The Northern Sun Intercollegiate

Conference (NSIC) has scheduled visits to two schools in the

Dakotas that have expressed interest in becoming members.

               Commissioner Butch Raymond says teams will visit

Minot State University in North Dakota on Oct. 19-20 and the

University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota on Sept. 28-29. They

will include officials ranging from Raymond to a senior woman

administrator from an NSIC school.

               The NSIC is a 14-team, 17-sport, NCAA Division II

conference with teams in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North

Dakota and South Dakota. The board is considering an expansion.

               Minot State and Sioux Falls are moving their

athletic programs from NAIA to NCAA Division II, and both

have expressed interest in the Northern Sun.