Laker Men’s & Women’s 2020-21 GLIAC Schedules Revealed

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Lake Superior State men’s and women’s basketball programs in conjunction with the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) have officially revealed their 2020-21 conferences schedules on Thursday, Nov. 12. 

Each team’s schedule will consist of 18 conference games spread out over eight weekends beginning on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. The GLIAC announced that presidents and chancellors also allowed non-conference games prior to Jan. 1 to be scheduled at each intuitions’ discretion.

There are a couple of major differences in the scheduling this year. First, the men’s and women’s teams will not be competing together as the teams will rotate home and away series for the ten weeks of competition. Also, the teams will play a weekend series against the same opponent instead of two separate opponents which was done in previous seasons. 

The LSSU men’s basketball team is set to open conference play at home on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 against Wayne State University. The full Lake Superior State men’s GLIAC opponent schedule is listed below – dates and times have not yet been determined:

• Week 1: Wayne State at Lake Superior State
• Week 2: Lake Superior State at Purdue Northwest
• Week 3: Michigan Tech at Lake Superior State 
• Week 4 (Travel Partner Game): Lake Superior State at Ferris State
• Week 5: Lake Superior State at Northern Michigan
• Week 6:  Davenport at Lake Superior State
• Week 7: Lake Superior State at Northwood University
• Week 8 (Travel Partner Game): Ferris State at Lake Superior State
• Week 9: Parkside at Lake Superior State
• Week 10: Lake Superior State at Ashland University

The LSSU women’s basketball team is set to open conference play on the road on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 against Wayne State University. The full Lake Superior State women’s GLIAC opponent schedule is listed below – dates and times have not yet been determined:

• Week 1: Lake Superior State at Wayne State 
• Week 2: Purdue Northwest at Lake Superior State
• Week 3: Lake Superior State at Michigan Tech 
• Week 4 (Travel Partner Game): Ferris State at Lake Superior State
• Week 5: Northern Michigan at Lake Superior State
• Week 6:  Lake Superior State at Lake Superior State
• Week 7: Northwood University at Lake Superior State
• Week 8 (Travel Partner Game): Lake Superior State at Ferris State
• Week 9: Lake Superior State at Parkside
• Week 10: Ashland University at Lake Superior State

Lake Superior State will continue to comply with all federal, state, and local mandates as well as both the NCAA and the GLIAC guidelines. In addition, the Four Pillars of Laker Safety (social distancing; mask/face covering; sanitization; personal/social responsibility) will be followed at all athletic events. For the reasons stated above, the decision on capacity that will be allowed in the Bud Cooper Gymnasium Arena has yet to be finalized. An announcement on the attendance policy and the pertaining ticketing information will be available on lssulakers.com at a later date.

Visit lssulakers.com for more information. 

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