ROCK HILL, SC – The Winthrop women's tennis team  finished the season with an 9-0 conference record to garner the Big South Women's Tennis Regular-Season Championship for the third straight year, it was announced today by the League office.

By virtue of its regular season championship, Coach Cid Carvalho's Eagles earned the No. 1 seed in this week's Big South Women's Tennis Championship which will be held at  Winthrop's Memorial Courts, April 17-20. 

Coach Andrew Stubbs' men's squad finished its season with a 5-3 conference record and tied Presbyterian for third place, but based on the tiebreaker, the Eagles received the No. 4 seed.
 
Charleston Southern finished second in the women's standings with an 8-1 record and earned the No. 2 seed.  Campbell and Liberty finished league play with identical 6-3 records, but in the tiebreaker procedure the Fighting Camels claimed the No. 3 seed and the Lady Flames landed the No. 4 spot.  Coastal Carolina finished fifth with a 5-4 record, while UNC Asheville garnered the No. 6 slot with a 4-5 Conference mark.  Both Radford and Gardner-Webb finished the Big South season with a 3-6 record, but the tiebreaker procedure puts the Highlanders in the No. 7 spot and the Runnin' Bulldogs land the No. 8 seed.  New Big South member Longwood claimed the No. 9 seed with a 1-8 mark, and Presbyterian College's 0-9 record was good for the No. 10 position. 

On the men's side, Coastal claimed the No. 1 seed after winning the regular season title with an 8-0 record. Campbell earned the No. 2 seed with a 6-2 Conference mark. PC was awarded the No. 3 seed.  In the tiebreaker procedure and the Eagles took the No. 4 seed.  Defending champion Radford's 4-4 record in League play was good for the No. 5 seed.  Gardner-Webb and Liberty finished Big South competition with 3-5 records, but with the tiebreaker procedure, the Runnin' Bulldogs earned the No. 6 position and the Flames landed the No. 7 spot.  UNC Asheville picked up the No. 8 seed as it finished with a 2-6 League record, while Longwood rounds out the seeding with its 0-8 record against Conference opponents.
 
The Big South's tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Tennis Tournament.  The Conference Championship schedule is as follows:
 
Women's Pairings

Wednesday, April 17 - First Round
Match 1: No. 7 Radford vs. No. 10 Presbyterian College, 10:00am ET
Match 2: No. 8 Gardner-Webb vs. No. 9 Longwood, 1:00pm ET
 
Thursday, April 18 - Quarterfinals
Match 3: No. 1 Winthrop vs. Winner Match 2, 8:00am ET
Match 4: No. 4 Liberty vs. No. 5 Coastal Carolina, not before 10:00am ET
Match 5: No. 2 Charleston Southern vs. Winner Match 1, 12:30pm ET
Match 6: No. 3 Campbell vs. No. 6 UNC Asheville, 3:30pm ET
 
Friday, April 19 - Semifinals
Match 7: Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 10:00am ET
Match 8: Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6, 2:00pm ET
 
Saturday, April 20 - Championship
Match 9: Winner Match 7 vs. Winner Match 8, 9:00am ET

Men's Pairings

Wednesday, April 17 - First Round
Match 1: No. 8 UNC Asheville vs. No. 9 Longwood, 1:00pm ET
 
Thursday, April 18 - Quarterfinals
Match 2: No. 1 Coastal Carolina vs. Winner Match 1, 8:00am ET
Match 3: No. 4 Winthrop vs. No. 5 Radford, not before 10:00am ET
Match 4: No. 2 Campbell vs. No. 7 Liberty, 12:30pm ET
Match 5: No. 3 Presbyterian College vs. No. 6 Gardner-Webb, 3:30pm ET
 
Friday, April 19 - Semifinals
Match 6: Winner Match 2 vs. Winner Match 3, 10:00am ET
Match 7: Winner Match 4 vs. Winner Match 5, 2:00pm ET
 
Saturday, April 20 - Championship
Match 8: Winner Match 6 vs. Winner Match 7, 1:30pm ET