Wingate Captures Regular Season Softball Crown; Seeding and Game Times Announced for SAC Championship
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Wingate is the South Atlantic Conference Regular Season Champion, as the Bulldogs finished the SAC portion of their 2024 schedule with a 22-2 record and an overall mark of 44-7. The Bulldogs will be the No. 1 seed in the South Atlantic Conference Softball Championship for the second straight season, which will begin with the opening round on April 26-28, and conclude with a best-of-three series on May 3-4.
Anderson finished the regular season with a 19-3 record placing them in the No. 2 slot. Carson-Newman posted a 16-6 conference record to receive the No. 3 seed thanks to a sweep of Lenoir-Rhyne on Saturday. Lenoir-Rhyne finished the season with a 16-8 record giving them the No. 4 spot, while Tusculum finished with a 15-9 SAC record to earn the No. 5 seed. Newberry, Lincoln Memorial and Catawba ended the season with identical 11-13 marks. Newberry won the tiebreaker thanks to them owning a victory over top-seeded Wingate to garner the No. 6 seed. LMU becomes the 7-seed thanks to a sweep of the Indians who will enter the tournament as the No. 8 seed.
The double elimination 2024 SAC Softball Championship will begin on April 26-28, with seeds 1, 4, 5, and 8 playing at the Wingate Softball Complex in Wingate, N.C., and seeds 2, 3, 6, and 7 heading to the Softball Complex in Anderson, S.C. The two remaining teams after the opening round will meet for a best-of-three series at the highest remaining seed on May 3-4 to determine the 2024 SAC Softball Champion.
Friday, April 26 (Wingate, N.C.)
Game 1: #1 Wingate vs. #8 Catawba, 1 p.m.
Game 2: #4 Lenoir-Rhyne vs. #5 Tusculum, 3:30 p.m.
Friday, April 26 (Anderson, S.C.)
Game 1: #2 Anderson vs. #7 Lincoln Memorial, 1 p.m.
Game 2: #3 Carson-Newman vs. #6 Newberry, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 27 (Wingate, N.C.)
Game 3: Winner Gm 1 vs Winner Gm 2, 10:30 a.m.
Game 4: Loser Gm 1 vs Loser Gm 2, 1:00 p.m.
Game 5: Loser Gm 3 vs Winner Gm 4, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 27 (Anderson, S.C.)
Game 3: Winner Gm 1 vs Winner Gm 2, 12 p.m.
Game 4: Loser Gm 1 vs Loser Gm 2, 2:30 p.m.
Game 5: Loser Gm 3 vs Winner Gm 4, 5 p.m.
Sunday, April 28 (Wingate, N.C.)
Game 6: Winner Gm 5 vs Winner Gm 3, 12:00 p.m.
Game 7: Loser Gm 6 vs Loser Gm 6, 2:30 p.m. (if necessary)
Sunday, April 28 (Anderson, S.C.)
Game 6: Winner Gm 5 vs Winner Gm 3, 1:30 p.m.
Game 7: Loser Gm 6 vs Loser Gm 6, 4 p.m. (if necessary)
Friday, May 3-Saturday, May 4 (TBD)
Championship Series
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