South Atlantic Conference Announces Seeding for 2019 Women's Soccer Championship

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – The Lenoir-Rhyne Bears finished the 2019 regular season with a record of 8-2 and 24 points in the conference to earn the 2019 SAC Women's Soccer Regular Season Title. The Bears will be the No. 1 seed in the upcoming SAC Women's Soccer Championship.

Wingate earned the No. 2 seed with a 7-2-1 record and 22 points. Carson-Newman also finished the regular season with a 7-2-1 record and 22 points, but the Eagles earned the No. 3 seed after falling to Wingate in their regular season meeting, 2-1, on Nov. 2.  

Catawba finished the regular season with a record of 6-1-3 and 21 points, which gives the Catawba Indians the No. 4 seed in the championship.

Lincoln Memorial slid into the No. 5 seed with a record 6-4 in SAC play and 18 points, while Queens took the No. 6 seed with a record of 6-4 and 18 points. The Railsplitters won the tiebreaker with the Royals based on their 1-0 win over Queens on Oct. 21.

Rounding out the field for the championship are Anderson at No. 7 and Newberry at No. 8. The Trojans finished the year with a record of 4-6 and 12 points, while the Wolves are 3-6-1 with 10 points. 

The 2019 South Atlantic Conference women's Soccer Championship quarterfinals will be played at campus sites on Saturday, Nov. 9 before moving to Mecklenburg County Sportsplex at Mathews in Matthews, N.C. for the semifinals and finals on Nov. 15 and 17.   The South Atlantic Conference's Tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament. 

The Conference Championship schedule is as follows:

Saturday, Nov. 9 (at Highest Seeds)

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

Friday, Nov. 15 (Sportsplex at Matthews, Mathews, N.C.)

Game 5: winner game 1 vs. winner game 2, 4:30 p.m.
Game 6: winner game 3 vs. winner game 4, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 17 (Sportsplex at Matthews, Mathews, N.C.)

Game 7: winner game 5 vs. winner game 6, 4:00 p.m.

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