Posted by Philip Poole on 2012-03-04

The Samford Bulldogs defeated the number one seed Davidson College Sunday afternoon to advance to the Southern Conference championship game for the third consecutive year. The game is at 5 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. CT and can be heard via the Internet on WVSU-FM.

The Bulldogs are the defending SoCon tournament champions.

Game details are at www.samfordsports.com.

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. The Wall Street Journal ranks Samford 1st nationally for student engagement and U.S. News & World Report ranks Samford 66th in the nation for best undergraduate teaching and 104th nationally for best value. Samford enrolls 5,683 students from 47 states and 19 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference, and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.