Rock Hill, SC – The Winthrop men's tennis team earned the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Big South Tournament.

The Eagles finished conference play with a 6-2 record, going 13-9 overall on the season. Winthrop will play tournament host, and No. 7 seed, Gardner-Webb in their first tournament match on Wednesday, April 16th, at 11:30 a.m.

Presbyterian captured their first regular season title, and the No. 1 seed in the Big South Tournament with a 7-1 conference record. Winthrop took the No. 2 seed, while Liberty and Campbell finished Big South play with identical 5-3 records.  In the tiebreaker procedure, the Flames claimed the No. 3 spot and the Camels took the No. 4 seed.  Radford, Coastal Carolina and Gardner-Webb each finished with a 4-4 record in League play.  By virtue of head-to-head tiebreakers, the Highlanders earn the No. 5 position having gone 2-0 against the Chanticleers and the Runnin' Bulldogs this season.  CCU takes sixth place having split with RU and GWU and Gardner-Webb is the No. 7 seed.  UNC Asheville picked up the No. 8 seed as it finished with a 1-7 League record, while Longwood rounds out the seeding with its 0-8 record against Conference opponents.

Men's Pairings
Tuesday, April 15 - First Round
Match 1: No. 8 UNC Asheville vs. No. 9 Longwood, 8:00am ET
 
Wednesday, April 16 - Quarterfinals
Match 2: No. 1 Presbyterian vs. Winner Match 1, 8:00am ET
Match 3: No. 4 Campbell vs. No. 5 Radford, 8:00am ET
Match 4: No. 2 Winthrop vs. No. 7 Gardner-Webb, 11:30am ET
Match 5: No. 3 Liberty vs. No. 6 Coastal Carolina, 11:30am ET
 
Thursday, April 17 - Semifinals
Match 6: Winner Match 2 vs. Winner Match 3, 10:00am ET
Match 7: Winner Match 4 vs. Winner Match 5, 10:00am ET
 
Friday, April 18 - Championship
Match 8: Winner Match 6 vs. Winner Match 7, 2:00pm ET