Women's Basketball | 3/2/2019 5:25:00 PM

    BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- The seedings and pairings for the 2019 Mountain East Conference Tournament presented by The HealthPlan have been finalized and the West Liberty women will be playing in the 8:15 p.m. quarterfinal on Thursday night.
    Coach Kyle Cooper's regionally-ranked Lady Hilltoppers (20-8) are the No. 4 seed after picking up their 20^th win Saturday afternoon at Wheeling Jesuit. They will take on No. 5 seed Notre Dame (15-13) in the last of four quarterfinal contests on Thursday at the downtown arena.
    Nationally-ranked Glenville State claimed the regular season title and is the top seed for this year's tournament for the third-straight year. The No. 20 Pioneers are seeking their third MEC Tournament title and second in as many years.
    Charleston is the No. 2 seed, while Concord won the tiebreaker with WLU to take the No. 3 seed with Notre Dame (5th) and UVa-Wise (6th) claiming the remaining first round byes.
    Fairmont State is seeded seventh and will face 10th-seeded West Virginia Wesleyan in the opening round on Thursday. Shepherd (8th) will take on W.Va. State (9th) in the other first round matchup.
       #7 Fairmont State (13-15, 10-12) vs. #10 W.Va. Wesleyan (6-19, 6-16), noon
     #8 Shepherd (11-17, 8-14) vs. #9 W.Va. State (7-21, 6-16), 2:15 p.m.      #2 Charleston (23-5, 18-4) vs. Fairmont/W.Va. Wesleyan winner, noon
     #3 Concord  (22-6, 17-5) vs. #6 UVa-Wise (13-15, 11-11), 2:15 p.m.
     #1 Glenville State (26-2, 21-1) vs. Shepherd/W.Va. State winner, 6 p.m.
     #4 WEST LIBERTY (20-8, 17-5) vs. #5 Notre Dame (15-13, 12-10), 8:15 p.m.