2023 SEC softball tournament

The 2023 Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament, played for the 2023 Southeastern Conference softball season, is the postseason softball tournament that determined the 2023 champion of the Southeastern Conference. It was held at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas from May 9–13, 2023. Tennessee won the tournament, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All tournament games were televised on the SEC Network, with the semifinals and championship game broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPN, respectively.[3]

2023 Southeastern Conference
softball tournament
Teams13
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsTennessee (3rd title)
Runner-upSouth Carolina (3rd title game)
Winning coachKaren Weekly (3rd title)
MVPKiki Milloy (Tennessee)
TelevisionSEC Network
ESPN2
2023 Southeastern Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Tennessee y 1950 .79251100 .836
No. 14 Georgia y 1670 .69642150 .737
No. 20 Auburn y 1590 .62543190 .694
No. 7 Alabama y 14100 .58345220 .672
No. 17 Arkansas y 14100 .58340190 .678
No. 16 LSU y 13110 .54242170 .712
Texas A&M y 12120 .50035210 .625
No. 21 Florida y 11130 .45838220 .633
No. 24 Kentucky y 10140 .41731221 .583
No. 25 South Carolina y 9150 .37540220 .645
Ole Miss y 8160 .33332280 .533
Mississippi State   7160 .30428250 .528
Missouri y 7170 .29235260 .574
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2023[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[2]

Format

All thirteen teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then will play a single-elimination tournament, with the top four seeds receiving a single bye, and the bottom two playing the first round game on May 9. The 13 team format has been the same since 2019.[4]

Bracket

First Round
Tuesday, May 9
Second Round
Wednesday, May 10
Quarterfinals
Thursday, May 11
Semifinals
Friday, May 12
Championship
Saturday, May 13
1 Tennessee 4
8 Florida 0
8 Florida 6
9 Kentucky 2
1 Tennessee 7
5 Alabama 6
4 Arkansas 2
5 Alabama 39
5 Alabama 7
12 Mississippi State 1 13 Missouri 2
13 Missouri 3 1 Tennessee 3
10 South Carolina 1
3 Auburn 8
11 Ole Miss 7
6 LSU 3
11 Ole Miss 510
3 Auburn 2
10 South Carolina 3
2 Georgia 1
10 South Carolina 28
7 Texas A&M 0
10 South Carolina 18

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First Round – Tuesday, May 9
1 6:30 p.m. No. 13 Missouri vs. No. 12 Mississippi State 3–1 SEC Network 2,215
Second Round – Wednesday, May 10/Thursday, May 11
2 10:00 a.m. No. 11 Ole Miss vs. No. 6 LSU 5−310 SEC Network 2,286
3 2:00 p.m. No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 7 Texas A&M 1−08
4 6:30 p.m. No. 13 Missouri vs. No. 5 Alabama 2−7 2,413
5 11:00 a.m. No. 9 Kentucky vs. No. 8 Florida 2−6
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 11/Friday, May 12
6 1:30 p.m. No. 11 Ole Miss vs. No. 3 Auburn 7−8 SEC Network 2,500
7 4:00 p.m. No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 2 Georgia 2−18
8 8:00 p.m. No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 4 Arkansas 3−29 2,744
9 10:00 a.m. No. 8 Florida vs. No. 1 Tennessee 0−4
Semifinals – Friday, May 12
10 12:30 p.m. No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 3 Auburn 3−2 ESPN2 2,443
11 3:00 p.m. No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 1 Tennessee 6−7 ESPN2
Championship – Saturday, May 13
12 3:00 p.m. No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 1 Tennessee 1−3 ESPN 2,428
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[5]

References

  1. "2023 Standings". Southeastern Conference. June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  2. "2023 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll (Final)". NFCA. June 13, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  3. "SEC Network Hits It Out of the Park with More Than 100 Regular Season Baseball and Softball Games". ESPN. February 9, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  4. "Championships - Softball". Southeastern Conference. February 9, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  5. "SEC Softball Tournament". May 13, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
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