Grantham, PA - The Messiah College men's ultimate team is pleased to announce that it is now firmly relocated under the Falcons' Athletic Department starting this spring season. The shift for all seven College club sports also rebrands the ultimate team as the Falcons."This is a thrilling move for us, and one that is largley unique to college ultimate," said men's ultimate head coach Charlie Hoppes. "To officially join an athletic department with the tradition and success of Messiah's is a dream come true. All our of club sports are rooted in the campus community, and we're excited to partner more effectively with the athletics community with this move."The shift for the ultimate team and the other six club sports allows for more synergy and partnership between Messiah's 22 NCAA Division III varsity teams and the club programs. While the club teams will not make any move to the NCAA level, the partnership does bring club sports under the umbrella of the Athletic Department and, as such, will allow for more effective exposure, branding, and student experience."The move for men's ultimate and the club teams probably has more to do with behind-the-scenes stuff than anything else, but there is a practical application of the move that will impact student experience," said Messiah Associate Athletic Director. "We care deeply about the experience of our students, and our club athletes are an important piece of our community. They compete for Messiah and represent Messiah in meaningful ways, and we believe that the programs will benefit from this shift."Each of Messiah's seven club sports will continue to operate with their routine budgets, rosters, coaching staffs, and game schedules, but the move to within Athletics' oversight will include a small presence on GoMessiah.com and better supply of appropriate gear, including Under Armour apparel. As mentioned, each team will also be included the "Falcons" brand."A few of the club sports here operated under different names, partially because they were not 'allowed' to use the Falcons' name," King said. "We don't think that's good for anyone anymore, and we're excited that our club teams get to identify with who they really are: Messiah College."The men's ultimate team is a perfect example of the diverse branding that existed for club teams; founded in 2004, the ultimate team competed as Fire & Brimstone from 2004-2007, and as Mammoth Rebellion from 2008-2015.In their history the men's ultimate team has had excellent results on the field. Since the founding of the USA Ultimate D-III West Penn Conference in 2011, Messiah have been champions three times (2012, 2013, and 2015) finished second once (2014). Last season the team finished ranked 18th in the country.