Women's soccer tournament will be played at Sportsplex through 2010
Monday, April 07, 2008
By RYAN DEZEMBER
Staff Reporter
ORANGE BEACH -- City officials have finalized a deal with the Southeastern Conference that will keep the athletic league's women's soccer tournament coming to south Baldwin County through 2010.
"Obviously it's a plum for the city to have an SEC championship event," said Mayor Pete Blalock. "What it shows is the SEC believes in what we're doing and how we're putting the tournament on, and that they're very pleased with the outcome."
The city first hosted the event in 2003. Some 1,700 attended the championship match between the University of Tennessee and the University of Florida and a television audience across the Southeast saw the nailbiter, which ended when the Lady Volunteers won 7-6 in a penalty-kick shootout, on Fox Sports Net South.
