Charlotte, N.C. (BigSouthSports.com) - Fresh off winning five of
their last six regular season matches, Gardner-Webb's men's tennis
team received the #7 seed for the 2014 Big South Men's Tennis
Championship Tournament, held April 15-18 at the Webb Tennis
Complex in Boiling Springs, N.c.
GWU (12-11, 4-4 Big South) finished as one of three teams with
an even Conference record. Based on the head-to-head record
tiebreak procedures, Radford (4-4 Big South) received the #5 seed,
Coastal Carolina (4-4 Big South) received the #6 seed, and
Gardner-Webb received the #7 seed.
Presbyterian College finished the season with a 7-1 Big South
record to claim its first-ever Big South Men's Tennis
Regular-Season Championship, it was determined today as the
Conference season concluded this afternoon.
Winthrop earned the #2 seed with a 6-2 Conference mark. Liberty
and Campbell finished Big South play with identical 5-3 records.
In the tiebreaker procedure, the Flames claimed the #3 spot and the
Camels took the #4 seed. UNC Asheville picked up the #8 seed as it
finished with a 1-7 League record, while Longwood rounds out the
seeding with its 0-8 record against Conference opponents.
The Runnin' Bulldogs draw the Winthrop Eagles in Quarterfinal
action in the #2 vs. #7 matchup. Gardner-Webb won a 4-3 thriller at
the Webb Tennis Complex versus Winthrop on April 4 in the team's
regular season meeting.
The 2014 Big South Men's Tennis Championship begins Tuesday,
April 15 with one match, and concludes with the Championship
contest on Friday, April 18. The Big South's tournament champion
receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship.
The Big South Conference Championship schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, April 15 - First Round
Match 1: No. 8 UNC Asheville vs. No. 9 Longwood, 8:00am ET
Wednesday, April 16 - Quarterfinals
Match 2: No. 1 Presbyterian vs. Winner Match 1, 8:00am ET
Match 3: No. 4 Campbell vs. No. 5 Radford, 8:00am ET
Match 4: No. 2 Winthrop vs. No. 7 Gardner-Webb, 11:30am ET
Match 5: No. 3 Liberty vs. No. 6 Coastal Carolina, 11:30am
ET
Thursday, April 17 - Semifinals
Match 6: Winner Match 2 vs. Winner Match 3, 10:00am ET
Match 7: Winner Match 4 vs. Winner Match 5, 10:00am ET
Friday, April 18 - Championship
Match 8: Winner Match 6 vs. Winner Match 7, 2:00pm ET