Pairings Announced For 2008 Food Lion Volleyball
ROCK HILL, SC - Wingate University, which claimed the volleyball regular season championship by going undefeated in conference play for the second year in a row, is the No. 1 seed in next week's Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Volleyball Tournament, conference officials announced today.
The tournament will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, N.C. Quarterfinals will be played on Thursday, with the semifinals on Friday. The championship match will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
The championship match will be webstreamed and available to watch over the Internet.
Wingate (16-0 SAC, 27-1) will face eighth-seed Brevard College (3-13, 12-16) in one quarterfinal match on Thursday at 2:30 p.m.
Second-seed Carson-Newman College (11-5, 23-13) will face seventh-seed Lenoir-Rhyne University at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
Carson-Newman and Catawba College tied for second place in the final standings. The two teams split their regular-season series, but Carson-Newman won the tiebreaker by winning five sets, compared to four for Catawba, in their two meetings.
Catawba (11-5, 20-9) is the third seed and will face sixth-seed Lincoln Memorial (7-9, 19-12) at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
The other quarterfinal match will see fourth-seed Tusculum College (9-7, 21-10) taking on fifth-seed Newberry College (8-8, 17-12).
The winner between Wingate and Brevard winner will face the winner between Tusculum and Newberry on Friday at 1 p.m. in one semifinal. The other semifinal will have the winner between Catawba and Lincoln Memorial meeting the winner between Carson-Newman and Lenoir-Rhyne.
The championship match is set for 11:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Wingate is the two-time defending tournament champions.
The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid into the NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship tournament.
Thursday, November 13
Food Lion SAC Tournament quarterfinals
at Mars Hill College
No. 8 Brevard vs. No. 1 Wingate, 2:30 p.m.
No. 7 Lenoir-Rhyne vs. No. 2 Carson-Newman, 5 pm
No. 6 Lincoln Memorial vs. No. 3 Catawba, 5 pm
No. 5 Newberry vs. No. 4 Tusculum, 2:30 p.m.
Friday, November 14
Food Lion SAC Tournament semifinals
At Mars Hill College
Brevard/Wingate winner vs. Tusculum/Newberry winner, 1
p.m.
Carson-Newman/Lenoir-Rhyne winner vs. Catawba/ Lincoln Memorial
winner, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 15
Food Lion SAC Tournament championship
At Mars Hill College
11:30 a.m.