College women go to the mat.

• Position: SPORTS - Brief article

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Women's wrestling teams are sprouting up in the most unlikely places: Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis is starting a team this fall, and so is Oklahoma City University, which has graduated three Miss Americas. The inclusion of women's wrestling in the Olympics beginning in 2004 provided a huge boost to the sport's popularity. Five thousand girls nationwide took part in high school wrestling last year, but only eight colleges offer it as a varsity sport. Big universities have all but ignored...