Gardner-Webb Women's Tennis Team Garners #8 Seed for Upcoming Big South Tournament
April 13, 2014 | Women's Tennis
Charlotte, N.C. (BigSouthSports.com) - Gardner-Webb's women's team received the #8 seed for the 2014 Big South Championships, presented by Musco Sports Lighting, and will play versus the #9 seed Longwood on Monday, April 14 at 10:00 a.m in one of two opening matches to kick off the Tournament taking place at the Webb Tennis Complex in Boiling Springs, N.C.
GWU (9-12, 2-7 Big South) faces Longwood for the second time this season, having defeated the Lancers 6-1 on the road on March 22.
The Runnin' Bulldogs' match versus the Lancers will not be the only match played on opening day of the Big South Championship Tournament. #7 UNC Asheville plays #10 seed Presbyterian at 10:00 a.m. Monday in the other play-in match.
Charleston Southern finished the season with a 9-0 Conference record to garner the Big South Women's Tennis Regular-Season Championship. For the first time since 2010, the Buccaneers earned the #1 seed for the Big South Women's Tennis Championship.
Winthrop finished second with an 8-1 record and earned the #2 seed. Liberty takes the #3 seed with a 7-2 record in Conference play, while Campbell finished the Conference season with a 6-3 mark to land the #4 spot. Coastal Carolina finished fifth with a 5-4 record, while Radford garnered the #6 slot with a 4-5 Conference mark. UNC Asheville finished the Big South season with a 3-6 record and will be the #7 seed. Host Gardner-Webb finished with a League mark of 2-7 and will be #8, while Longwood finished the Conference slate 1-8 to claim the #9 seed. Presbyterian College's 0-9 record rounds out the field in the #10 position.
The 2014 Big South Women's Tennis Championship begins Monday, April 14 with two matches, and concludes with the Championship contest on Thursday, April 17 in Boiling Springs, N.C. The Big South's tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship. The Big South Conference Championship schedule is as follows:
Monday, April 14 - First Round
Match 1: No. 7 UNC Asheville vs. No. 10 Presbyterian College, 10:00am ET
Match 2: No. 8 Gardner-Webb vs. No. 9 Longwood, 10:00am ET
Tuesday, April 15 - Quarterfinals
Match 3: No. 1 Charleston Southern vs. Winner Match 2, 11:30am ET
Match 4: No. 4 Campbell vs. No. 5 Coastal Carolina, 11:30am ET
Match 5: No. 2 Winthrop vs. Winner Match 1, 2:30pm ET
Match 6: No. 3 Liberty vs. No. 6 Radford, 2:30pm ET
Wednesday, April 16 - Semifinals
Match 7: Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 2:30pm ET
Match 8: Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6, 2:30pm ET
Thursday, April 17 - Championship
Match 9: Winner Match 7 vs. Winner Match 8, 2:30pm ET
