Big South Men's Soccer Tournament Moved to Gardner-Webb
11/11/2009 11:23:02 AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The 2009 Big South Conference Men’s Soccer Championship has been moved from High Point University’s Vert Soccer Stadium to Gardner-Webb University’s Greene-Harbison Stadium due to weather and field conditions following two days of rain in the High Point area.
Seventh-seeded Radford will now face host High Point on Friday in the quarterfinal nightcap, with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
The event was previously postponed one day because of weather and was scheduled to begin Thursday, Nov. 12 at the Vert Soccer Stadium on the campus of High Point University. Due to field conditions and continued rain in the High Point area from the storm, the championship will now be contested Nov. 13-15.
The adjusted game schedule appears below. The quarterfinals will now be played on Friday, with the Semifinals now moved to Saturday. The Championship game remains Sunday as scheduled.
Friday, Nov. 13 - Quarterfinals
Game 1: No. 4 Winthrop vs. No. 5 Gardner-Webb - Noon
Game 2: No. 1 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 8 VMI - 2:30 p.m.
Game 3: No. 3 Liberty vs. No. 6 UNC Asheville - 5:00 p.m.
Game 4: No. 2 High Point vs. No. 7 Radford - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 14 - Semifinals
Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 – 4:00 p.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 – 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 15 – Championship
Game 7: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 – 2:00 p.m.