CHARLOTTE, N.C.- The conference office announced the schedule for the Big South Conference Women's Tennis Championship to be held at UNC Asheville for the upcoming week.
The Blue Hose will take on Gardner-Webb on Wednesday, April 15 at 9:00 a.m. at the Asheville Racquet Club.
Charleston Southern finished the conference season with an 8-1 record to earn the No. 1 seed in the tournament and the Co-Regular Season Champ title. Coastal Carolina also finished with an 8-1 record, but loss to CSU to earn the No. 2 seed. Winthrop and Liberty both finished with 7-2 records, but by virtue of a head-to-head tiebreaker, Winthrop earns the No. 3 spot, while Liberty will compete as No. 4.
Campbell, with their 5-4 record, will be the No. 5 seed. UNC Asheville and Radford both posted 3-6 records, but with the tiebreak procedure, Asheville took the No. 6 seed and the Highlanders earned the No. 7 seed.
PC and Longwood both finished the season with 1-8 records in the conference. PC's head-to-head win over Longwood on March 28 gave the Blue Hose the higher seed and put the Lancers in the No. 10 spot.
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Complete Schedule:
Wednesday, April 15 - First Round/Quarterfinals
Match 1: No. 8 Gardner-Webb vs. No. 9 Presbyterian College, 9:00am
Match 2: No. 7 Radford vs. No. 10 Longwood, 12:00pm
Match 3: No. 4 Liberty vs. No. 5 Campbell, 3:00pm
Thursday, April 16 - Quarterfinals
Match 4: No. 1 Charleston Southern vs. #8/9 Winner, 9:00am
Match 5: No. 2 Coastal Carolina vs. #7/10 Winner, 12:00pm
Match 6: No. 3 Winthrop vs. No. 6 UNC Asheville, 3:00pm
Friday, April 17 - Semifinals
Match 7: Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 10:00am
Match 8: Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6, 2:00pm
Saturday, April 18 - Championship
Match 9: Winner Match 7 vs. Winner Match 8, 12:00pm