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The Lycoming College basketball and wrestling teams will return to action during the second week of February, as the Middle Atlantic Conference has released its first set of schedules for its return to competition for the 2020-21 season.
All Lycoming athletic programs will follow the NCAA's Resocialization of Collegiate Sport: Developing Standards for Practice and Competition during the spring semester.
Men's and women's basketball will return to play on Thursday, Feb. 11, along with a total of 14 women's teams and 13 men's teams in the conference that have opted in for a five-week regular season with a championship week to conclude play.
Both basketball teams will have a schedule structured with two-games a week on Thursdays and Fridays for five weeks from Feb.11 to March 12. All games, unless otherwise noted, will begin at 7 p.m.
Lycoming wrestling will get back into action on Feb. 13, with a 1 p.m. dual meet with Wilkes, before heading to the Colonels for a pair of duals on Feb. 14 and Feb. 20. The three duals will help Lycoming meet the requirement to qualify for the postseason, which will start with the NCAA Regional.
• Mansfield coach Edith Gallagher and the Mansfield University softball team released the 2021 schedule. The Mountaineers will open their season in conference competition when they travel to Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to take on the newest member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, Shepherd University on Friday March, 5. The Mountaineers host the Rams on Saturday, March 6 at Helen Lutes Field.
Mansfield follows with weekend series with West Chester, East Stroudsburg, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Bloomsburg and Shippensburg.