USF, its men’s and women’s rifle teams relegated to using air guns in Memorial Gym, has dropped the sport….
USF was one of 33 schools still fielding NCAA rifle teams…. [The USF Athletic Director Bill] Hogan also cited the difficulty of finding opponents with only six schools west of the Mississippi River with teams. No other West Coast Conference or Pac-10 schools have rifle teams….
Hogan said it was impractical to field a team because of a scarcity of quality rifle ranges in the Bay Area. He said the school had been trying — unsuccessfully — for the past seven years to raise the $1.5 million he estimated it would cost to build its own competitive-level range….
Thanks to reader Peter Buxtun for the pointer.