CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- Golden Eagle men's tennis enters as the No. 2 seed at Mountain East Conference Men's Tennis Tournament set for this week (May 3-5) at the Brian David Fox Tennis Center in Huntington, W.Va.

The University of Charleston finished 6-1 in the MEC to end the season as the MEC regular season runner-up behind West Virginia Wesleyan College. The Bobcats and Golden Eagles will each have a first-round bye for the tournament. Charleston will look to improve on last season's semifinal exit where they fell to Fairmont St., 5-3, behind another year of experience from the young Golden Eagles.  UC, without a senior on the squad, will look to their junior leadership in Ben Lakeman, Alek Gracin and Jason Prince to get the Golden Eagles into Sunday's final.  

Charleston holds a No. 5 NCAA DII Atlantic Region ranking, one spot behind the Bobcats, entering the MEC Championships.

Fairmont State is the No. 3 seed and will take on No. 6 seed Shepherd at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 3. That match will follow No. 4 West Liberty against No. 5 Concord at 2 p.m.

 Charleston will get the winner of Fairmont State and Shepherd.  UC defeated both Fairmont and Shepherd in the regular season, 6-1 and 5-1 respectively.

Tournament Schedule
Quarterfinals (Friday, May 3)
2 p.m.: #4 West Liberty vs. #5 Concord
5 p.m.: #3 Fairmont State vs. #6 Shepherd

Semifinals (Saturday, May 4)
11 a.m.: #1 West Virginia Wesleyan vs. #4/5 Winner
2 p.m.: #2 Charleston vs. #3/6 Winner

Finals (Sunday, May 5)
11 a.m.: TBD | Results