Women's Tennis Earns No. 7 seed for BIG EAST Championships

NEW YORK - The Creighton women's tennis team earned the No. 7 seed for the 2018 BIG EAST Women's Tennis Championship Presented by Jeep, which will be played Thursday, April 26 through Sunday, April 29 at the Cayce Tennis & Fitness Center in Cayce, South Carolina, the league announced on Monday afternoon.

The Bluejays concluded the regular season at 14-7, including 0-2 against BIG EAST opponents.

Creighton will open its postseason with a match against 10th-seeded Providence on Thursday at 8 a.m. Central.

Seeds are determined by the conference's tennis championship and coaches' seeding advisory committees that review each team's regular-season schedule, ITA rankings, results against BIG EAST and common non-conference opponents and wins/losses against ranked foes.

St. John's earned the No. 1 seed, while DePaul claimed the No. 2 position, followed by Marquette and Xavier for the top four spots.

Play begins on Thursday, No. 8 Butler and No. 9 Georgetown open the Championship with the first round of play at 9 a.m. ET. Seventh-seeded Creighton will also play against No. 10 Providence on Thursday at 9 a.m. ET.

On Friday, action continues with quarterfinals action beginning at 9 a.m. Eastern, starting with No. 1 St. John's facing the winner of Butler/Georgetown and No. 2 DePaul matching up against the winner of Creighton/Providence. No. 3 Marquette will face No. 6 Villanova and fourth-seeded Xavier scheduled to play No. 5 Seton Hall at 12:30 p.m. Eastern

Semifinal action continues on Saturday at 9 a.m. ET. The Championship match will be played on Sunday also at 9 a.m. Eastern.

A full tournament schedule is listed below. A preview will be released on Wednesday, April 25.

Thursday, April 26

9 a.m. Women's Match #1 - #8 Butler vs. #9 Georgetown (First Round)
9 a.m. Women's Match #2 - #7 Creighton vs. #10 Providence (First Round)

Friday, April 27

9 a.m. Women's Match #1 - #1 St. John's vs. Butler/Georgetown (Quarterfinals)
9 a.m. Women's Match #2 - #2 DePaul vs. Creighton/Providence (Quarterfinals)
9 a.m. Women's Match #3 - #3 Marquette vs. #6 Villanova (Quarterfinals)

12:30 p.m. Women's Match #4 - #4 Xavier vs. #5 Seton Hall (Quarterfinals)

Saturday, April 28

9 a.m. Women's Match #5 – #1/8 winner vs. #4/5 winner (Semifinals)
9 a.m. Women's Match #6 – #2/7 winner vs. #3/6 winner (Semifinals)

Sunday, April 29

9 a.m. Women's Championship Match

All times listed as Eastern and are subject to change

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