Armdrag.com: D'Youville, Buffalo State's women's wrestling programs take growing sport to new level in WNY

D?Youville became the third school in New York to offer a women?s wrestling program, introducing the team in June 2022 shortly after Buffalo State announced its women?s wrestling program, which will begin in the 2024-25 season.https://t.co/V7og9890IL
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This is Part 1 of a series looking at the growth of women's wrestling in high school and college.

When Carlene Sluberski was looking to wrestle in college, there were zero women's programs in New York State and only about 10 in the nation.

A 2009 graduate from Fredonia High School, she competed at the Northern Michigan University Olympic Education Center before transferring to Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Now, Sluberski has returned home to serve as head coach of D'Youville University's women's wrestling program, which will have its inaugural season in the 2023-24 academic year.