Quote from: Caz Bombers on October 06, 2020, 04:02:30 PM
https://sunyacsports.com/general/2020-21/releases/20201006elhb0i
Feb 1 start to league play, division only double round robin. Not sure if they're doing any OOC games.
I realize they are splitting into two divisions to cut down on travel, which will limit the regular season schedule to just 8 games. The SUNYAC office also wanted to preserve the eligibility of the student-athletes by playing less than 50 percent of the allowable contests. I assume the allowable contest number is less than 50% of 25 which is the regular season max. So that should mean the SUNYAC schools could play 4 OOC games and still be safely within the NCAA rules.
In the case of Plattsburgh we have Clarkson, Canton, St. Lawrence, and Middlebury all within a short distance and all 4 teams have been on our schedule in the past. I'm hopeful something can be worked out so that we can play those schools.
Other schools in the YAC also have regular OOC schools that they play every year that are close to them. A 12 game regular season schedule should be easy to assemble and give the players, especially the seniors that are graduating, a little more of a season.
I hope that the reduced schedule becomes a reality. This pandemic seems to be gaining strength again as the number of new cases in the US has been increasing recently. We don't know what will happen in the next few months.