CHARLESTON, SC – UNC Greensboro is the No. 6 seed in this week’s Southern Conference Women’s Tennis Championship, which gets underway Thursday in Charleston, SC.
The Spartans will open play on Friday against third-seeded College of Charleston at 12:30 pm. The match will be played at the City of Charleston’s Farmfield Courts. UNCG (7-15, 3-6 SoCon) lost at College of Charleston earlier this season, 5-2.
Action gets underway on Thursday when eighth-seeded Elon takes on No. 9 Chattanooga at 12 noon at the Earle Tennis Center on the campus of The Citadel. That will be followed by No. 7 Georgia Southern taking on 10th-seeded Western Carolina at 2:30 pm.
The tournament, which is run in conjunction with the SoCon Men’s Tennis Championship, will move to Farmfield on Thursday. Top seed Furman takes on the Elon/Chattanooga winner at 10 am. At the same time, Wofford, the No. 4 seed, will face fifth-seeded Appalachian State. At 12:30, while the UNCG-College of Charleston match is taking place, so too will the match between second-seeded Davidson and the winner of the Georgia Southern/Western Carolina match.
Semifinal matches will be played on Saturday at 1 and 3 pm at the Earle Tennis Center. The championship match is slated for 2 pm on Sunday at the Earle Tennis Center.
Live coverage of the tournament will be available through SoConSports.com.
2006 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
Thursday, April 20 - Earle Tennis Center
Match 1 - #8 Elon vs. #9 Chattanooga, 12 noon
Match 2 - #7 Georgia Southern vs. #10 Western Carolina, 2:30 pm
Friday, April 21 - City of Charleston Farmfield Courts
Match 3 - Winner of Match 1 vs. #1 Furman, 10 am
Match 4 - #4 Wofford vs. #5 Appalchian State, 10 am
Match 5 - Winner of Match 2 vs. #2 Davidson, 12:30 pm
Match 6 - #3 College of Charleston vs. #6 UNC Greensboro, 12:30 pm
Saturday, April 22 - Earle Tennis Center
Match 7 - Winner of Match 3 vs. Winner of Match 4, 1 pm
Match 8 - Winner of Match 5 vs. Winner of Match 6, 3 pm
Sunday, April 23 - Earle Tennis Center
Match 9 - Championship Match, 2 pm
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