GREEN BAY-OAKLAND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NEW YEAR'S DAY GAME CANCELED

INDIANAPOLIS – The Horizon League announced Friday that the Green Bay-Oakland women's basketball game scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 1 has been canceled.
The announcement follows positive COVID-19 tests within Oakland's tier I individuals.

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.

Oakland sought to deem missed competition on January 1 a no contest 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.

If needed, additional updates to the schedule will be announced at a later date.

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