USC women to host NCAA tournament opening rounds

The No. 13 South Carolina women’s team earned its 22nd consecutive NCAA postseason berth as it was selected to host NCAA Championship first-and second-round matches May 13-14.

It’s USC’s first time hosting the opening rounds since 2002

“One of our goals this year was to host regionals, so we are thrilled to open the NCAA Championships in front of our home crowd,” coach Kevin Epley said. “We have some talented teams coming into Columbia, so we expect some great, competitive matches.”

USC will host one of 16 four-team regional brackets as the top seed in the regional, while No. 16 Georgia Tech, No. 40 Princeton and No. 75 Winthrop round out the competition. First-round action will take place May 13, with South Carolina taking on Winthrop and Georgia Tech facing Princeton, while second round play is set for May 14. Match times have not been announced.

The winner of each regional advances to the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla., where the 16 teams will compete for the national championship May 19-24.

This story was originally published May 3, 2016 at 7:38 PM with the headline "USC women to host NCAA tournament opening rounds."