when our school had a team about ten years ago, U of D and Mercy had a joint team, but there were problems that arose at the nationals, in florida at that time, and since we have started up again, our school administration doesn't want us to partner up with any school. All I know about the problem was that it was enough to end the team back then, and they were unsure as to whether or not they would let us start the team again. As for funding, we are all going to sit down tommorrow and finish letters to send to various companies.