Conference Carolinas Announces 2023 Atlantic Casualty Women’s Basketball Championship Bracket

2/22/2023 8:15:18 PM

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Belmont Abbey finished the regular season an impressive 22-4 overall and 19-1 in Conference Carolinas play to earn the program’s seventh regular season championship and third in four seasons.

The top-seeded Crusaders earned a bye to the 2023 Atlantic Casualty Conference Carolinas Women’s Championship semifinals at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium on the campus of Wofford in Spartanburg, South Carolina on Saturday, March 4 at 12:30 p.m. Francis Marion (20-6, 18-2 CC) claimed the No. 2 seed and will earn the second bye to the semifinals on March 4 at 2:45 p.m.

UNC Pembroke finished the season 19-9 overall and 16-4 in league play to claim the No. 3 seed and a bye to the conference quarterfinals in Spartanburg on Friday, March 3 at 1:30 p.m. Emmanuel (14-9, 13-6 CC), earned the bid to the other quarterfinal at 11 a.m. as the No. 4 seed.

Chowan earned the fifth seed with a 12-8 conference record, 16-10 overall, and will host eighth seed Barton (8-18, 8-11 CC) and ninth seed King (8-10, 8-12 CC) in the first and second round on Sunday, Feb. 26 and Monday, Feb. 27. The Bulldogs and Tornado will play in the first round at 5 p.m. in Murfreesboro, North Carolina with the winner to face the Hawks on Feb. 27 at 5 p.m.

Mount Olive finished the season 14-14 overall and 10-10 in league play to earn the No. 6 seed and the right to host No. 7 Southern Wesleyan (9-19, 9-11 CC) and No. 10 North Greenville (7-19, 7-13 CC). The Warriors will face the Crusaders in the first round in Mount Olive, North Carolina on Sunday. Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. The winner will face the host Trojans on Monday, Feb. 27 at 5 p.m.

Fans can watch every game of the tournament live via the Conference Carolinas Digital Network and BlueFrame at conferencecarolinasdn.com. Information regarding the championship schedule, bracket and Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium are available here.

2023 Atlantic Casualty Conference Carolinas Women’s Basketball Championship
First Round – Sunday, February 26
#10 North Greenville vs. #7 Southern Wesleyan at Mount Olive, 7 p.m.
#8 Barton vs. #9 King at Chowan, 5 p.m.

Second Round – Monday, February 27
Winner of #7-#10 at #6 Mount Olive, 5 p.m.
Winner of #8-#9 at #5 Chowan, 5 p.m.

Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3 (Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium - Spartanburg, S.C.)
Winner of #5-#8-#9 vs. #4 Emmanuel, 11 a.m.
Winner of #6-#7-#10 vs. #3 UNC Pembroke, 1:30 p.m.

Semifinals – Saturday, March 4 (Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium - Spartanburg, S.C.)
Winner of #4-#5-#8-#9 vs. #1 Belmont Abbey, 12:30 p.m.
Winner of #3-#6-#7-#10 vs. #2 Francis Marion, 2:45 p.m.

Final – Sunday, March 5 (Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium - Spartanburg, S.C.)
Winner of Semifinal #1 vs. Winner of Semifinal #2, 1 p.m.