Buc Netters Clinch Number Three Seed
4/14/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Friday victory over High Point proved crucial as the Bucs tied the Panthers with a 5-2 League record, giving CSU the tie-breaker and the third seed in this week's Big South Men's Tennis Tournament, it was determined today as the Conference season concluded Saturday afternoon. All of the matches in the championship will be played at host institution Radford University. The Buccaneers will face No. 6 UNC Asheville, who CSU beat 6-1 during the regular season.
Winthrop finished with a 6-1 record to claim the regular-season title, edging out Radford who had the same record, but dropped the regular season meeting, leaving the Highlanders with the No. 2 seed. Charleston Southern and High Point each finished with 5-2 League records, with the Bucs holding the tiebreaker over the Panthers to land the No. 3 seed. Coastal Carolina posted a 3-4 record in Conference play to pick up the No. 5 seed, while UNC Asheville earned the No. 6 seed with a 2-5 record. Birmingham-Southern (1-6) and Liberty (0-7) round out the seedings for the men.
The 2007 Big South Men's Tennis Championship begins Thursday, April 19 with four quarterfinal games and concludes with the Championship game on Saturday, April 21 in Radford, Va. The Big South's Tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Tennis Tournament. The Conference Championship schedule is as follows:
Thursday, April 19, 2006
Match 1: 8:00 a.m. - #1 Winthrop vs. #8 Liberty
Match 2: 10:30 a.m. - #4 High Point vs. #5 Coastal
Carolina
Match 3: 1:30 p.m. - #2 Radford vs. #7
Birmingham-Southern
Match 4: 4:30 p.m. - #3 Charleston Southern vs. #6 UNC
Asheville
Friday, April 20, 2006
Match 5: 10:00 a.m. - Match 1 Winner vs. Winner 2
Match
Match 6: 1:00 p.m. - Match 3 Winner vs. Winner 4
Match
Saturday, April 21, 2006
Match 7: 9:00 a.m. - Match 5 winner vs. Match 6
winner
