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Top Four Men’s And Women’s Seeds Advance After #BETennis Quarterfinal Thursday

Weather forces one-hour delay for start of semifinal Saturday.

Championship Central | Women’s Bracket | Women’s Combined Results | Men’s Bracket | Men’s Results
 
CAYCE, S.C. – The top four seeds on both the men’s and women’s brackets advanced after BIG EAST quarterfinal action at the Cayce Tennis and Fitness Center on day two of the 2021 BIG EAST Tennis Championship Presented by JEEP. Eight matches were completed on Friday.
 
In the women’s competition, No. 1 Xavier, No. 2 DePaul, No. 3 Villanova and No. 4 St. John’s each swept their opponents, No. 8 Marquette, No. 7 Butler, No. 6 Creighton and No. 5 UConn, respectively.
 
In the women's semifinals on Saturday, No. 1 Xavier will face No. 4 St. John’s, while No. 2 DePaul squares off against No. 3 Villanova.
 
The men’s competition began Friday with quarterfinal action as No. 1 DePaul swept No. 8 Georgetown, 4-0. No. 2 St. John’s moved on with a 4-1 win over No. 7 Xavier. In the evening session, No. 3 Marquette advanced with a win over No. 6 Villanova, 4-1. No. 4 Butler defeated No. 5 Creighton by the same score.
 
No. 1 DePaul will face No. 4 Butler, while the second men’s semifinal has No. 2 St. John’s against No. 3 Marquette.
 
Semifinal action at Cayce has been delayed by at least one hour for Saturday’s matches. The women’s matches will start at 10 a.m. ET instead of 9 a.m. and the men’s competition will begin at 2 p.m. ET instead of 1 p.m. The BIG EAST Tennis Committee will meet in the morning to evaluate if further delays are necessary.
 
For individual results from Thursday and Friday’s competitions please follow these links:
Women’s Combined Results | Men’s Results
 
2021 BIG EAST Men's and Women's Tennis Championships Schedule & Results
Thursday, April 22
Women's First Round Results
10 a.m.               Match #1 - No. 8  Marquette 4, No. 9 Georgetown 0
                            Match #2 - No. 7 Butler 4, No. 10 Seton Hall 0
                            Match #3 - No. 6 Creighton 4, No. 11 Providence 0
Friday, April 23
Women's Quarterfinal Results
9 a.m.                 Match #4 - No. 1 Xavier 4, No. 8 Marquette 0
                            Match #5 - No. 2 DePaul 4,  No. 7 Butler 0
                            Match #6 - No. 3 Villanova 4, No. 6 Creighton 0
1 p.m. ^              Match #7 - No. 4 St. John's 4, No. 5 UConn 0
 
Men's Quarterfinal
1 p.m. ^              Match #1 - No. 1 DePaul 4, No. 8 Georgetown 0
                            Match #2 - No. 2 St. John's 4, No. 7 Xavier 1
5 p.m. ^              Match #3 - No. 3 Marquette 4, No. 6 Villanova 1
                            Match #4 - No. 4 Butler 4, No. 5 Creighton 1
 
Saturday,  April 24
Women's Semifinal
10 a.m.               Match #8 – No. 1 Xavier vs. No. 4 St John’s
                            Match #9 – No. 2 DePaul vs. No. 3 Villanova
 
Men's Semifinal
2 p.m. ^              Match #5 – No. 1 DePaul vs. No. 4 Butler
                            Match #6 – No. 2 St. John’s vs. No. 3 Marquette
 
Sunday,  April 25
Women's Championship
9 a.m.                 Semifinal Winners         
 
Men's Championship
1 p.m. ^              Semifinal Winners         
 
 
 *Match times may be adjusted based on weather/heat considerations.
**Rain date set for April 26
^ no sooner than. Times may be adjusted based on court availability for warmups.