ROCK HILL, S.C. — The 11th-ranked Carson-Newman
women’s soccer team has earned the top seed in the 2009 Food
Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament, conference officials
announced Sunday.
The Lady Eagles (15-2-1, 6-1-1 SAC), who won their fifth regular
season conference title in the last seven years and are the
defending tournament champions, will host eighth-seeded Brevard
(6-11-1, 0-6-1) in the quarterfinals at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at
McCown Field. C-N defeated the Tornados 2-1 in the regular
season.
Brevard tied with Mars Hill for eighth place in the league
standings, and the teams tied during their regular season matchup.
Conference officials turned to a coin flip to decide the eighth
seed, and Brevard won the flip.
Tusculum College (14-4-1, 6-2) is the second seed and will face
seventh-seed Lincoln Memorial University (7-8-2, 3-5). The Pioneers
defeated the Lady Railsplitters 5-4 in their regular-season matchup
on September 23.
Newberry College and Catawba College tied for third place in the
league standings with 5-2-1 conference records. Newberry earned the
third seed by virtue of its 1-0 victory over Catawba in their
regular-season meeting on September 30.
Newberry, 13-4-1 overall, will face sixth-seed Lenoir-Rhyne
University (14-6, 4-4) in a quarterfinal match on Wednesday.
Newberry defeated Lenoir-Rhyne 2-1 in overtime when they met on
October 17.
Catawba (12-4-2, 5-2-1) is the fourth seed and will host
fifth-seed Wingate (11-3-3, 4-3-1) in a quarterfinal match on
Wednesday. Catawba has advanced to the tournament championship
match each of the past three years, but has lost the tournament
title in a penalty kick shootout each time. Catawba defeated
Wingate 2-0 in their meeting on October 3.
Quarterfinal winners advance to the tournament semifinals, which
will be held at Manchester Meadows Soccer Complex in Rock Hill,
S.C. on Friday, November 6. The two women's semifinals will be
played at 6 p.m.
The women's tournament championship will be Sunday, November 8 at
4 p.m. at Manchester Meadows Soccer Complex.
Admission to all Food Lion South Atlantic Conference tournament
events is $5 for adults and $2 for college students and
children.
2009 Food Lion
South Atlantic Conference Men’s Soccer
Tournament
Click here for a printable bracket
Wednesday, November 4
Quarterfinals
At higher seed
No. 8 Brevard at No. 1 Carson-Newman, 3 p.m.
No. 7 Lincoln Memorial University at No. 2 Tusculum, 3 p.m.
No. 6 Lenoir-Rhyne at No. 3 Newberry, 3 p.m.
No. 5 Wingate at No. 4 Catawba, 5 p.m.
Friday, November 6
Semifinals
At Manchester Meadows, Rock Hill, SC
Brevard / Carson-Newman winner vs. Wingate / Catawba winner, 6
p.m.
Lincoln Memorial / Tusculum winner vs. Lenoir-Rhyne / Newberry
winner, 6 p.m.
Sunday, November 8
Championship
At Manchester Meadows, Rock Hill, SC
Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.
