennis at the conclusion of the upcoming 2019 spring season.

Heather Lyke explained her reasoning in a press release from Pitt this morning:

“This was an extremely difficult decision that was reached only after considerable research and evaluation,” Lyke said. “We have a responsibility to provide our student-athletes with the finest opportunities to…