Winter Preseason Polls Signal Return of Felician Athletics

Seven of the CACC’s 14 member schools have opted into playing men’s and women’s basketball during the abbreviated 2021 season. The league’s coaches have selected Felician Men’s Basketball to finish third among those squads. CACC basketball teams will participate in a 10-game regular season followed by the conference tournament. To see the complete results of the poll, visit https://caccathletics.org/sports/mbkb/2020-21/releases/121PrePoll.

For the women, conference coaches predicted the Golden Falcons to finish in fifth place. Complete results of the preseason poll can be viewed at https://caccathletics.org/sports/wbkb/2020-21/releases/121PrePoll.

Meanwhile in the East Coast Conference, of which Felician is an associate member for women’s bowling, 11 of the league’s 14 members for that sport have opted into competing in an abbreviated season. Conference coaches have selected the Golden Falcons to finish sixth. Complete results are available at https://eccsports.org/sports/wbowl/2020-21/releases/012221_wbowlpreseason

Women’s basketball opened its season at home on February 4 against Georgian Court University, while men’s basketball gets started on February 6 versus Nyack College, also in Rutherford. For the first time in its seven-year history, the women’s bowling team hosted an event, beginning its campaign by entertaining five other schools at the New York Metro Invitational on January 30 and 31 in Lodi. See the athletics department’s recaps for Day 1 at https://felicianathletics.com/sports/wbowl/2020-21/releases/20210130z09kez and Day 2 at https://felicianathletics.com/sports/wbowl/2020-21/releases/202102016xw7h2.

No spectators are being admitted to any CACC or ECC regular-season or postseason event through May. Felician will attempt to webstream live as many of its home events as possible, and will provide information on when road opponents are doing the same. A composite schedule with links can be viewed at either https://www.felicianathletics.com/composite or www.caccnetwork.com/felician.