The organizers of two school soccer postseason video games introduced on Sunday that they’d been canceled due to COVID-19 coronavirus instances amongst gamers.
Boston College, which had been scheduled to face East Carolina University within the Military Bowl on Monday afternoon in Annapolis, Md., needed to withdraw from the sport as a result of it didn’t have sufficient gamers to discipline a group, Athletic Director Pat Kraft stated, with virus instances compounding transfers and season-ending accidents.
The Fenway Bowl had its second consecutive cancellation. The University of Virginia and Southern Methodist University have been scheduled to play on Wednesday at Fenway Park, residence of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, however Virginia had COVID-19 coronavirus instances inside its roster that prevented it from taking part. The bowl was first introduced in 2019, however has but to have its inaugural version.
The video games are the most recent within the sport’s postseason affected by the pandemic.
Last week, the University of Hawaii withdrew from its Hawaii Bowl matchup in opposition to the University of Memphis due to COVID-19 coronavirus instances throughout the program.
And Rutgers University entered the Gator Bowl after Texas A&M University withdrew due to virus points and season-ending accidents. Rutgers will play Wake Forest University on Friday in Jacksonville, Fla.
The College Football Playoff final week warned that the 4 groups in Friday’s semifinals — No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Cincinnati — might face the potential for forfeitures if they might not play.