University of the Cumberlands baseball and tennis teams experienced competition delays last weekend due to unexpectedly bad weather. Matches and meets were postponed to later dates, causing both teams to temporarily sit out their in-season sports.
“The team got knocked back a little,” said John Campo, a pitcher on the UC baseball team. “Everyone prepared for a meet on Saturday but instead had to cancel.”
According to Coach Chin Tan, similar frustration ran through the tennis team with both practice and tournament schedules affected due to the recent weather forecasts.
“We were supposed to play Lincoln Memorial University on February 8th,” said Tan. “But because of the temperature over the weekend we have been forced to cancel. Instead, we are competing with Eastern Kentucky University the second time this season as they have indoor facilities that we do not.”
Sports at UC like tennis and baseball are greatly affected by the weather because of their limited outdoor facilities. Recent temperatures have dropped to as low as -10 degrees Celsius during meets and matches, where officials and coaches are simply not able to accommodate home competition. Scheduled competition that cannot be made up either tie or get discredited in the NAIA systems.
“Once something like this happens, we have to rearrange everything on the calendar,” said Campo. “It’s a very hard thing to do because we need to make sure the other team’s schedules are free for meets as well.”
The Men’s Tennis team will be traveling to EKU Saturday, February 15 to play their first away match, while the Men’s Baseball team are rescheduled to play Brescia University Sunday, February 16.
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