Re: 2020 Season

by DoubleDipper Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:29 pm

WCC wrote:The West Coast Conference has postponed all 2020 NCAA fall sports seasons, the league office announced on Thursday. The WCC Presidents' Council, in consultation with the conference's 10 athletic directors and Commissioner Gloria Nevarez, made the decision following several weeks of thorough analysis and discussion.

The postponement will impact University of Portland men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball and men's and women's cross country. The conference intends to explore various models for conducting postponed fall sports in the spring of 2021. Discussions involving scheduling models, gameday safety protocols and a timeline for WCC competition are ongoing and will be shared at the appropriate time.

The WCC will not prohibit member institutions to individually determine whether to participate in non-conference fall competition or events as they deem appropriate.

https://portlandpilots.com/news/2020/8/13/west-coast-conference-postpones-fall-sports-seasons.aspx

"The WCC will not prohibit member institutions to individually determine whether to participate in non-conference fall competition or events as they deem appropriate." scratch

by UPSoccerFanatic Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:45 pm

DoubleDipper wrote:
WCC wrote:....

"The WCC will not prohibit member institutions to individually determine whether to participate in non-conference fall competition or events as they deem appropriate."

Is BYU a FBS school? If so, the purpose of this may be to allow them to play football in the Fall, if they want to do that.

by Geezaldinho Thu Aug 13, 2020 8:14 pm

UPSoccerFanatic wrote:
DoubleDipper wrote:
WCC wrote:....

"The WCC will not prohibit member institutions to individually determine whether to participate in non-conference fall competition or events as they deem appropriate."

Is BYU a FBS school? If so, the purpose of this may be to allow them to play football in the Fall, if they want to do that.

BYU Is an FBS independent. The WCC website has different wording

WCC wrote: The postponement of WCC fall sports seasons and championships does not preclude member institutions from scheduling non-conference competitions in low risk sports in the fall.

https://wccsports.com/news/2020/8/13/general-wcc-postpones-fall-competition.aspx

When I saw that I figured xcountry. Those folk will run anyway. Some already run unaffiliated. Asking them to take a year off would kill most careers.

At this point I think calling Football a low risk sport is a tough sell. And who will they play? Everyone else has dropped out or gone Conference only. Maybe they are switching conferences or consider their football activity none of the conferences business, but then it wouldn’t matter what the wording is.

by DoubleDipper Thu Aug 13, 2020 11:07 pm

Golf

I seem to recall that PU, BYU, SCU, USF and GU have women's golf, and all the WCC schools except UP have men's golf.

After being closed due to COVID at one time, now most all golf courses are open with some restrictions.

by Geezaldinho Thu Aug 13, 2020 11:20 pm

Hey, wait. Isn’t that outside assistance?

by DoubleDipper Wed Sep 02, 2020 10:18 pm

Their focus, energy, and excitement are incredible...

by Geezaldinho Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:09 am

There is an article in the Beacon about what the coaches are doing with their down time.

https://www.upbeacon.com/article/2020/09/fall-sport-coaches-share-how-coaching-and-their-lives-have-changed-through-the-covid-19-pandemic

by UPSoccerFanatic Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:47 am

From listening to the recent Leykam interview, it sounds like the WCC is planning on starting play in February. They are waiting to firm up plans until they see whether the Pac 12 will be playing non-conference games or going conference only.

by UPSoccerFanatic Fri Dec 04, 2020 12:27 pm

The WCC has announced that the women will play a round robin in the Spring, 9 games, on Saturdays from February 20 through April 17. The announcement does not saying anything about non-conference games, but Utah Valley currently shows BYU as a Spring opponent, so it seems likely non-conference games are allowed. There has been a question whether the Pac 12 will be allowing non-conference games, and I am suspecting they will because otherwise I think the women might have played a conference tournament or a double round robin.

by SoreKnees Fri Dec 04, 2020 12:34 pm

Is it too early to know whether any spectators will be allowed?

What is UP doing for spring semester about classes and dorms?

by DoubleDipper Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:20 am

SoreKnees wrote:Is it too early to know whether any spectators will be allowed?

What is UP doing for spring semester about classes and dorms?

I've been told there is no current plan for fans to attend games unless we all mask-up and stop spreading the virus, however, both UP and the OHA will not make a final decision until well after school begins, "probably in late February."

All the dorms will begin to open the week of January 18th, but will be occupied at only about 50% of capacity for the entire semester. Once the students move into the dorms there will be about a one week period of semi-quarantining before classes begin.

Upperclassmen will not attend in-person classes (except labs and capstone classes), and class size will be limited to no more than 20 students.

Testing, testing, and more testing is planned, and mask wearing everywhere except in one's own dorm room will be enforced, and students will not be allowed to visit dorms other than their own.

The last I heard, UP has budgeted somewhere north of $2 million for testing this coming semester, and for the most part, they will be using the rapid molecular test which provides results in 15 minutes.

by Geezaldinho Sat Dec 05, 2020 8:11 pm

Must be a new test. What I read from the fda is that the molecular test is same day, not 15 minutes.

The test that is that quick is the less accurate antigen test that was used at the Trump super spreader event.

https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/coronavirus-disease-2019-testing-basics

by DoubleDipper Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:33 pm

Fifteen minutes was the number we were given at two recent online meetings by two different UP reps, but you are correct, Geez, all the information I have read says same day, not a specific number of minutes or hours.

I'm sure we'll get more information as we get closer to MLK Day dorm openings.

Some of the student-athletes have been tested continuously since June or July... Shocked

by UPSoccerFanatic Tue Dec 15, 2020 7:03 pm

Spring 2021 schedule of conference games, from the WCC website:

February 20 home v Loyola Marymount
February 27 away v Santa Clara
March 6 home v Pacific
March 13 away v San Francisco
March 20 home v Pepperdine
March 27 away v San Diego
April 3 away v Gonzaga
April 10 home v St Marys
April 17 away v BYU

by UPSoccerFanatic Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:05 pm

Per Idaho:

January 24 home v Idaho

That is less than a month away! cheers

by UPSoccerFanatic Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:30 pm

UPSoccerFanatic wrote:Per Idaho:

January 24 home v Idaho

That is less than a month away!

There now is a schedule on the website. It does not show the Idaho game, so although Idaho has the game on its website, maybe that is not correct. Or, on looking at the NCAA Soccer Schedule rules for the Spring, the first permissible game date is February 3, so if there is an Idaho game it must be an exhibition game. That makes more sense.

On the other hand, the Pilots schedule shows:

February 6 @ home v Washington

February 12 @ home v Oregon State

by DoubleDipper Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:19 am

Geezaldinho wrote:Must be a new test. What I read from the fda is that the molecular test is same day, not 15 minutes.

A total of 830 students started moving back into the dorms a week ago, and all are being given a baseline COVID test followed by a week in quarantine and then another COVID test before being allowed to attend classes.

In a Friday statement, Fr. Mark reiterated that UP is using rapid molecular COVID-19 tests, which can provide results in as little as 15 minutes, and so far, turnaround time for the tests results has been anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours.

Of the 830 students living on campus, apparently over 100 are student-athletes, and most, if not all, are living in Shipstad Hall.

Oh, and it looks VERY unlikely that fans will be allowed to attend any sporting events at UP during the spring semester.

by DoubleDipper Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:45 pm

Hmm, seems someone else should be reporting about soccer on this forum, but my all-time favorite Pilot, Hall-of-Famer Tiffeny Milbrett, has returned to The Bluff to help Frenchie as a volunteer assistant.

https://portlandpilots.com/news/2021/2/3/wsoc-milbrett-returns-to-the-bluff-as-a-volunteer-assistant-coach.aspx

by Geezaldinho Wed Feb 03, 2021 2:42 pm

It’s really great to have Tiff back on the bluff. She’ll be a great addition to the coaching staff and to the culture of the team.

by Geezaldinho Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:29 am

And so it begins.

The scrimmage against Idaho on the 24th never took place, I had heard of a scrimmage against Seattle last weekend and that never took place, and now the season opener against UW scheduled for the 6th has been wiped off both team schedules.

Let’s hope at least the Beavers match on the 13th comes to fruition.

Maybe they will find another game before the WCC season starts.

by UPSoccerFanatic Thu Feb 04, 2021 12:32 pm

And, as soon as the UW game got canceled, it was replaced by a scrimmage this afternoon against Linfield, but that too has been canceled.

by SoreKnees Thu Feb 04, 2021 12:50 pm

UPSoccerFanatic wrote:And, as soon as the UW game got canceled, it was replaced by a scrimmage this afternoon against Linfield, but that too has been canceled.

One interpretation/explanation could be that the Pilots (and not necessarily the opponents) are having a virus outbreak.

by DoubleDipper Thu Feb 04, 2021 2:16 pm

SoreKnees wrote:One interpretation/explanation could be that the Pilots (and not necessarily the opponents) are having a virus outbreak.

If that were the case, UP would be conducting contact tracing and placing students and student-athletes in isolation/quarantine...and that is NOT being done in response to anything going on in the women's soccer program!

There are some who feel there should be ZERO outside scrimmages and non-conference games played as it exposes UP's student-athletes to student-athletes from other universities who may not be adhering to the same COVID precautions.

I do not know the reason for the canceled scrimmages and games...

by Geezaldinho Thu Feb 04, 2021 7:19 pm

It’s happening all over the West coast at least ( I haven’t checked East coast)

Not only was UP-UW canceled, but UCLA-USD was canceled as well.

The UCLA site says it’s because USD didn’t meet minimum player standards. The USD site cites minimum player standards, but doesn’t say who isn’t meeting them.

Pepperdine-USC game Tonight is listed as postponed on the Pepperdine site and cancelled on the USC site awith the reason given that Pepperdine didn’t meet minimum player standards.

Meanwhile the Pepperdine site says they will play UCLA instead on Sunday ( the UCLA site says nothing about that at this time)
( edit- the UCLA site now shows the Sunday game and the USC site says the canceled game might be rescheduled)

The beavers play Idaho the 5th in Idaho’s dome. Let’s hope all goes well.

by Geezaldinho Thu Feb 04, 2021 8:49 pm

SoreKnees wrote: One interpretation/explanation could be that the Pilots (and not necessarily the opponents) are having a virus outbreak.

UP now has an exhibition match with Lewis and Clark at 3:00 PM listed for Saturday.
Cross your fingers