CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Presbyterian College women's tennis team (7-16, 0-9 Big South) has received the No. 10 seed and will face No. 7 Radford on Wednesday in the opening round of the Big South Conference Women's Tennis Championship at the at the Winthrop Memorial Courts in Rock Hill, S.C. The match is slated to begin at 10 a.m.
The match marks PC's first-ever trip to the Big South Women's Tennis Championship in its first year of eligibility.
PC faced Radford (6-14, 3-6 Big South) two weeks ago in Radford, Va., and fell by a 5-2 margin. Caroline deLoach and Courtney Gardiner (Powder Springs, Ga.) each picked up a win for the Blue Hose.
Caroline deLoach (Columbia, S.C.) leads the team with 10 singles wins on the season.
Winthrop finished the season with an 9-0 Conference record to garner the Big South Women's Tennis Regular-Season Championship for the third straight year, it was announced today by the League office.
Charleston Southern finished second with an 8-1 record and earned the No. 2 seed. Campbell and Liberty finished Conference play with identical 6-3 records, but in the tiebreaker procedure the Fighting Camels claimed the No. 3 seed and the Lady Flames landed the No. 4 spot. Coastal Carolina finished fifth with a 5-4 record, while UNC Asheville garnered the No. 6 slot with a 4-5 Conference mark. Both Radford and Gardner-Webb finished the Big South season with a 3-6 record, but the tiebreaker procedure puts the Highlanders in the No. 7 spot and the Runnin' Bulldogs land the No. 8 seed.
Wednesday, April 17 - First Round
Match 1: No. 7 Radford vs. No. 10 Presbyterian College, 10:00am ET
Match 2: No. 8 Gardner-Webb vs. No. 9 Longwood, 1:00pm ET
Thursday, April 18 - Quarterfinals
Match 3: No. 1 Winthrop vs. Winner Match 2, 8:00am ET
Match 4: No. 4 Liberty vs. No. 5 Coastal Carolina, not before 10:00am ET
Match 5: No. 2 Charleston Southern vs. Winner Match 1, 12:30pm ET
Match 6: No. 3 Campbell vs. No. 6 UNC Asheville, 3:30pm ET
Friday, April 19 - Semifinals
Match 7: Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 10:00am ET
Match 8: Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6, 2:00pm ET
Saturday, April 20 - Championship
Match 9: Winner Match 7 vs. Winner Match 8, 9:00am ET
