Pairings announced for Food Lion SAC Women’s Soccer Tournament
ROCK HILL - Carson-Newman College, which won the regular-season championship, is the top seed for the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Soccer Championship, which begins Tuesday with quarterfinal play.
The Eagles, 12-1 overall and 6-1 in the conference, are ranked 12th in the most recent National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas national poll. The Eagles will face eighth-seed Lenoir-Rhyne on Tuesday. The Bears are 0-7 in the conference and 3-12-1 overall.
Second seed Tusculum College will host seventh-seed Presbyterian College on Tuesday. The Pioneers went 4-1-2 in conference play and are 12-1-3 overall. Presbyterian is 3-4 in conference and 7-9 overall.
Catawba College and Mars Hill College tied for third place in the final standings. Catawba earned the third seed by virtue of its 3-2 win over Mars Hill during the regular season.
Catawba, 3-2-2 in conference and 10-4-3 overall, will host sixth-seed Newberry. The Lady Indians are 2-3-2 in the conference and 8-7-2 overall
Mars Hill is 4-3 in the SAC and 11-7-1 overall. The Lady Lions will host fifth-seed Wingate. Wingate is 3-4 in the SAC and 11-6 overall.
Wingate, Newberry and Presbyterian finished in a three-way tie for fifth place. Each of the three teams went 1-1 against the other two teams during the regular season. All three lost to top-seed Carson-Newman, but Wingate was the only one of the three teams to beat second-seed Tusculum and earned the fifth seed. Newberry then earned the sixth seed by virtue of its 2-0 regular-season win over Presbyterian.
The semifinals of the women's tournament are scheduled for Friday at Lenoir-Rhyne College. The Carson-Newman/Lenoir-Rhyne winner will face the winner of the Mars Hill/Wingate match at Noon. The other semifinal is at 3 p.m. with the winner of the Presbyterian/Tusculum match facing the winner of the Newberry/Catawba match.
The women's soccer championship is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Sunday.
Tuesday, October 24
Food Lion SAC Tournament quarterfinals At higher seed
No. 8 Lenoir-Rhyne at No. 1 Carson-Newman, 3 pm
No. 7 Presbyterian at No. 2 Tusculum, 7 pm
No. 6 Newberry at No. 3 Catawba, 7 pm
No. 5 Wingate at No. 4 Mars Hill, 7 pm
Friday, October 27
Food Lion SAC Tournament semifinals At Hickory, NC
Carson-Newman/Lenoir-Rhyne winner vs. Wingate/Mars Hill
winner, Noon
Newberry/Catawba winner vs. Presbyterian/Tusculum winner, 3 pm
Sunday, October 29
Food Lion SAC Tournament at Hickory, NC
Finals, 1 pm