The South Atlantic Conference Announces Seeds for 2022 Men's Tennis Championship

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) –Queens finished the regular season with an 11-1 South Atlantic Conference record and earned the SAC Men's Tennis Regular Season Title, it was determined on Saturday (April 16) as the Conference season came to an end.  This is the second regular season championship for the Royals in the last three years. They will enter next week's SAC Men's Tennis Championship as the No. 1 seed.

Anderson finished the year at 10-2 in conference play to earn the No. 2 seed in next week's championship and Wingate slides into the No. 3 spot with a 9-3 SAC record, while Lenoir-Rhyne will be the No. 4 seed after finishing the regular season with a 9-3 record and Tusculum will be the No. 5 seed also with a 9-3 record. Wingate won the tiebreaker over Lenoir-Rhyne and Tusculum based on an 11-3 record against the other two based on head-to-head matches, and Lenoir-Rhyne took the tiebreaker versus Tusculum based on a 6-1 head-to-head win. 

Carson-Newman will be the No. 6 seed after closing out the season with an 8-4 record in SAC play, while Lincoln Memorial is the No. 7 seed with a record of 6-6 in conference. Limestone rounded out the field of eight for the championship as the No. 8 seed. The Railsplitters won the tiebreaker of the Saints by virtue of a 4-3 head-to-head victory during the regular season.

The 2022 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 21), followed by semifinals on Friday (April 22) and finals on Saturday (April 23). The Conference Championship schedule is as follows: 

Thursday, April 21 (at Palmetto Tennis Center)

Match 1: #8 Limestone vs. #1 Queens, 9:00 a.m.
Match 2: #5 Tusculum vs. #4 Lenoir-Rhyne, 9:00 a.m.
Match 3: #7 Lincoln Memorial vs. #2 Anderson, 9:00 a.m.
Match 4: #6 Carson-Newman vs. #3 Wingate, 9:00 a.m.

Friday, April 22 (at Palmetto Tennis Center)

Match 5: Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2, 9:00 a.m.
Match 6: Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 9:00 a.m.

Saturday, April 23 (at Palmetto Tennis Center)

Match 7: Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6, 9:00 a.m.

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