Williams, Bowdoin and Amherst had already announced plans to not play soccer this fall. There will be no Division III season in the New England Small College Athletic Conference, the league announced on Friday. Late on Friday, July 10, the Pac-12 announced that it would play a conference-only model for the 2020 season, should a fall campaign be viable. Washington and Lee, a school in Southwest Virginia, announced that they would not play fall sports.
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The Patriot League announced that there would be no athletics in the fall, with potential exemptions made for Army and Navy. A decision regarding how student-athletes can practice and prepare with their coaches during the fall semester is forthcoming."
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"Our presidents and athletic directors have had extensive conversations about what is the best plan of action for the safety and welfare of student-athletes, coaches and staff. "This decision was not made lightly," CACC Commissioner Dan Mara said in a statement. The aim for fall sports is to ideally host some kind of competition in the spring. The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, a 14-member league in Division II, announced that inter-collegiate competition will not take place in the fall. It was announced on July 16 that the Big East would play a conference-only schedule, joining the Big Ten and Pac-12 with that plan for fall sports. We will continue to evaluate our best path moving forward with the health and safety of everyone involved as the guiding principle of our discussions.” “We have worked on plans for a variety of circumstances and believe, with our actions guided by information and science, this is the responsible decision at this time. "While difficult, this is a necessary move to ensure we are providing the safest environment for our programs to compete,” West Coast Conference Commissioner Gloria Nevarez said in a statement. No fall sports will take place in the WCC until at least September24, the conference announced on July 16. Statement from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (1/2) #MAACSports /lp8oAnB3nd The MAAC, which had previously announced that it wouldn't begin fall sports until at least mid-September, put out a statement on July 17, indicated that it would play conference games only as well. While several outstanding issues and questions remain, we are hopeful that creative thinking and solutions will emerge in concert with improved measures to reduce the risk associated with COVID-19 as the academic year unfolds.” "We have remained optimistic that we could safely conduct a fall sports season, however, there are several external factors outside of our institutions’ control that will limit and disrupt our ability to deliver our student-athletes an experience they deserve. “This was not an easy conclusion for our membership to reach but it was made with care and diligence and with health and safety as the highest priority," America East Commissioner Amy Huchthausen said in a statement. "For the last several months, we have been working extensively with our membership to prepare for the fall sports season, including developing health and safety protocols, revising schedules and creating contingency plans. The Atlantic 10 release specifically outlines a plan to try and play some kind of competitive schedule within the conference if conditions allow. The America East and Atlantic 10 announced the decision on July 17 that the fall athletics season will officially be postponed.
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Other CAA programs have postponed or cancelled fall sports: Towson, Delaware and Drexel. The former indicated a willingness to have fall sports compete in the spring, while it may not be the case at William & Mary. While no decision has come from the Colonial Athletic Association, Hofstra and William & Mary announced that fall sports are suspended. The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)is the latest Division I conference to push back the fall sports season to the Spring. American Athletic Conference delays start of the season until Sept. The SCIAC (Division III) canceled the fall season for men's and women's soccer programs. It appears as though the ACC will try and play some semblance of a fall season. Among the Division I conferences to postpone the season this week include the Northeast Conference and Big West. The conference will discuss the possibility of playing in the spring at a later date. Mountain West postpones the fall sports season including women's soccer.