The Ivy League is canceling all spring sports for the 2019-20 school year, a decision made in the wake of the conference’s cancellation of its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments because of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Ivy League said in its statement Wednesday that the decision of the member university presidents was unanimous.
The statement also said that individual schools could decide whether to participate in postseason play in winter sports. Harvard then announced that it would not allow the Crimson men’s hockey team to play in Troy, N.Y. in the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament this coming weekend. Winning the conference tournament was the only way the team could reach the NCAA tournament, so it’s season is now over.
Cornell women’s hockey is set to face Mercyhurst in the first round of the NCAA tournament Saturday.
The league noted that its decision on spring sports was made in part because some schools have decided to complete the spring semesters online rather than have students return to campuses.
On Tuesday, the Ivy League canceled its basketball tournaments, giving the automatic NCAA tournament berths to men’s regular-season champion Yale and women’s regular-season champion Princeton.
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