In a move that had been expected for some time now, the Western Athletic Conference made a huge step in conference expansion today. In the move to increase its membership the WAC also grabbed five new softball playing members. Abilene Christian, Sam Houston State, Lamar, Stephen F. Austin, and Southern Utah now join the revamped conference. The addition of the four Texas institutes that are members of the Southland Conference makes the biggest impact dropping that league from 12 softball playing members to eight. Southern Utah is a member of the Big Sky Conference, but their departure might have the most important long-term affect dropping its softball playing membership from seven to six which is the minimum number for the league to keep ahold of its automatic qualifier status to the NCAA Postseason.
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