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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.
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- ↑ "Softball" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Regional conference softball tournament brackets released". KMA Land. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
- ↑ "College Softball Conference Tournaments: 50 Games, 11 Championships". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
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