Orlando, Fla. (October 14, 2018) - The 2018 South Region Crossover Schedule has be set, officially announced by crossover committee members, Sunday, October 14. This season's crossover features a total of 24 teams – 12 from the Gulf South Conference, and 11 from the Sunshine State Conference with the addition of Spring Hill College as the 12th team. The 24 teams will square off in a round-robin format over the course of two days based upon overall conference seedings.
This season's crossover will take place at the Orlando Sports Center, located at 6700 Kingspointe Pkwy Orlando, FL 32819. For the full 2018 South Region Crossover Schedule, Click Here: 2018 South Region Crossover Schedule
Regional crossover events between the Sunshine State Conference and Gulf South Conference have been occurring for well over a decade, with past set-ups including smaller eight-team tournaments between the two conferences, as well as larger events where teams from both conferences were hosted at separate locations based on overall seedings.
The current one-of-a-kind event that fans know and love today, with both the SSC and GSC teams all under one roof for a multi-day tournament, kicked off in 2015 when it was held at the Coliseum on the campus of the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Ga. The multi-day round robin tournament in 2015 was the first of its kind, and featured 22 teams in total - 11 from the GSC, as well the nine members from them SSC plus then-provisional members Palm Beach Atlantic and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Each team played three matches over the course of two days, with a maximum of four matches being played at one time.
For a full recap of previous South Region Crossover Events, click on the links located here: https://bit.ly/2CISLrU
UWF PREVIEW:
On Friday, October 19th, No.13 West Florida (18-4, 10-1 GSC) will be facing Florida Southern (14-8, 9-5 SSC) with the first serve at 4:45 pm. The Argos and the Mocs have played each other 16 times in total and UWF is 6-10 overall against FSC. The last win the Argos had over the Mocs was in 2013 where UWF won at home 3-1.
On Saturday, October 20th, No.13 West Florida will be facing Saint Leo (10-11, 7-6 SSC) for the first match of the day. This will be the first time these two teams will have played each other. First serve for this match will be at 12:15 pm.
The second match on Saturday for the No.13 Argos will be against No. 8 Tampa (20-1, 13-0 SSC). These two teams have faced each other 19 times and overall UWF is 5-14 against the Spartans. Last year, West Florida played Tampa twice, once in Denver at the Colorado Premiere Challenge and again at the NCAA Division II South Regional and both times, UWF won 3-1. 7:00 pm will be the Argos final match of the Crossover Tournament against Tampa.
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