2018 BIG EAST Championships Bracket (PDF)

The Bulldogs will be the No. 8 seed in the upcoming 2018 BIG EAST Women's Tennis Championships. Butler will begin first round play on Thursday, meeting ninth-seeded Georgetown at 9 a.m.
 
The championships will be played Thursday, April 26 through Sunday, April 29 at the Cayce Tennis & Fitness Center in Cayce, S.C.
 
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.
 
The Bulldogs finished the regular season with a 9-16 overall record, including a 2-4 mark against BIG EAST opponents. Butler and Georgetown did not play during the regular season.
 
For the women, No. 8 Butler and No. 9 Georgetown open the Championship with the first round of play at 9 a.m. ET on Thursday, coinciding with No. 7 Creighton vs. No. 10 Providence.
 
On Friday, the women's teams continue with quarterfinals action beginning at 9 a.m., 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.
 
Semifinal action continues on Saturday at 9 a.m. The Championship match will be played on Sunday also at 9 a.m.
 
A full tournament schedule (for both the men and women) is listed below.
 
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)
• 12:30 p.m.         Men's Match #3 - #1 DePaul vs. #8 Villanova (Quarterfinals)
• 12:30 p.m.         Men's Match #4 - #2 St. John's vs. #7 Xavier (Quarterfinals)

 

• 4 p.m.               Men's Match #5 - #3 Marquette vs. #6 Creighton (Quarterfinals)
• 4 p.m.               Men's Match #6 - #4 Butler vs. #5 Georgetown (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)

 

• 12:30 p.m.         Men's Match #8 - #1/8/9 winner vs. #4/5 winner (Semifinals)
• 12:30 p.m.         Men's Match #9 - #2/7/10 winner vs. #3/6 winner (Semifinals)

 
Sunday, April 29

• 9 a.m.                Women's Championship Match
   
• 12:30 p.m.         Men's Championship Match

 
As a reminder, all times are subject to change due to weather.