By Tim Glon
The Ohio Athletic Conference has announced its league schedules for baseball, softball, outdoor track and field, men's and women's golf and men's and women's tennis for the 2021 seasons.
Competition across all 10 sports will be limited to conference-only opponents and will begin with women's lacrosse home against John Carroll on Feb. 20.
Baseball and softball will play 36 games within the OAC, facing each team four times with home-and-home double headers over nine consecutive weekends starting March 13. Softball will also add four games with Heidelberg March 6-7 that will not count toward the OAC standings.
Men's Lacrosse will play all nine league opponents on nine consecutive Saturdays beginning Feb. 27 and will face four OAC foes in games that won't count in the league standings on four Wednesdays in March and April.
Women's Lacrosse will play a double-round robin schedule that will start on Feb. 20.
The outdoor track and field teams will start their seasons March 20 at Marietta and will host home meets on April 3 and 24.
The men's and women's golf teams will compete in seven tournaments, starting at the Pioneer Classic on March 20-21 and will host the annual Polar Bear Classic April 2-3 at Colonial Golfers Club.
Men's and women's tennis will play a round-robin schedule beginning on March 27.
Times and dates for all competitions are subject to further change due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Check back to ONUSports.com for more details as they become available.
