Facebook Tweet Pace University’s budding esports program – the video gaming equivalent to traditional athletic teams – is bucking a national trend in the growth of participation by female or non-binary athletes. In the past year, the share of women on the school’s esports team has grown to 28% from 19% and half the members of the esports club are female. Pace, based in downtown Manhattan, has a student population that is 37% male. Colleges across the country are starting esports programs to attract men, who made up 90% of collegiate gaming teams in 2021, according to data compiled by…