Information About the Tournament

Raleigh, Nc. (March 9) -- The Shaw Lady Bears (28-2), the number one seed in this year's South Atlantic Regional Tournament will play eighth-seeded Augusta State (21-7) of the Peach Belt Conference in the first round of the tournament on Friday at 6:00 p.m. 

The tournament will be hosted by Shaw University and all games will be played in Spaulding Gymnasium. Other teams in tournament include: second-seeded Georgia College and State University (26-5), winner of the 2004 Peach Belt Conference Tournament, third-seeded Lander University (24-5) of the Peach Belt Conference, fourth seeded University of North Florida (24-5) of the Peach Belt Conference, fifth-seeded Armstrong-Atlantic State University (22-7) of the Peach Belt Conference, sixth-seeded Virginia Union (23-6) of the CIAA and seventh-seeded Catawba College (22-8) winner of the South Atlantic Conference Championship.

Note: For ticket information to the 2004 South Atlantic Regional Tournament, please call the Shaw ticket office at (919) 546-8223. Tickets are $3 for students w/I.D. and $7 for adults per session. There are two sessions on Friday. The first session games are at 1:00 (Lander/Virginia Union) and 3:00 p.m. (Georgia College and State University/Catawba) The second session is at 6:00 (Shaw/Augusta State) and 8:00 p.m. North Florida/Armstrong-Atlantic State) Saturday's semifinals games are 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. and Monday's championship game will be at 7:00 p.m.