Wingate Wins SAC Regular Season Title, Seeds Set for 2024 Men's Tennis Championships
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Wingate completed a perfect season with a 12-0 record to earn the SAC Men’s Tennis Regular Season title. The Bulldogs collected their 11th regular season title over the past 15 seasons. They will enter the upcoming SAC Men’s Tennis Championship as the No. 1 seed.
Catawba finished the year at 11-1 in conference play to earn the No. 2 seed in the championship while Carson-Newman slid into the No. 3 spot with a 10-2 SAC record. Tusculum will be the No. 4 seed after closing out the season with a 9-3 record. Lincoln Memorial earned the No. 5 seed with a 7-5 record in SAC play, while Lenoir-Rhyne claims the No. 6 seed with a 7-5 record. Lincoln Memorial won the tiebreaker with Lenoir-Rhyne by virtue of a 6-1 head-to-head victory.
Earning the No. 7 seed is Limestone with a 6-6 record and claiming the final spot at No. 8 is Coker with a 5-7 conference record.
The 2024 South Atlantic Conference Men’s Tennis Championship will be played at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, S.C. beginning with quarterfinals on Thursday (April 18), followed by semifinals on Friday (April 19) and finals on Saturday (April 20). RadioTennis.com will be providing live audio coverage for fans over the course of the championships. Fans can visit radiotennis.com to tune in and can stay connected via twitter (https://twitter.com/
The Conference Championship schedule is as follows:
Thursday, April 18 (Palmetto Tennis Center)
Match 1: #8 Coker vs #1 Wingate, 9 a.m.
Match 2: #5 Lincoln Memorial vs #4 Tusculum, 9 a.m.
Match 3: #7 Limestone vs #2 Catawba, 9 a.m.
Match 4: #6 Lenoir-Rhyne vs #3 Carson-Newman, 9 a.m.
Friday, April 19 (Palmetto Tennis Center)
Match 5: Winner Match 1 vs Winner Match 2, 9 a.m.
Match 6: Winner Match 3 vs Winner Match 4, 9 a.m.
Saturday, April 20 (Palmetto Tennis Center), 9 a.m.
Match 7: Winner Match 5 vs Winner Match 6, 9 a.m.
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