On Aug. 5, the Mountain West Conference released a statement regarding the conditions under which fall sports would take place for the upcoming 2020 season. Games weren’t set to begin until the week of September 26, and regular season schedules were heavily modified.
Just five days later, the conference released a follow up to their initial announcement: fall sports would be postponed indefinitely due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
That decision hit San Diego State’s women’s soccer program hard.
Senior forward Veronica Avalos was preparing for her final season on the Mesa. The news came as a letdown.