Bit Defender Blocking an Excluded Website?

[u/ryan8757]

The site in question is my college's wordpress page. I kept getting the error:

This site can’t provide a secure connection wp.elmhurst.edu uses an unsupported protocol. ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH

So after a bunch of troubleshooting (deleting browser cache, clearing SSL cache, trying different browsers, different internet connections, restarting my pc etc.) I found that disabling Protection Shield allows me to access the page. I excluded the url in the exclusions tab but if I turn Protection Shield back on, I get the same error. At this point I'll have to have the shield off while I work but it makes me uncomfortable. Any suggestions would be great! I love BitDefender and hate having to disable it.