Blue Raiders to begin tourney

DENTON, Texas - The Middle Tennessee women's tennis team will begin play at 4:30 p.m. after an extended weather delay at the Sun Belt Championships. The Blue Raiders were originally supposed to begin play at 8 a.m. Friday morning but inclement weather pushed the schedule of events back. Eighth seeded Middle Tennessee will play New Orleans, the nine seed, to begin the first full day of competition. Five matches will be played Friday night and then play will begin on Saturday, April 18 at 8 a.m. The men's team was originally scheduled to play at 6 p.m. on Friday night but with the weather delay now the men's side of the tournament will start on Saturday morning. Middle Tennessee will play Western Kentucky at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday in the second round of men's matches Saturday morning. All results on the women's and men's teams at the SBC Championships will be posted on goblueraiders.com. Also any further delays in play at the tournament will also be posted on goblueraiders.com. Revised SBC Tennis Championships Schedule
Thursday, April 16
2:00 PM WM1 No. 12 Florida Atlantic vs No. 13 WKU GTC
Friday, April 17
4:30 PM WM2 No. 8 Middle Tennessee vs No. 9 New Orleans WTC
4:30 PM WM3 No. 7 Louisiana-Lafayette vs No. 10 ULM WTC
4:30 PM WM4 No. 6 Arkansas State vs No. 11 UALR GTC
6:00 PM WM5 No. 5 Troy vs No.12 Florida Atlantic GTC

Saturday, April 18
8:00 AM MM1 No. 2 Florida Atlantic vs No. 7 Troy WTC
8:00 AM MM2 No. 3 Louisiana-Lafayette vs No. 6 New Orleans WTC
8:00 AM MM4 No. 4 Denver vs No. 5 South Alabama GTC
11:30 AM MM3 No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs No. 8 WKU WTC
11:30 AM WM6 No. 3 South Alabama vs M4 Winner GTC
11:30 AM WM7 No. 1 Denver vs M2 Winner WTC
3:00 PM WM8 No. 4 North Texas vs M5 Winner WTC
3:00 PM WM9 No. 2 FIU vs M3 Winner WTC
6:30 PM MM5 M1 Winner vs M2 Winner WTC
6:30 PM MM6 M3 Winner vs M4 Winner WTC

Sunday, April 19
9:00 AM WM10 M7 Winner vs M8 Winner WTC
9:00 AM WM11 M6 Winner vs M9 Winner WTC
1:00 AM MM7 M5 Winner vs M6 Winner WTC
5:00 PM WM12 M10 Winner vs M11 Winner WTC

WTC - Waranch Tennis Complex
GTC - Goldfield Tennis Center (off campus)

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