In the weeks following the nationwide shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, UCF women’s soccer coach Tiffany Sahaydak has received a daily stream of emails from potential recruits.
Each message is similar — an update on a player’s training process, film from their most recent game, questions about how recruitment will continue in the absence of a typical cycle of matches and tournaments.
The annual recruiting season for women’s college soccer revolves around the NCAA offseason, which takes place in the spring and summer. But the coronavirus pandemic is now bringing Sahaydak and recruitment coordinators like Jimmy Angeles to a standstill.