Calling the contents of an e-mail included with the warrant “sickening and repulsive,” Duke University president Richard Brodhead announced the cancellation of the remainder of the Blue Devils men’s lacrosse season in a separate statement.

“Coach Pressler offered me his resignation earlier this afternoon, and I accepted it,” Duke athletics director Joe Alleva said in a statement released at 4:36 p.m. “I fully support President Broadhead’s decision to cancel the remainder of the season as well as his outrage at the latest developments involving the men’s lacrosse program. I believe this is in the best interests of the program, the department of athletics and the university.”

A three-time ACC Coach of the Year, Pressler coached 16 seasons at Duke and guided the Blue Devils to the 2005 NCAA championship game. He was not available for comment.

The documents made public today included the text of an e-mail message sent from the e-mail account of team member Ryan McFadyen, a sophomore defenseman from Mendham, N.J. In the message, sent about 30 minutes after an escort service stripper told police on March 14 she had been raped at the party, the writer talks of hiring strippers for another party and killing them.

“Tomorrow night, after tonights show, ive decided to have some strippers over,” the message read. “However there will be no nudity. i plan on killing bitches as soon as the walk in and proceeding to cut their skin off.”

Brodhead’s statement did not mention McFadyen by name, but cited federal privacy regulations that prohibit the university from releasing any information regarding individual student disciplinary matters.

However, Brodhead said, “in situations where a threat to the safety of an individual or members of the university community exists, Vice President Moneta typically executes an interim suspension.”