PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Horizon League announced Thursday that the RMU women's basketball team's scheduled games against Northern Kentucky Friday, Jan. 7, and Wright State Sunday, Jan. 9 have each been canceled due to COVID-19 implications amongst Tier I individuals in both the NKU and WSU programs. 

Horizon League policy, vetted by multiple membership groups and approved by the Horizon League Council, states that contests that are canceled due to COVID-19 are to be considered forfeits unless deemed a no contest by the Commissioner. League policy authorizes the Commissioner to deem a cancellation a no-contest when the involved institution can demonstrate that extraordinary circumstances led to the cancellation. Given the surge in positive cases due to the Omicron variant, the Council agreed that a high volume of breakthrough cases among vaccinated individuals is considered extraordinary.

As such, the game against NKU has been ruled a no-contest, while the game against Wright State has been ruled a forfeit for WSU and will be recorded as a 2-0 victory for Robert Morris.

Additionally, the Colonials will now play this Saturday, Jan., 8 at Youngstown State in a 1:00 p.m. tip.

If needed, additional updates to the conference schedule will be announced at a later date.

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