Notre Dame students are on spring break right now but won’t be returning to class next week and won’t be returning to class in a physical matter for at least a month.
The University of Notre Dame announced Wednesday that in-person classes will be canceled until at least April 13. The university has also canceled classes for next week in order to prepare for all classes to move to the online format starting March 23.
Although there are currently no reported cases of the coronavirus at Notre Dame, the probability that it will spread to our region is high.
Notre Dame will be taking several steps to reduce the likelihood of transmission of the virus: https://t.co/vRXXjcoMHL
— Notre Dame (@NotreDame) March 11, 2020
Now to the question most Notre Dame fans have – what does it mean for the athletic teams?
The outstanding women’s lacrosse team played today, moving to 7-0 after defeating Vanderbilt 16-6.
The now-ranked baseball team is set to play this afternoon at Radford.
The basketball team begins play tonight in the 2020 ACC Tournament that is being held in Greensboro, North Carolina.
And according to Bryan Driskell of Irish Breakdown, the football team will continue with spring practice as scheduled.