March 5, 2006
Women Capture A-Sun Title
The Belmont women's basketball team (21-6, 17-3 A-Sun) clinched the top seed in the 2006 Atlantic Sun Women’s Basketball Championship with a 78-71 win over Florida Atlantic (17-8, 16-4 A-Sun) Saturday evening at the Curb Event Center. With the victory, the Bruins also claimed the 2005-06 A-Sun Regular Season title and the top seed in the upcoming Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament in Dothan, Alabama. Belmont returns to action on Thursday, March 9th, in a first-round game against #8 seed Stetson at 1 p.m. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament. More info at Bruins Online and on the A-Sun website here.
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