Samford to join Southern Conference in 2008
Thursday, March 15, 2007, at 10:27 a.m.

By Wesley Rucker
Staff Writer

Samford has accepted an invitation to leave the Ohio Valley Conference for the Southern Conference beginning in the 2008-09 academic year, SoCon commissioner John Iamarino said Thursday morning.

The league's presidents met via teleconference Thursday morning and unanimously voted in favor of inviting Samford into the SoCon, according to Iamarino.

Iamarino said a formal announcement was coming later this afternoon.

Read Friday's Times Free Press for more information

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