2017 Southern Conference softball tournament
| Teams | 7 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | ETSU (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Brad Irwin (1st title) |
| MVP | Lindsey Fadnek (ETSU) |
| Attendance | 414 |
| Television |
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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
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "ETSU claims first-ever SoCon title Saturday". Southern Conference. May 15, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Softball Championship". Southern Conference. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- ^ 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.