RSC Men's Tennis Championship: April 23-24 at Top Seed Tennis Club
RSC Men's Tennis Championship: April 23-24 at Top Seed Tennis Club
2021 RIVER STATES CONFERENCE MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
BRACKET April 23-24 at Top Seed Tennis Club (Nicholasville, Ky.)
Quarterfinals -- Friday, April 23 at 10:30 a.m.
No. 4 Oakland City (Ind.) def. No. 5 Midway (Ky.), 4-0 Box Score
No. 3 IU Southeast def. No. 6 Brescia (Ky.), 4-2 Box Score
Semifinals -- Friday, April 23 at 3:00 p.m.
No. 1 Asbury (Ky.) def. No. 4 Oakland City (Ind.), 4-1 Box Score
No. 2 IU East vs. No. 3 IU Southeast, 4-0 Box Score
Finals -- Saturday, April 24 at 12:00 p.m.
No. 1 Asbury (Ky.) def. No. 2 IU East, 4-3 Box Score
Asbury advances to the NAIA Men's Tennis National Championship with the RSC's automatic bid to nationals.
RSC MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW:
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. -- The 2021 River States Conference Men's Tennis Championship is on tap for Friday-Saturday, April 23-24 at Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville, Ky. Six teams will descended upon the courts playing for the right to earn the RSC's automatic bid to the NAIA Men's Tennis National Championship.
No. 1 seed Asbury (Ky.) University was the only unbeaten team in conference play this year at 6-0 RSC. The Eagles won another RSC regular-season title and earned a bye into the semifinals.
No. 2 seed Indiana University East also got a bye into the semifinals. The Red Wolves posted a 4-2 RSC record and won the tiebreakers and the bye ahead of No. 3 seed Indiana University Southeast (4-2 RSC) and No. 4 seed Oakland City (Ind.) University (4-2 RSC).
The championship gets under way Friday, April 23 with the quarterfinals at 10:30 a.m. No. 3 IU Southeast will play No. 6 Brescia (Ky.) University (1-5), and No. 4 Oakland City will face No. 5 Midway (Ky.) University (2-4 RSC).
The semifinals will be at 3:00 p.m. with Asbury awaiting the winner of Oakland City-Midway and IU East getting the winner of IU Southeast-Brescia. The championship match is Saturday, April 24 at 12:00 p.m.
All matches will be played at Top Seed Tennis Club. The matches will be moved to the facilities' indoor courts in the event of inclement weather.
Fans are permitted to attend. All fans are asked to wear a mask while on the facility grounds. Fans should leave the gates in a timely manner at the completion of the match. If Friday's matches have to be moved indoors, fans will not be permitted indoors. If Saturday's matches are moved indoors, fans will be permitted with a reduced number of teams still in the tournament.
The NAIA Men's Tennis National Championship is May 18-22 at Mobile Tennis Center in Mobile, Ala. The RSC Championship winner will earn the conference's automatic bid to NAIAs.