Thursday, April 13, 2006
BRACKETS ANNOUNCED FOR 2006 FOOD LION SOUTH ATLANTIC
CONFERENCE MEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Blue Hose top seed in upcoming tournament
ROCK HILL, SC - Presbyterian College, which went undefeated in conference play, received the No. 1 seed in next week's Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis Tournament, where they will attempt to win their third consecutive tournament championship.
Tusculum College, Carson-Newman College and Catawba College all finished the regular season tied for second in the conference standings with 4-2 records. The Pioneers of Tusculum earned the second seed by virtue of a tiebreaker procedure, having won 10 matches in their contests with Carson-Newman and Catawba. Carson-Newman then earned the third seed by virtue of its 6-3 regular-season win over Catawba. The Indians are the fourth seed.
Tusculum will also receive a bye in the quarterfinals as Wingate University has withdrawn its men's tennis team from the conference tournament.
Carson-Newman will host sixth-seed Newberry on Tuesday in a quarterfinal match at 2:30 p.m.
Catawba will host fifth-seed Mars Hill on Tuesday in the other quarterfinal match on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
The semifinals and finals will be held at Carson-Newman College on Friday, April 21. The semifinals will begin at 9 a.m., with the semifinal winners meeting for the tournament championship at 2:30 p.m.
2006 Food Lion SAC Men's Tennis Tournament
Quarterfinals - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 (at Higher Seed)
No. 1 Presbyterian, bye
No. 2 Tusculum, bye
No. 6 Newberry at No. 3 Carson-Newman, 2:30 pm
No. 5 Mars Hill at No. 4 Catawba, 2:30 pm
Semifinals - Friday, April 22, 2006
At Carson-Newman College
No. 1
Presbyterian vs. Catawba/Mars Hill winner, 9 am
No. 2 Tusculum vs. Carson-Newman/Newberry winner, 9 am
Finals - Friday, April 22, 2006
At Carson-Newman College
Championship Match, 2:30 pm