COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Mountain West announced today the 2021 regular season formats for baseball, volleyball and women's soccer. These formats, which were approved by the MW directors of athletics, provide student-athletes with the opportunity to conduct a Conference season while managing the challenges of the COVID-19 virus. Regular-season formats remain unchanged for softball and men's and women's tennis.
These scheduling formats are subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with state, county and local health guidelines. Regular-season formats can be found below:
BASEBALL
• A 36-game Conference schedule in a double round-robin format taking place over 14 weeks (Feb. 27-May 29). Teams are permitted to play non-conference games up to a maximum of 47 total games for the season.
• 3-game series scheduled for Saturday (double header) and Sunday, except for Easter weekend and the final weekend, which will be played on Friday (double header) and Saturday.
• Each institution has two open dates.
• The regular-season champion will be the Mountain West's NCAA tournament automatic qualifier.
• Each institution is permitted to play nonconference games.
VOLLEYBALL
• A 16-match Conference-only schedule taking place over nine weeks (Feb. 5-April 3).
• Each institution will play six opponents twice and four opponents once.
• Using a hybrid scheduling format, the first seven weeks will feature teams facing the same opponent twice in one weekend at one site. Travel partners will play the final two weeks of the season.
• The regular-season champion will be the Mountain West's NCAA tournament automatic qualifier.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
• A 10-match Conference-only schedule in a divisional double round-robin format taking place over a six-week period (March 5-April 11).
• Matches will be played on Friday and Sunday.
• A single match will take place on Sat., April 17, at a campus site between the two division winners to determine the Conference automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament.
