The South Atlantic Conference Announces Seeds for the 2017 SAC Men's Lacrosse Championship
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Lenoir-Rhyne won its third South Atlantic Conference Regular Season Men's Lacrosse Championship in four years as it captured the 2017 Title. With the crown, the Bears have earned the No. 1 seed in next week's South Atlantic Conference Men's Lacrosse Championship, it was determined today as the Conference season concluded this afternoon. Lenoir-Rhyne finished the season with an 8-0 League record.
Wingate and Tusculum finished its South Atlantic Conference slates with identical 6-2 records. Wingate won the regular season match up to break the tie and earn the No. 2 seed, leaving Tusculum as the No. 3 seed. At No. 4 in seeds was Queens, who finished the season at 5-3 in League play. Catawba and Lincoln Memorial also finished in a tie at 4-4. The Catawba Indians defeated the Railsplitters in the regular season to earn the No. 5 seed as Lincoln Memorial rounds out the seeds at No. 6.
Lenoir-Rhyne and Wingate each earned a bye to semifinals. The quarterfinals will be played on Tuesday, April 25 at campus sites with the semifinals and finals taking place at Queens on April 27 and 29. The tournament schedule is listed below:
Tuesday, April 25 (at Highest Seeds)
Game 1: #3 Tusculum vs. #6 Lincoln Memorial, TBA
Game 2: #4 Queens vs. #5 Catawba, TBA
Thursday, April 27 (Queens, Charlotte, N.C.)
Game 3: #1 Lenoir-Rhyne vs. winner game 2, 4:00pm
Game 4: #2 Wingate vs. winner game 1, 6:30pm
Saturday, April 29 (Queens, Charlotte, N.C.)
Game 5: winner game 3 vs. winner game 4, 2:00pm