KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee women’s basketball head coach Kellie Harper confirmed that the Lady Vols’ season opener scheduled for Friday afternoon vs. Florida A&M has been canceled.

FAMU Athletics Tweeted an announcement on Monday afternoon, sharing that its women’s basketball team was opting out of the 2020-21 season “due to concerns with COVID-19.”

At this point, the Lady Vols are slated to play Western Kentucky next at Thompson-Boling Arena at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday. The game will be live streamed on SECN+.

“We knew this season was going to be very fluid,” Harper said. “We have talked a lot with our team about having to be flexible and able to respond to change. That’s just going to be the nature of things this year.”

Ticket holders will receive communication via email if additional changes are made to Tennessee’s schedule throughout the season and should ensure that [email protected] is recognized by their email client as a “safe sender” so emails are not directed to a junk or spam folder.

Given the unusual nature of this season—specifically, the current unknowns related to the likelihood of postponed games getting rescheduled or canceled games getting replaced by previously unscheduled matchups—Tennessee Athletics will determine its basketball ticket refund policy at the conclusion of the regular season.

We appreciate the flexibility and understanding of our ticket holders.

-UT Athletics