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NORFOLK, Va., April 19, 2021 – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) has announced the seedings for the 2021 Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships. Norfolk State claimed the Northern Division’s top seed in both the men’s and women’s brackets, with South Carolina State earning the Southern Division’s No. 1 seed on both sides.
 
The 2021 MEAC Tennis Championships will be held Saturday-Sunday, April 24-25, at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.
 
The Norfolk State men, in their first season under head coach Larry Holmes, went 3-0 in MEAC play to clinch the Northern Division regular-season title and top seed, while Howard clinched the division’s No. 2 seed this past weekend by beating Coppin State.
 
South Carolina State also went 2-0 in MEAC play to take the Southern Division’s top seed, with North Carolina A&T State taking the No. 2 seed with a win over North Carolina Central.
 
The men’s semifinals will have Norfolk State take on North Carolina A&T State and South Carolina State against Howard. Both matches will start at 12 p.m. on Saturday.
 
On the women’s side, Norfolk State went a perfect 3-0 in league play to claim the Northern Division’s top seed, while Delaware State – under first-year head coach Pavel Zinchenko – went 2-1 in conference action to secure the division’s No. 2 seed.
 
In the Southern Division, South Carolina State was also undefeated in conference play at 3-0 to claim the top seed and Florida A&M notched the division’s No. 2 seed.
 
The women’s semifinal round will see Norfolk State take on Florida A&M and South Carolina State square off against Delaware State. Both matches will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
 
Sunday’s championship matches will kick off at 9 a.m. for the women and 12 p.m. for the men.
 
Only the top two teams in each division compete in the MEAC Tennis Championships. For the men, Coppin State and North Carolina Central were eliminated. Coppin State, Howard, North Carolina A&T State and North Carolina Central were eliminated on the women’s side.
 
Bethune-Cookman, Maryland Eastern Shore and Morgan State each opted out of the 2021 season.

No fans will be allowed indoors if matches are forced inside due to rain or sunset at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center. Only members of the respective teams' travel parties who have been tested will be allowed indoors. For matches played outdoors, fans will only be allowed in the grassy area between courts 1-4 and courts 5-8. Fans will not be allowed to go past the bridge that crosses over to courts 1-4.
 
 
About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) celebrates its 50^th year of intercollegiate competition with the 2020-21 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of 11 outstanding historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman University, Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University.