2017 Southern Conference Softball Tournament

2017 Southern Conference Softball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 7
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site
Champions ETSU (1st title)
Winning coach Brad Irwin (1st title)
MVP Lindsey Fadnek (ETSU)
Attendance 414
Television
  • ESPN3
  • SoCon Digital Network

The 2017 Southern Conference softball tournament was held at Jim Frost Stadium on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Tennessee, from May 10 through May 13, 2017. ETSU won their first-ever tournament championship and earned the SoCon's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The Championship game was broadcast on ESPN3 while all other games were broadcast on the SoCon Digital Network.[1][2][3]

Format

The SoCon Tournament takes the top 7 teams and places them in a double elimination tournament, up until the championship. Seed 1 gets a bye to the 2nd Round. The championship game is played with a winner-take-all single game format.

Bracket

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Semifinals     Finals
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
    1 UNC Greensboro 0  
      5 Mercer 3    
  4 Samford University 3          
  5 Mercer 5        
      3 East Tennessee State 4            
      5 Mercer 3              
  2 Furman 4              
  7 Chattanooga 5                
      7 Chattanooga 0          
      3 East Tennessee State 1        
  3 East Tennessee State 6          
  6 Western Carolina 0         3 East Tennessee State 6 –
      4 Samford 0 –
  Loser's Bracket      
  2 Furman 1        
  6 Western Carolina 4     1 UNC Greensboro 6        
    6 Western Carolina 5          
      1 UNC Greensboro 1        
      4 Samford 3     5 Mercer 3    
  4 Samford 9         4 Samford 4  
  7 Chattanooga 8  

References

  1. ↑ "ETSU claims first-ever SoCon title Saturday". Southern Conference. May 15, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ "2017 Softball Championship". Southern Conference. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ O'Neill, Kane (May 13, 2017). "ETSU softball wins first SoCon Championship". Chattanooga, Tennessee: WJHL. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
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