SLC Champion 'Jacks Prepare to Host Conference Tournament
4/23/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 23, 2012
NACOGDOCHES, Texas -
Fresh off their second-straight 20-win season, the 2012 Southland Conference Champion Stephen F. Austin women's tennis team will host the conference championship tournament beginning Thursday at the Schlief Tennis Complex. The 'Jacks ended the season with a 20-4 overall mark, and went 10-1 in conference play to earn the league's No. 1 overall seed.
SFA will open tournament play Thursday at 2 p.m. against the eighth-seeded UTSA Roadrunners. The other opening-round women's matches consist of No. 3 Texas-Arlington against No. 6 Lamar (11 a.m.), No. 2 Texas State versus No. 7 Sam Houston State (11 a.m.), and No. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 5 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2 p.m.). If SFA gets past the Roadrunners they will face the winner of the Northwestern State/A&M-Corpus Christi match. The women's championship match will be Saturday at 2 p.m.
SFA is also playing host to the SLC Men's Championship tournament. Top-seeded Texas A&M-Corpus Christi will host fourth-seeded UTSA Friday, and second-seeded Nicholls will face No. 3-seed Texas-Arlington Friday. Both matches will be at 10 a.m. The men's championship match will be Saturday beginning at 11 a.m.
The 45th ranked 'Jacks enter the tournament winners of three of their last four matches, but are coming off 4-0 setback in the season finale at Texas-Arlington. SFA posted some overwhelming results on their way to the conference title, allowing one point or less 16 times including seven shutouts. SFA was also dominant in doubles play winning the doubles point in every match but one during the 2012 season. The only team to defeat SFA in doubles competition was No. 5 Baylor back in January.
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