Sporting events you need to know about this week

▪ The Coastal Carolina football team returns home to Western Illinois at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

▪ The CCU women’s golf team plays in the Mercedes-Benz Championship on Monday and Tuesday.

▪ The Coastal men’s golf team plays in the Janney Invitational hosted by VCU on Monday and Tuesday.

▪ The Coastal Carolina men’s soccer team hosts College of Charleston at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Virginia Commonwealth at 6 p.m. Sunday.

▪ The CCU cross country teams compete in the Fleet Feet CCU Invitational on Thursday.

▪ The Coastal women’s soccer team hosts Troy at 6 p.m. Friday and plays at Louisiana-Monroe at 1 p.m. Sunday.

▪ The Coastal Carolina volleyball team hosts Arkansas State at 6:30 p.m. Friday and plays at Little Rock at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

▪ The NASCAR Chase for the Cup continues at 2 p.m. Sunday (NBCSN) with the ISM Connect 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

▪ The PGA Tour will crown a FedEx Cup champion at the Tour Championship, which is scheduled for Thursday through Sunday in Atlanta.

▪ The Clemson football team will host Boston College at 3:30 p.m. Saturday (ESPN2).

▪ The South Carolina football team will host Louisiana Tech at 3:30 p.m. Saturday (SEC Network).

▪ The Carolina Panthers host the New Orleans Saints at 1 p.m. Sunday (Fox).

▪ The high school football season continues with the following matchups: Word of God (N.C.) at Aynor; Carolina Forest at Loris; Kingstree at Carvers Bay; Conway at Myrtle Beach (Thursday); Camden Military Academy at Green Sea Floyds; Camden at North Myrtle Beach; St. James at Socastee; and Hannah-Pamplico at Waccamaw.

▪ In tennis, the men begin play in the ATP Moselle Open and ATP St. Petersburg Open, and the women begin play in the WTA Guangzhou International Women’s Open, WTA Tour Toray Pan Pacific Open and WTA Korea Open.

This story was originally published September 17, 2017 at 4:19 PM with the headline "Sporting events you need to know about this week."