© Provided by The Columbus Dispatch The Ohio State University athletic department logo, 2017. [provided by OSU]Jill Rizzo was practicing with her Ohio State women’s lacrosse teammates at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore on March 12 when her athletic career was put on hold. Instead of playing in the Buckeyes’ Big Ten opener two days later, Ohio State’s match was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Soon after, the season was halted. Rizzo feared that her career was over. On Monday, it was given new life. The NCAA’s decision to grant an extra year of eligibility to athletes in spring sports will allow Rizzo to have a complete senior season. The ruling was expected to be issued late in the afternoon. It came hours later. “You’re sitting there refreshing the Twitter feed to see if there’s any available information, but I was pretty confident they’d make the right decision,” Rizzo said…
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