The South Atlantic Conference Announces Seeds for the 2016 SAC Softball Championship
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Lenoir-Rhyne won its first South Atlantic Conference Regular Season Softball Championship since 2014 as it captured the 2016 Title. With the crown, the Bears have earned the No. 1 seed in next week's South Atlantic Conference Softball Championship, it was determined today as the Conference season concluded today. Lenoir-Rhyne finished the season with a 20-2 League record.
At No. 2 in the seeds was Catawba as the Catawba Indians finished the SAC season at 18-4. Wingate's 15-7 record was good for the No. 3 seed and Carson-Newman earned the No. 4 seed with a 14-8 record in League play. Lincoln Memorial and Queens turned in identical 11-11 records in the League. The Railsplitters picked up the No. 5 seed via the tiebreaker procedure, leaving Queens with the No. 6 seed. Newberry and Anderson also turned in the same SAC record at 9-13 in SAC play. The Wolves swept the season series to break the tie and garner the No. 7 seed, with Anderson rounding out the seeds at No. 8.
The 2016 South Atlantic Conference Softball Championship will be played at Byerly Park in Hartsville, S.C. and will be played Thursday, April 28-May 1. Below is the Championship schedule.
Thursday, April 28 (at Hartsville, S.C.)
#3 Wingate vs. #6 Queens, 10:00am
#2 Catawba vs. #7 Newberry, 12:30pm
#1 Lenoir-Rhyne vs. #8 Anderson, 3:00pm
#4 Carson-Newman vs. #5 Lincoln Memorial, 5:30pm
Friday, April 29 (at Hartsville, S.C.)
Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser (Alternate site), 10:00am
Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser (Alternate site), 12:30pm
Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner, 10:00am
Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner, 12:30pm
Game 7 Loser vs. Game 6 Winner, 3:00pm
Game 8 Loser vs. Game 5 Winner, 5:30pm
Saturday, April 30 (at Hartsville, S.C.)
Winner vs. Game 10 Winner, Noon
Winner vs. Game 8 Winner, 2:30pm
Winner vs. Game 12 Loser, 5:00pm
Sunday, May 1 (at Hartsville, S.C.)
Winner vs. Game 13 Winner, 1:00pm