South Atlantic Conference Announces Seeds for 2021 Women's Soccer Spring Tournament

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The Catawba Indians finished the 2021 spring season with a record of 5-1 and 15 points in the conference to earn the No. 1 seed in the upcoming SAC Women's Soccer Spring Tournament.

Queens earned the No. 2 seed with a 5-1 record and 15 points. With both Catawba and Queens having identical records and the same goal differential (7) and goals against (2) and goals scored (9) in pod play, the tiebreaker was broken by a coin flip conducted by the Commissioner, which Catawba won.

Lincoln Memorial finished the spring season with a 4-0-2 record and 14 points to take the No. 3 seed.

Lenoir-Rhyne earned the No. 4 seed with a record of 4-1-1 and 13 points. Carson-Newman took the No. 5 seed with a 4-2 record and 12 points and Limestone earned the No. 6 seed with a record of 4-2 and 12 points. Carson-Newman won the tiebreaker by virtue of a goal differential of 11, compared to a goal differential of five for the Saints.  

Rounding out the field for the tournament is Tusculum with the No. 7 seed and Wingate with the No. 8 seed. The Pioneers finished the spring season with a 2-2-2 record and eight points, while the Bulldogs finished the spring with a record of 2-3-1 and seven points.

The 2021 South Atlantic Conference Women's Soccer Spring Tournament quarterfinals will be played at campus sites on Monday, April 5, followed by the semifinals on campus sites on April 8, and finally the tournament championship will be played on Sunday, April 11 on campus sites. All matches will be played at the higher seeds and will follow the host institution's attendance policies, which can be found online: FAN ATTENDANCE POLICIES.

The spring tournament schedule is as follows:

Monday, April 5 (at higher seeds)

Game 1: #1 Catawba vs. #8 Wingate, 7 p.m.
Game 2: #4 Lenoir-Rhyne vs. #5 Carson-Newman, 5 p.m.
Game 3: #2 Queens vs. #7 Tusculum, 7 p.m.
Game 4: #3 Lincoln Memorial vs. #6 Limestone, 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 8 (at higher seeds)

Game 5: winner game 1 vs. winner game 2, TBA
Game 6: winner game 3 vs. winner game 4, TBA

Sunday, April 11 (at higher seeds)

Game 7: winner game 5 vs. winner game 6, TBA

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