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CSUN Women's Basketball Cancels 3rd Game For COVID-19
The women's basketball team at California State University, Northridge cancelled yet another game due to COVID-19 protocols.
NORTHRIDGE-CHATSWORTH, CA — The women's basketball team at California State University, Northridge cancelled a third game due to internal COVID-19 protocol, the school announced Monday.
The team was scheduled to play CSU Bakersfield Thursday. The squad dropped two other games last week against University of California, Irvine and UC San Diego. All three games will be ruled no contest and rescheduled, the university said.
The squad is expected to compete against California Polytechnic State University on Saturday, the university said.
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Read more: CSUN Women's Basketball Cancels 2 Games Due To COVID-19
The Big West's board of directors made a policy change on Dec. 22 to declare any canceled games as no contest rather than a forfeit. Big West is the NCAA Division 1 grouping that CSUN competes in, along with 10 other California schools.
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The seeding for the 2022 championships will not include number of games played as long as teams have met the NCAA 25 game minimum, according to The Big West news release. This 25 game minimum may be lowered as well.
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