Horizon League Announces Updates to #HLWBB Schedule
INDIANAPOLIS – Green Bay announced on Thursday that its women’s basketball games against Cleveland State and Purdue Fort Wayne scheduled for Friday, Jan. 14 and Sunday, Jan. 16 have been canceled.
Horizon League policy, vetted by multiple membership groups and approved by the Horizon League Council, states that contests that are canceled due to COVID-19 are to be considered forfeits unless deemed a no contest by the Commissioner. League policy authorizes the Commissioner to deem a cancellation a no-contest when the involved institution can demonstrate that extraordinary circumstances led to the cancellation. Given the surge in positive cases due to the Omicron variant, the Council agreed that a high volume of breakthrough cases among vaccinated individuals is considered extraordinary.
Green Bay sought to deem missed competition this week no contests since it is unable to field a team due to breakthrough cases among vaccinated student-athletes. Commissioner Julie Roe Lach granted the requested relief noting that it satisfied the extraordinary standard.
The announcement followed positive COVID-19 tests within the Green Bay tier I individuals.
If needed, additional updates to the schedule will be announced at a later date.