Gardner-Webb Seeded Eighth for Upcoming Big South Women's Tennis Championships
April 15, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Charlotte, N.C. - Gardner-Webb's women's tennis team finished the regular season with a 3-6 Big South record to earn the No. 8 seed in next week's Big South Women's Tennis Championship, it was announced by the League office.
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.
The Highlanders edged the Runnin' Bulldogs, 4-3, in Radford, Va. on April 5.
Winthrop finished the season with a 9-0 Conference record to garner the Big South Women's Tennis Regular-Season Championship for the third consecutive year.
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.
New Big South member Longwood claimed the No. 9 seed with a 1-8 mark, and Presbyterian College's 0-9 record was good for the No. 10 position.
Gardner-Webb will help kick off day one of the 2013 Big South Women's Tennis Championship, playing in the second match on Wednesday, April 17.
The Runnin' Bulldogs will face Big South newcomer Longwood on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m in Rock Hill, S.C.. Earlier this season, GWU defeated the Lancers 5-2 at home thanks to singles wins from Erica White, Yasmin Doost, Jenny Lunde, Valeriia Popko, and Rokia Sacko.
The Big South's tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tennis Tournament. The Conference Championship schedule is as follows:
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
