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Summit League Cancels Spring Sports

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Summit League Commissioner Tom Douple announced Friday that all spring sports have been canceled given the current status of COVID-19. This cancellation includes all non-conference, conference and championship competitions for Summit League members through the end of the 2019-20 academic year.

The cancelation ends the season for the Drake University men's tennis team.

"The decision yesterday to suspend spring sports for the month of March gave the League roughly 24 hours to collect as much information as possible," Douple said. "After we imposed the suspension, the NCAA announced the cancellation of all its spring championship events.