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The University of Maine at Augusta will allow its sports teams to practice but has postponed its fall sports schedule to spring 2021 due to the need to limit the spread of coronavirus, the school announced on Tuesday.

The shutdown, which affects the school’s co-ed golf, men’s and women’s cross-country and men’s and women’s basketball teams, was not taken lightly, according to Jennifer Laney, UMA Director of Student Life & Athletics.

The shutdown comes on the same day that the University of Maine at Machias announced that it is suspending its intercollegiate athletics program indefinitely, effective immediately, in response to budget issues that have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.