University of New Mexico cancels women's soccer match after hazing (Reuters)

By Joseph Kolb ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) - University of New Mexico officials on Wednesday canceled the first match of the women's soccer team's season after a hazing incident that left a teenager in hospital, and they said the UNM athletics department had let down its players. "We failed the young women of our soccer program who did not understand the seriousness of hazing," UNM athletic director Paul Krebs told a news conference in Albuquerque. "These are good women, but they damaged the reputation of the university, the women's soccer program, and themselves." University officials said heavy drinking was involved, but they rejected local media reports that Sunday night's incident involved players being made to strip, or even being sprayed with urine.