FRISCO, Texas - The bracket for the 2024 Southland Conference Women’s Tennis Championship has been released by the conference office. The tournament will be held at the McFarlin Tennis Center in San Antonio, Texas on Thursday, April 18, through Sunday, April 21.
Live scoring will be available for each match, with the championship match on Sunday broadcast on ESPN+.
BRACKET
The winner of the single elimination tournament will claim the Southland’s automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Tennis Championship.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi are the top seed after a perfect 7-0 regular season. The Islanders and second seed McNeese (5-2 conference record) will face winners from opening round matches on Friday.
McNeese and New Orleans tied in conference play at 5-2, with the Cowgirls taking the second seed. NJIT slots in at the third seed based on a comparison of ITA rankings against the conference field. Northwestern State takes the sixth seed with a conference record of 3-4.
Lamar and Southeastern tied with a 2-5 conference record, with the Cardinals claiming the fifth seed with a 4-2 win over the Lady Lions on March 3. Bryant then comes in as the ninth seed after the rankings comparison. Nicholls is the tenth seed with a conference record of 0-7.
Rankings comparison
When considering an affiliate member's ITA ranking relative to core/full schedule teams tied in the standings, the core/full schedule team with the higher ITA ranking will be compared to the affiliate member's ITA ranking.
| Thursday, April 18 |
| Matchup |
Time |
| 1 |
No. 8 Lamar vs. No. 9 Bryant |
10 a.m. |
| 2 |
No. 7 SLU vs. No. 10 Nicholls |
10 a.m. |
| Friday, April 19 |
| Matchup |
Time |
| 3 |
No. 1 A&M-Corpus Christi vs. Match 1 Winner |
10 a.m. |
| 4 |
No. 4 UNO vs. No. 5 UIW |
10 a.m. |
| 5 |
No. 2 McNeese vs. Match 2 Winner |
2 p.m. |
| 6 |
No. 3 NJIT vs. No. 6 NSU |
2 p.m. |
| Saturday, April 20 |
| Matchup |
Time |
| 7 |
| Match 3 Winner vs. Match 4 Winner |
|
10 a.m. |
| 8 |
Match 5 Winner vs. Match 6 Winner |
10 a.m. |
| Sunday, April 21 |
| Matchup |
Time |
| 9 |
Match 7 Winner vs. Match 8 Winner |
10 a.m. |
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