Lenoir-Rhyne Earns Top Seed For 2010 Food Lion SAC Women’s Basketball Tournament
ROCK HILL, SC - The Lenoir-Rhyne University women's basketball team, the defending Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament champion, is the top seed for the 2010 tournament, which begins Wednesday.
The Bears (13-3 SAC, 20-6 overall) will face eighth-seed Brevard College (3-13 SAC, 9-18) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Brevard captured the final tournament spot with a win over Catawba on Saturday.
Lenoir-Rhyne won the conference title for the second year in a row and third time in school history.
Newberry College is the second seed. Newberry (12-4 SAC, 19-7) will face seventh-seed Lincoln Memorial University (6-10 SAC, 8-18) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. That matchup is a rematch of Saturday's regular-season finale, which Newberry won 82-74.
Carson-Newman College is the third seed. The Eagles (11-5 SAC, 22-5) will host sixth-seed Wingate (7-9 SAC, 14-13) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The quarterfinal matchup will be a rematch of Saturday's game, which Carson-Newman won 76-65.
Tusculum College earned the fourth seed. The Pioneers (10-6 SAC, 17-9) will host fifth-seed Catawba College (8-8, 15-12) on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Quarterfinal winners advance to the tournament semifinals, which will be held at Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory, N.C. on Saturday, with games at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday's women's championship will be at 4 p.m.
Tickets for quarterfinal games are $6 for adults, $3 for children, students and college students with ID. Tickets for semifinal and championship rounds are $10 for adults and $5 for children, students and college students with ID.
The men's and women's winners of the tournament will earn automatic bids to the NCAA Division II playoffs.
WOMEN
Wednesday, March 3
Food Lion SAC Tournament, Quarterfinals, Home of Higher Seed
No. 1 Lenoir-Rhyne 69, No. 8 Brevard 48
No. 2 Newberry 78, No. 7 Lincoln Memorial 56
No. 3 Carson-Newman 70, No. 6 Wingate 66
No. 4 Tusculum 97, No. 5 Catawba 87
Saturday, March 6
Food Lion SAC Tournament, Semifinals, CVCC Arena, Hickory, NC
Lenoir-Rhyne vs. Tusculum, 5:30 pm
Newberry vs. Carson-Newman, 8 pm
Sunday, March 7
Food Lion SAC Tournament Championship, CVCC Arena, Hickory, NC
Semifinal winners, 4 pm