CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) - Due to ongoing rain from Tropical Storm Ida, the Big South Conference announced today that it has pushed back the start of the 2009 Men's Soccer Championship one day to Friday, Nov. 13.  The tournament was scheduled to begin tomorrow, Thursday, Nov. 12 at the Vert Soccer Stadium on the campus of High Point University, but due to field conditions and continued rain in the High Point area from the storm, the championship will now be contested Nov. 13-15.

The adjusted game schedule appears below.  The quarterfinals will now be played on Friday, with the Semifinals now moved to Saturday.  The Championship game remains Sunday as scheduled.

Friday, Nov. 13 - Quarterfinals
Game 1:  No. 4 Winthrop vs. No. 5 Gardner-Webb - 12:00pm
Game 2:  No. 1 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 8 VMI - 2:30pm
Game 3:  No. 3 Liberty vs. No. 6 UNC Asheville - 5:00pm
Game 4:  No. 2 High Point vs. No. 7 Radford - 7:30pm

Saturday, Nov. 14 - Semifinals
Game 5:  Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 - 4:00pm
Game 6:  Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 - 7:00pm

Sunday, Nov. 15 - Championship
Game 7:  Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 - 2:00pm