Monday, April
16, 2001
LENOIR-RHYNE
WINS FIRST-EVER REGULAR SEASON BASEBALL TITLE;
PAIRINGS ANNOUNCED FOR FOOD LION SAC BASEBALL
TOURNAMENT
PC seeded #3 in upcoming SAC Tournament
ROCK
HILL, SC
–
The Lenoir-Rhyne Bears, the defending Food Lion
South Atlantic Conference Tournament champions,
won their first-ever regular-season title winning
two out of three games from Wingate this past
weekend.
The Bears, under coach Frank Pait, went 15-5 in conference play
during the regular season.
Lenoir-Rhyne was a surprise winner in last year’s conference
tournament after finishing sixth in the
conference. But the Bears got hot in the
postseason and captured their first-ever
tournament championship.
Pairings were also finalized for the first round of the Food Lion
SAC Baseball Tournament. The double-elimination
tournament will begin Thursday, April 19 at
Newberry College.
The pairings are as follows: No. 4 Catawba vs. No. 5 Tusculum, 9
a.m.; No. 1 Lenoir-Rhyne vs. No. 8 Newberry, 12:45
p.m.; No. 3 Presbyterian vs. No. 6 Carson-Newman,
4:30 p.m.; No. 2 Wingate vs. No. 7 Mars Hill, 8:15
p.m.
2001
SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE STANDINGS
(Through games played on Sunday, April 15)
| TEAM |
SAC |
PCT |
ALL |
PCT |
| 1.Lenoir-Rhyne |
15-5 |
.750 |
26-15 |
.634 |
| 2. Wingate |
13-7 |
.650 |
28-20 |
.583 |
| 3. Presbyterian |
12-8 |
.600 |
28-23 |
.549 |
| 4. Catawba |
10-10 |
.500 |
29-20 |
.592 |
| 5. Tusculum |
9-10 |
.474 |
25-22 |
.532 |
| 6.Carson-Newman |
9-11 |
.450 |
23-25 |
.479 |
| 7. Mars Hill |
6-13 |
.316 |
15-20 |
.429 |
| 8. Newberry |
5-15 |
.250 |
16-34 |
.320 |
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