FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas sports teams no longer will social distance themselves from Arkansas State University and the University of Central Arkansas.
Arkansas is expanding its policy of playing in-state colleges to include ASU and UCA, Razorbacks Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek said Friday.
The Razorbacks will play UCA in a volleyball tournament in Conway this fall, and the Bears track and field teams will compete at the UA indoor and outdoor meets in 2021.
“It’s historic,” UCA Athletic Director Brad Teague said. “When I was telling the staff earlier in the week this looks like it’s going to come about, the young kids working for us who are from out of state didn’t really get it.