Apr 1, 2020

The day freshman Farisha Radzi had been patiently waiting for quickly turned into a nightmare. Hours after she was eligible to compete with Missouri Western golf, the MIAA canceled its spring sports season.

“I found it on Twitter saying it was canceled and the funny story was that I was eligible that morning to play for tournaments. So I was basically eligible for like six hours,” Radzi said.

Following the sports cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic, Western decided to close campus and move all classes online for the remainder of the semester.

Radzi and her fellow international teammates were forced to make a quick decision on whether to stay or go home as borders neared shutdown.

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