MACON, GA.-Saturday's results around the conference, including
Campbell's 98-70 victory over USC Upstate, finalized the field of
eight for next week's General Shale Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball
Championship.
The tournament kicks off Wednesday, March 2 at noon with No. 1 East
Tennessee State and No. 8 Lipscomb inside Mercer's University
Center in Macon, Ga. No. 2 Stetson and No. 7 Kennesaw State will
wrap up day one action at 6:30 p.m.
Day two of quarterfinal play begins on Thursday at noon with No. 4
North Florida and No. 5 Jacksonville. The No. 3 Lady Camels will
make their 2011 postseason debut at 6:30 against No. 6 Belmont.
The tournament's semifinal games will be Friday, March 4 at noon
(winners 1/8 vs. 4/5) and 6:30 p.m. (winners 2/7 vs. 3/6). The
A-Sun Championship Game will tip at noon on Saturday.
The semifinal and final matchups will be broadcast live on Comcast
Sports Southeast (CSS). All games will be available on ASun.tv.
Campbell's No. 3 seed matches last season's postseason ranking. The
seed is the highest for CU since 2001, and its fourth-highest
seeding ever in the A-Sun. The Lady Camels were the tournament's
No. 2 team in 1999 and 2000, while earning a No. 1 seed in
2001.
CU's 12 A-Sun wins mark the most since that 2001 season, when the
Lady Camels finished 16-2 in league play.