NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. (pacathletics.org)–There will be no football this fall for Presidents’ Athletic Conference teams including Washington & Jefferson, Waynesburg, Westminster, Bethany, Grove City, St. Vincent and Thiel. Men’s and women’s soccer and cross country along with women’s volleyball have also been parked until spring. Football-only members Carnegie-Mellon and Case Western Reserve previously announced a suspension of fall athletics.
The League’s Presidents Council voted unanimously on the following decisions related to athletic competition in the fall 2020 semester:
- To postpone fall 2020 athletic competitions in the NCAA-defined “high-contact” and “medium contact” sports of football, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s cross country until the spring 2021 semester, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- The NCAA-defined “low contact” fall 2020 sports of women’s tennis and men’s and women’s golf will tentatively be permitted to compete this fall with conference competition only, as previously announced, barring additional NCAA or state guidelines/restrictions. The conference will also explore logistical options for holding fall athletic competitions in other “low contact” sports such as men’s and women’s outdoor track and field and men’s tennis, which have typically held their traditional seasons in the spring in past years.
- Tentative modified spring varsity game/competition schedules in football, soccer, volleyball and cross country will be developed by the PAC Scheduling Working Group and released in the near future.
- In addition, the PAC Presidents’ Council also agreed to not hold any winter sport varsity competitions prior to January 1, 2021.
All decisions were made during the most recent PAC Presidents’ Council virtual meeting held on Thursday, July 23.