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
Teams7
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsETSU (1st title)
Winning coachBrad Irwin (1st title)
MVPLindsey Fadnek (ETSU)
Attendance414
Television
  • ESPN3
  • SoCon Digital Network

Format

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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

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1UNC Greensboro0
5Mercer3
4Samford University3
5Mercer5
3East Tennessee State4
5Mercer3
2Furman4
7Chattanooga5
7Chattanooga0
3East Tennessee State1
3East Tennessee State6
6Western Carolina0
3East Tennessee State6
4Samford0
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1UNC Greensboro6
2Furman16Western Carolina55Mercer3
6Western Carolina41UNC Greensboro14Samford4
4Samford3
4Samford9
7Chattanooga8

References

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  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. Archived from the original on May 16, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.