From the PBC
COLUMBUS, GA – The Peach Belt Conference has released the bracket for the 2022 PBC women's tennis tournament, which begins this Friday in Columbus, Ga. The tournament will be held a the John W. Walden Tennis Center in Columbus, Ga., and hosted by Columbus State University. The Jaguars have the No. 5 seed. In their first round matchup, they have the chance to avenge a 3-4 loss to Georgia College that closed their regular season.Â
TOURNAMENT INFOÂ
The top six teams in the PBC standings advance to tournament play with the 1 and 2 seeds getting byes into the semifinal round. On Friday, play will begin with the 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5 matches both starting at 2:00 pm. The 3-6 winner will meet the #2 seed on Saturday at noon with the 4-5 winner facing the top seed, also at noon on Saturday. The championship match will be on Sunday at 10:00 am.
The No. 32 Jaguars are 16-4 in the regular season.
The 2022 season has been the most competitive in the history of the Peach Belt with three teams sharing the PBC regular-season title for the first time in league history.
Columbus State, Flagler and North Georgia each finished the season with 6-1 conference records. Columbus State lost to North Georgia 4-3 on Sunday while beating Flagler. Flagler lost to CSU but beat North Georgia and UNG beat CSU but lost to Flagler. The three teams also defeated every other team in the PBC.
To break the tie, none of the head-to-head tiebreakers for a three-team tie would apply with no team having an advantage over the other. The PBC policy then moves to its fourth step: using ITA rankings to break the tie. The current ITA rankings from April 21 have Columbus State at #6 in the nation, North Georgia at #7 and Flagler at #11. Therefore, the PBC Tournament seedings will be:
#1 – Columbus State
#2 – North Georgia
#3 – Flagler
Georgia College is the #4 seed with Augusta at #5 and Lander at #6.
The PBC Tournament schedule will therefore be:
Friday, April 29 – 2:00 pm
#3 Flagler vs. #6 Lander
#4 Georgia College vs. #5 Augusta
Saturday, April 30 – 12:00 pm
3-6 winner vs. #2 North Georgia
4-5 winner vs. #1 Columbus State
Sunday, May 1 – 10:00 am
Women's Championship Match
