As announced on March 3, the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) is set to begin its spring season on Saturday, March 27. The Conference is excited that it will be able to provide our spring student-athletes with competition opportunities.

The spring season will feature a modified schedule that is intended to provide a robust experience, while also working to maintain a safe and healthy environment on all of our campuses. While these are current standards, they are still subject to change.

Additionally, the information below applies to the conference schedule. Additional "non-conference" contests against CCC schools have also been scheduled, but will not count towards the conference standings.

Please note as stated previously, no spectators will be permitted for the 2021 spring season as decided by the CCC Board of Directors. 

Due to the limited competition window and strict testing protocols, conference games that are canceled will not be made up. However, if two teams have a scheduled non-conference matchup on a later date, those games can replace the canceled conference contests.

TEAM SPORTS

Baseball/Softball/Men's and Women's Tennis – Pod Sports

• For the 2021 spring season, baseball, softball and men's and women's tennis will compete in "pods," based primarily on geography.
• Baseball and softball are scheduled to play two doubleheaders against each pod opponent. Conference doubleheaders will take place on Saturday and Sunday (except for Easter weekend when games will be played on Friday and Saturday) with teams competing against one opponent during that weekend (i.e. two doubleheaders against the same school).
• In baseball, the first game of the doubleheader will be scheduled for seven innings, while the second will be scheduled for nine innings. In the event that the first game goes to extra innings, the second game automatically becomes a seven-inning game. All baseball games will also employ the 10-run rule, which terminates the game if one team is leading by 10 or more runs after seven innings.
• Men's and women's tennis will play a double round-robin schedule within their pod on Saturdays. Men's and women's tennis will play identical schedules.
• Pod designations and the preseason coaches' polls are included below.

Men's and Women's Lacrosse

• For the 2021 spring season, men's and women's lacrosse will play a single-round robin conference schedule.
• The men will play conference games on Saturdays with the exception of one midweek game in the final week of the regular season. The women will play conference games on Saturdays as well, but will also have one mid-week game each week.
• The schedule difference is due to the fact that the women had a smaller window to compete as the deadline for declaring an NCAA automatic qualifier is a week earlier than the men. Additionally, women's lacrosse needed to accommodate nine teams, while men's lacrosse only needed to accommodate eight teams.
• Pod designations and the preseason coaches' polls are included below.

INDIVIDUAL SPORTS

Track and Field and Golf

• Generally, the CCC does not schedule "regular-season" contests in track and field or golf. However, the coaches of each sport have worked with the CCC office to schedule multiple events featuring only CCC schools this spring.
• Track and field will offer meet opportunities on three consecutive weekends in April based on schools that are able to host.
• Similarly, golf will offer multiple opportunities for CCC schools to compete in April based on course availability.

TOURNAMENTS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS

• The tournament and championship formats are still being discussed by the CCC athletic directors.

 

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PRESEASON POLLS

Below are the results of the CCC Preseason Coaches' Polls. Voting was conducted by the head coaches of their respective sports. While pod sports were ranked separately, all coaches were required to rank the teams in each pod.

BASEBALL
Pod A
Team	Points
1. Salve Regina	40 (4 First Place Votes)
2. Roger Williams	34 (3)
3. Western New England	30 (2)
4. Nichols	20
5. Curry	11

Pod B
Team	Points
1. Endicott	35 (8 First Place Votes)
2. Suffolk	26 (1)
3. Gordon	16
4. Wentworth	13

WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Team	Points
1. Endicott	79 (7 First Place Votes)
2. Roger Williams	74 (2)
3. University of New England	57
4. Western New England	54
5. Salve Regina	50
6. Curry	34
7. Wentworth	22
8. Gordon	19
9. Nichols	16

SOFTBALL
Pod A
Team	Points
1. Salve Regina	45 (5 First Place Votes)
2. Western New England	43 (5)
3. Roger Williams	28
4. Nichols	24
5. Curry	10

Pod B
Team	Points
1. Endicott	50 (10 First Place Votes)
2. Suffolk	32
3. University of New England	30
4. Gordon	20
5. Wentworth	18

MEN'S TENNIS
Pod A
Team	Points
1. Nichols	28 (5 First Place Votes)
2. Roger Williams	26 (3)
3. Western New England	16
4. Salve Regina	10

Pod B
Team	Points
1. Endicott	30 (7 First Place Votes)
2. Gordon	25 (1)
3. Wentworth	16
4. Curry	9

WOMEN'S TENNIS
Pod A
Team	Points
1. Nichols	28 (5 First Place Votes)
2. Roger Williams	26 (2)
3. Salve Regina	14 (1)
4. Western New England	12

Pod B
Team	Points
1. Endicott	32 (8 First Place Votes)
2. Gordon	24
3. Curry	13
4. Wentworth	11

Courtesy of CCC Sports Information