“Student athletes on the women’s basketball team Duke made the difficult decision to end their current season due to security concerns,” Michael Schoenfeld, director of communications at Duke University, said in a press release.
“We support your decision, as we support the choices made by all Duke student-athletes during this unprecedented period. Duke will maintain our current competition schedule in other sports and will continue to observe our strict health and safety protocols, which include daily tests for all student-athletes and are based on the guidance of leading medical experts. ”
Duke announced on Dec. 16 that it was pausing team-related activities for the women’s basketball program due to two positive Covid-19 tests and tracking contact between individuals within the travel group.
Duke’s last three games have been postponed, including clashes against Miami (scheduled for December 13), North Carolina State (December 20) and UNC Wilmington (December 22). The rest of his schedule was a piece from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Duke ended the season with a 3-1 record, with Kara Lawson in his first season as the Blue Devils coach. Lawson recently became the first NCAA Power Five Division I head coach to win his first three games by 25 or more points.