Northeast Conference Announces No Spectator Policy at Upcoming Championships

As the Northeast Conference prepares to host championships in the months of February, March and early April, it has announced it will not permit any spectators to attend the following NEC Championships: Men's and Women's Cross Country, Men's and Women's Basketball, Women's Bowling, Women's Volleyball, and Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving. Decisions about allowing spectators at NEC Championship events conducted beginning in mid-April will be made at a future date.

NEC RELEASE

Since last March the NEC membership has been working diligently to develop and implement policies and protocols to allow our student-athletes and coaches to compete in a safe and healthy environment. To date, none of our institutions have permitted spectators to attend on-campus events in accordance with campus and local health guidelines. The decision to preclude spectators at NEC championship events was not made lightly, as it prohibits our loyal fans, as well as the friends and families of our student-athletes and coaches from watching their teams compete for an NEC title in person. This mandate applies to NEC Championship events only; spectator policies for regular season events will continue to be made at the local and campus levels. We invite all of our fans to follow, for free, NEC regular season and championship action on NEC Front Row (www.necfrontrow.com) and via the NEC on the Run app.

About The Northeast Conference
Now in its 40th anniversary season, the Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association consisting of 10 institutions of higher learning located throughout seven states. Media coverage of the NEC extends to a number of the largest markets in the United States - New York (#1), Boston (#9), Baltimore (#26), Hartford/New Haven (#33) and Providence (#53). Founded in 1981 as the basketball-only ECAC Metro Conference, the NEC has grown to sponsor 24 championship sports for men and women and now enjoys automatic access to 16 different NCAA Championships. NEC member institutions include Bryant, Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, LIU, Merrimack, Mount St. Mary's, Sacred Heart, St. Francis Brooklyn, Saint Francis U and Wagner. For more information on the NEC, visit the league's official website (www.northeastconference.org) and digital network (www.necfrontrow.com), or follow the league on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat, all @NECsports.