“Student-athletes on Duke’s women’s basketball team have made the difficult decision to end their current season due to safety concerns,” Michael Schoenfeld, head of communications at Duke University, said in a statement. of press.
“We support his decision as we have supported the decisions made by all Duke student-athletes during this unprecedented time. Duke will maintain our current competition schedule in other sports and continue to adhere to our rigorous protocols of safety and health, which include daily tests for all student-athletes and are based on the guidance of leading medical experts. ”
Duke announced on Dec. 16 that he was pausing team-related activities for the women’s basketball program due to two positive tests of Covid-19 and tracking contacts between individuals at the trip party.
Duke’s last three games had been postponed, including competitions against Miami (scheduled for Dec. 13), the state of North Carolina (Dec. 20) and UNC Wilmington (Dec. 22). The rest of its programming was the Atlantic Coast Conference play.
Duke finished the season with a 3-1 record, with Kara Lawson in her first season as head coach of the Blue Devils. Lawson recently became the first NCAA Division I Power Five coach to win his first three games by 25 or more points.