Courtesy App State Athletics/Tim Cowie
The Mid-American Conference announced the postponement of all fall sports on Aug. 8 due to the pandemic. While most teams at App State are part of the Sun Belt Conference, field hockey is a member of the MAC. Postponed sports are planning for spring competition, but with the ever-changing status of the pandemic, nothing is certain.
“It was a tough day for sure,” senior midfielder/forward and team captain Meghan Smart said. “Everyone that I was with called their parents right away. A lot of us cried. We didn’t do anything for the rest of the day, just trying to process what was happening.