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The Midwest Conference announced Thursday<\/a> that it will not sponsor league competition or championships for fall or winter sports in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving are among the affected sports, along with men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s indoor track & field and volleyball. The Midwest Conference joins a number of leagues that have postponed or cancelled winter sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Midwest Conference, which competes in Division III, includes 10 schools in Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa \u2013 Beloit College, Cornell College, Grinnell College, Illinois College, Knox College, Lake Forest College, Lawrence University, Monmouth College, Ripon College and St. Norbert College. The league is celebrating its 100th season this year.<\/p>\n

“While we are disappointed that our fall and winter student athletes won’t be able to compete in the traditional Midwest Conference schedule, the health and safety of our campuses remains the top priority of our institutions,” said Zach Messitte,<\/strong> Ripon College president and chair of the MWC Presidents’ Council. “We are hopeful that individual teams will continue to practice and, if appropriate, perhaps compete in some limited capacity in the months ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s decision expressed optimism toward some semblance of a normal spring season, which was wiped out last year. Citing the \u201cevolving COVID-19 situation, as well as its impact on member campuses, local communities and the Midwest region\u201d and the regional and national surges in COVID-19 cases, the Midwest Conference Presidents\u2019 Council decided that returning to campuses \u2013 and thus, intercollegiate athletics \u2013 wasn\u2019t feasible enough to be mandated across the conference.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s release did, however, allow fall and winter athletes to continue \u201ctraining, skill development and\/or strength & conditioning sessions\u201d at the discretion of each institution and program. The Presidents\u2019 Council also endorsed the ability of what it called \u201cinstitutional autonomy\u201d to craft scrimmages or competitions with other schools as local conditions within the pandemic allow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"