ROCK HILL, S.C. – UVA Wise softball will be the eighth seed in the upcoming 2021 South Atlantic Conference Softball Championship set to take place at Tusculum University on April 23-24, the league office announced. The Cavaliers will face No. 1 seed Lincoln Memorial University at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the single elimination tournament played at Red Edmonds Field in Greeneville, Tennessee.
UVA Wise finished the regular season with a 17-18-1 overall mark and an even 12-12 record in conference play.
Lincoln Memorial is the South Atlantic Conference Regular Season Champion, as the Railsplitters finished the SAC portion of their 2021 schedule with a 20-4 record.
Anderson finished the regular season with a 16-8 record placing them at the No. 2 seed. Catawba trailed closely behind with a 15-9 conference record to receive the No. 3 seed. Wingate and Carson-Newman, finished the season with 14-10 records in SAC play. The Bulldogs earn the No. 4 seed after winning the tiebreaker with Carson-Newman, going 1-1 with No. 1 Lincoln Memorial earlier this season, while the Eagles went 0-2 and will take the No. 5 seed.
Tusculum and Lenoir-Rhyne both finished the 2021 regular season with a 13-11 record in the conference. Tusculum wins the tiebreaker with Lenoir-Rhyne for the No. 6 seed. The teams are 1-1 head-to-head, both teams are 0-2 versus No. 1 Lincoln Memorial and 1-1 versus Anderson; however, Tusculum is 2-0 versus Catawba and Lenoir-Rhyne is 1-1. The Bears will clinch the No. 7 seed after losing to the Catawba Indians once this season.
Friday, April 23 (at Greeneville Tenn.)
Game 1 – #4 Wingate vs. #5 Carson-Newman, 11:00am
Game 2 – #1 Lincoln Memorial vs. #8 UVA Wise, 1:30pm
Game 3 – #2 Anderson vs. #7 Lenoir-Rhyne, 4:00pm
Game 4 – #3 Catawba vs. #6 Tusculum, 6:30pm
Saturday, April 24 (at Greeneville, Tenn.)
Game 5 – Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner, 12 Noon
Game 6 – Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner, 2:30pm
Game 7 – Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner, 5:00pm
Saturday, April 25 (at Greeneville, Tenn.)
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