The cheers in Baton Rouge, La., reverberated through NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis.
Last Saturday, when BYU’s women’s team clinched a spot in next week’s national championship, it created a series of obstacles for the NCAA.
As a Mormon-run school, BYU prohibits Sunday play for all of its sports teams. Problem is, the third round of stroke-play qualifying at Eugene Country Club is scheduled for Sunday, May 22.
The NCAA must provide an accommodation for any school that cannot compete on a particular day for a religious reason, and so they announced this week a revised, and unprecedented, schedule of events for the NCAA Women’s Championship:
Instead of playing its third round on Sunday, BYU will now compete on Thursday (May 19), which is the lone practice-round day for the 24-team field.