Lady Blue Hose To Face Off Against Lincoln Memorial In First Round Of 2007 Food Lion SAC Basketball Tournament
ROCK HILL, SC. – Presbyterian’s women’s basketball team will enter the 2007 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference tournament as the ninth seed and will travel to Lincoln Memorial for a 7 p.m. contest on Monday, Feb. 26 in Harrogate, Tenn.
The Lady Blue Hose will enter the contest coming off their first league victory of the season over second-seeded Catawba.
The winner of the game between the Lady Blue Hose and the eighth-seeded Railsplitters will advance on to face top-seeded Wingate at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28 in Wingate, N.C.
Wingate, which won their fourth consecutive South Atlantic Conference regular-season title, clinched the top seed with a 14-2 conference record.
Catawba College and Newberry College finished tied for second in the conference standings. Catawba earned the second seed according to the league's tiebreaker procedure.
The two teams split their regular-season meetings and lost both meetings to top seed Wingate. The two teams were tied with a record of 3-1 against the teams tied for fourth place - Carson-Newman and Lenoir-Rhyne.
Catawba earned the advantage by having a 4-0 record against the teams tied for sixth place - Tusculum and Mars Hill - while Newberry was 2-2 against those teams.
Catawba (10-6, 20-8) will host seventh-seed Tusculum (7-9, 15-12) at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Tusculum advanced to the tournament championship game last year.
Newberry (10-6, 21-6) will host sixth-seed Mars Hill (7-9, 14-13) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Newberry is the defending tournament champion.
Carson-Newman and Lenoir-Rhyne finished tied for fourth place in the standings with identical 9-7 conference records.
Carson-Newman earned the fourth seed and the final home-court advantage. The two teams split their regular-season meetings and split their series with top seed Wingate. Carson-Newman earned the higher seed by winning one game against third-seed Catawba, while Lenoir-Rhyne lost both of its meetings with Catawba.
Carson-Newman (9-7, 19-8) will host Lenoir-Rhyne (9-7, 16-11) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
Tickets for all tournament games are $6 per day for adults, $3 per day for children and for students and college students with valid ID.
The winner of the tournament will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II playoffs.
2007 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Basketball Tournament
Women’s Bracket
Monday, February 26
Food Lion SAC Tournament First Round, Home of Higher Seed
No. 9 Presbyterian at No. 8 Lincoln Memorial, 7 pm
Wednesday, March 1
Food Lion SAC Tournament, Quarterfinals, Home of Higher Seed
Lincoln Memorial/Presbyterian winner at No. 1 Wingate, 6 pm
No. 7 Tusculum at No. 2 Catawba, 6 pm
No. 6 Mars Hill at No. 3 Newberry, 7 pm
No. 5 Lenoir-Rhyne at No. 4 Carson-Newman, 7 pm
Saturday, March 3
Food Lion SAC Tournament, Semifinals, CVCC Arena, Hickory, NC
Lincoln Memorial/Presbyterian - Wingate winner vs. Carson-Newman - Lenoir-Rhyne winner, 1 pm
Tusculum/Catawba winner vs. Mars Hill/Newbery winner, 6 pm
Sunday, March 4
Food Lion SAC Tournament, Finals, CVCC Arena, Hickory, NC
Championship, 2 pm