ROCK HILL, S.C. --- The Tusculum College Women's tennis team
will be the No. 2 seed in the 2008 Food Lion South Atlantic
Conference Tournament and will open against seventh-seeded
Lenoir-Rhyne College Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. in a quarterfinal
round match at the Nichols Tennis Complex on the Greeneville
campus. Admission to Monday's match is free.
Tusculum (17-3) is riding a six-match winning streak heading into
the postseason and will be in quest of their second SAC Tournament
trophy and first since 2004. The Pioneers' 17 wins are tied for the
second most in school history, already matching the win totals
posted in 2004-05 (17-5) and 2005-06 (17-7). The 2003-04 team still
holds the school record of 20 as TC won its first 20 matches,
including a sweep through the SAC Tournament.
Tusculum defeated Lenoir-Rhyne 8-1 in this year's first meeting.
This will mark the second time the Pioneers and Bears have squared
off in the SAC Tournament. Tusculum posted a 5-0 win over L-R in
the opening match of the 2005 SAC Tournament.
The Pioneers, ranked No. 37 in NCAA Division II, have already
clinched its seventh straight winning season under the guidance of
head coach Tommy Arnett. In his seven campaigns, Arnett has led the
Tusculum women to a 116-30 record, including four trips to the NCAA
II Tournament.
The winner will advance to this weekend's semifinal and final
rounds, held at the Rock Hill Tennis Center in Rock Hill, S.C.
Monday's winner will face either Lincoln Memorial University or
Wingate University on Friday morning, beginning at 9 a.m.
The SAC Tournament championship match will be held Saturday at
noon from Rock Hill, with the winner earning an automatic bid to
next month's NCAA Division II Tournament.
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2008 Food Lion South Atlantic
Conference Women's Tennis Tournament
Quarterfinals
Monday, April 14, 2008
No. 8 Mars Hill at No. 1 Carson-Newman, TBA
No. 7 Lenoir-Rhyne at No. 2 Tusculum, 4 p.m.
No. 6 Newberry at No. 3 Catawba, TBA
No. 5 Wingate at No. 4 Lincoln Memorial, TBA
Semifinals
Rock Hill Tennis Center, Rock Hill, S.C.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Mars Hill/Carson Newman winner vs. Wingate/Lincoln Memorial
winner, 9 a.m.
Lenoir-Rhyne/Tusculum winner vs. Newberry/Catawba winner, 9
a.m.
Final
Rock Hill Tennis Center, Rock Hill, S.C.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Semifinal winners, 9 a.m.
