2017 Southern Conference Softball Tournament

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]

2017 Southern Conference Softball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams7
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Site
ChampionsETSU (1st title)
Winning coachBrad Irwin (1st title)
MVPLindsey Fadnek (ETSU)
Attendance414
Television
  • ESPN3
  • SoCon Digital Network

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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