Anderson, Wingate and Limestone Split SAC Women's Lacrosse Regular Season Title; Seeds for 2024 Championship Announced

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Anderson, Limestone and Wingate each finished the regular season 9-1 in South Atlantic Conference play and will share the 2024 SAC Women's Lacrosse Regular Season Championship. Due to tiebreakers, Wingate will earn the No. 1 seed with Limestone being the 2-seed and Anderson earning the three. 

Wingate earns the No. 1 seed thanks to a +3 goal differential in games against Limestone and Anderson. With that tie broken, Limestone becomes the two-seed thanks to an 11-9 head-to-head win over Anderson. 

The 4-seed belongs to Newberry who finished the year with a 13-7 win over Tusculum to finish 8-2 in the league and one game behind the three league winners. The fifth-seed goes to UVA Wise who finished 6-4 and Lincoln Memorial earns the final spot with a 5-5 mark in SAC play. 

Wingate and Limestone each earned a bye to the semifinals. The quarterfinals will be played on Saturday, April 20 at campus sites. Semifinals will also be at campus sites on Wednesday, April 24.  The finals will take place at Sportsplex at Matthews in Matthews, N.C. on April 28. The tournament schedule is listed below with game times to be announced later: 

Saturday, April 20 (at Highest Seeds)

Game 1: #5 UVA Wise at #4 Newberry
Game 2: #6 Lincoln Memorial at #3 Anderson

Wednesday, April 24 (at Highest Seeds)

Game 3: winner game 1 vs. #1 Wingate
Game 4: winner game 2 vs. #2 Limestone

Sunday, April 28 (Matthews, N.C.)

Game 5: winner game 3 vs. winner game 4, 1:00 p.m.