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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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Tennessee ‍†‍‡‍y 19 – 5 – 0   .792 51 – 10 – 0   .836
No. 14 Georgia ‍‍‍y 16 – 7 – 0   .696 42 – 15 – 0   .737
No. 20 Auburn ‍‍‍y 15 – 9 – 0   .625 43 – 19 – 0   .694
No. 7 Alabama ‍‍‍y 14 – 10 – 0   .583 45 – 22 – 0   .672
No. 17 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 14 – 10 – 0   .583 40 – 19 – 0   .678
No. 16 LSU ‍‍‍y 13 – 11 – 0   .542 42 – 17 – 0   .712
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 12 – 12 – 0   .500 35 – 21 – 0   .625
No. 21 Florida ‍‍‍y 11 – 13 – 0   .458 38 – 22 – 0   .633
No. 24 Kentucky ‍‍‍y 10 – 14 – 0   .417 31 – 22 – 1   .583
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 9 – 15 – 0   .375 40 – 22 – 0   .645
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 8 – 16 – 0   .333 32 – 28 – 0   .533
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 16 – 0   .304 28 – 25 – 0   .528
Missouri ‍‍‍y 7 – 17 – 0   .292 35 – 26 – 0   .574
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2023[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[2]

Format

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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]

Record vs. conference opponents

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Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2023 SEC softball records

Source: 2023 SEC softball game results, 2023 SEC softball schedule

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR SW
ALA 14–10 1–2 1–2 . . . 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 . ALA 5–3 1–0
ARK 14–10 2–1 . 2–1 1–2 2–1 . 3–0 1–2 . . 2–1 1–2 ARK 5–3 1–0
AUB 15–9 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 . . AUB 6–2 1–0
FLA 11–13 . 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 . . 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–3 . FLA 4–4 0–1
UGA 16–7 . 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 . . 3–0 . 3–0 UGA 6–2 2–0
KEN 10–14 . 1–2 . 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 3–0 2–1 . 0–3 1–2 KEN 3–5 1–2
LSU 13–11 1–2 . 1–2 . 2–1 . 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 . LSU 5–3 1–1
MSU 7–16 0–3 0–3 1–2 . 0–2 3–0 0–3 . . 3–0 . 0–3 MSU 2–6 2–4
MIZZ 7–17 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 . 0–3 1–2 . 1–2 . . 1–2 MIZZ 1–7 0–2
MISS 8–16 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 . 0–3 1–2 MISS 1–7 0–1
SCAR 9–15 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 0–3 . 1–2 0–3 . . 1–2 3–0 SCAR 2–6 1–2
TENN 19–5 2–1 1–2 . 3–0 . 3–0 3–0 . . 3–0 2–1 2–1 TENN 7–1 4–0
TAMU 12–12 . 2–1 . . 0–3 2–1 . 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 TAMU 5–3 1–2
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR SW

Updated for entire regular season. Tie brkrs: ARK>ALA hd to hd.[5][6]

Bracket

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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

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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.[7]

References

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  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. ^ "Weekly Release" (PDF). ESPN. May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 SEC Softball Schedule Announced". SEC Sports. January 26, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  7. ^ "SEC Softball Tournament". May 13, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
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