Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Archives

WIAC the latest D-3 Conference to put the brakes on fall sports

July 28, 2020 By Bill Scott

The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) became the fourth NCAA Division III conference with Wisconsin members to either cancel or postpone fall sports for the 2020-21 academic year on Monday.

Conference seasons and championships in football, women’s soccer, women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s cross country are canceled for the 2020-21 academic year.

Women’s tennis and women’s golf will be moved to the spring semester. Schools can hold practices within the limitations stipulated by the NCAA during the fall term. [Read more…]

Midwest Conference, NACC suspend sports until Jan. 1, 2021

July 27, 2020 By Bill Scott

The Midwest Conference (MWC) and Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) announced Monday that it has suspended intercollegiate athletics competition until January 1, 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Four Wisconsin based colleges are affiliated with the Midwest Conference, including Beloit College, Lawrence University, Ripon College and St. Norbert College.

St. Norbert College will be joining the NACC in 2021 and are joined by seven other Wisconsin based colleges; Concordia of Wisconsin, Edgewood, Lakeland, Marian, MSOE, Wisconsin Lutheran and Alverno College.

The two conferences also lost the spring sports season due to the COVID-19 outbreak.