Tuesday, February 28, 2006
PC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL OPENS THE 2006 FOOD LION SAC TOURNAMENT TOMORROW NIGHT ON THE ROAD VERSUS BULLDOGS
CLINTON, S.C. — The Presbyterian College women’s basketball team, under the direction of head coach Jessica Vanco, will open play in the 2006 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament tomorrow night with a ticket to the semifinals on the line.
The Lady Blue Hose women’s basketball team (21-6) is seeded No. 8 in this week’s tournament and will travel to Wingate, N.C. to take on the 2006 SAC regular season champion and top seed Wingate University Bulldogs (22-5) on Wednesday, March 1 at 6:00 pm in Cuddy Arena. PC is the eighth seed due to playing an ineligible player in the first 11 conference games. The Bulldogs swept the season series from the Blue Hose, winning 80-66 at home on January 11 and won 67-66 in Clinton, S.C. on February 8.
Presbyterian is 3-3 in opening round games of the Food Lion SAC Tournament since 2000, but has lost their last three in a row including last year’s 70-52 setback to Carson-Newman College. Wingate is 3-0 against the Lady Blue Hose in the opening round, but the Blue Hose are 3-1 versus the Bulldogs in the semifinals. PC has advanced to the championship game five times and won titles in 1995, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
The winner of tomorrow night’s game will face the winner of No. 4 Mars Hill/No. 5 Newberry in the semifinals on Saturday, March 4 at 3:00 pm in Hickory, N.C. at the Catawba Valley Community Center. The Food Lion SAC Tournament championship game will be held on Sunday, March 5 at 4:00 pm. The women’s winner of the tournament will earn automatic bid to the NCAA Division II playoffs.
Tickets for all tournament games are $6 per day for adults, $3 per day for children, students and college students with ID.