Big South Announces Updates to Women's Soccer Conference Season
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – The Big South Conference announced today that three women’s soccer conference matches still postponed due to Hurricane Helene and its aftermath are unable to be re-scheduled and have been canceled. The matches involved were Presbyterian at Charleston Southern, Radford at UNC Asheville, and UNC Asheville at Winthrop. As the conference season concludes next Tuesday, Oct. 29, the Big South women’s soccer standings will now be determined per the league’s “Unequal Games Played” policy.
The policy regarding unequal games played invokes an average points per game system for Big South wins/ties (i.e. 5-1-1 record = 2.29 pts/game), in place of total points earned for conference wins/ties. Seedings for the Nov. 2-10 Conference Championship will now be based on the average points per conference match, followed by tiebreaker procedures as outlined by policy. Seedings and pairings for the postseason tournament will be announced on Oct. 29 following the conclusion of regular-season play. The top six teams in the standings qualify for the tournament.
Below are the adjusted Big South standings reflecting the average point system, through matches of Oct. 19, followed by the remaining league schedule:
| Team |
Record |
Games |
Points |
Avg/Game |
| 1- High Point |
4-1-1 |
6 |
13 |
2.17 |
| 2 - USC Upstate |
3-1-2 |
6 |
11 |
1.83 |
| 3 - Charleston Southern |
2-1-1 |
4 |
7 |
1.75 |
| 4 - Longwood |
2-2-3 |
7 |
9 |
1.29 |
| T-5 - Radford |
1-1-3 |
5 |
6 |
1.20 |
| T-5 - Presbyterian |
1-1-3 |
5 |
6 |
1.20 |
| 7 - UNC Asheville |
1-2-0 |
3 |
3 |
1.00 |
| 8 - Winthrop |
0-2-4 |
6 |
4 |
0.67 |
| 9 - Gardner-Webb |
0-3-3 |
6 |
3 |
0.50 |
Wednesday, Oct. 23
Winthrop at Gardner-Webb, 6:00pm
UNC Asheville at Presbyterian, 7:00pm
High Point at Radford, 7:00pm
Charleston Southern at USC Upstate, 7:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 26
Longwood at Charleston Southern, 1:00pm
Radford at Presbyterian, 2:30pm
UNC Asheville at High Point, 4:00pm
Gardner-Webb at USC Upstate, 7:00pm
Tuesday, Oct. 29
UNC Asheville at Charleston Southern, 3:00pm