2022 SEC softball tournament

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2022 Southeastern Conference
softball tournament
Teams13
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Arkansas  (1st title)
Runner-up Missouri
Winning coach Courtney Deifel  (1st title)
MVP Chenise Delce (Arkansas)
Television SEC Network
ESPN2
2022 Southeastern Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 9 Arkansas  y195 .7924811 .814
No. 17 Alabama  y168 .6674413 .772
No. 20 Tennessee  y158 .6524118 .695
No. 5 Florida  y1311 .5424919 .721
No. 21 Kentucky  y1311 .5423719 .661
LSU  y1311 .5423423 .596
No. 23 Missouri  y1211 .5223822 .633
No. 22 Georgia  y1212 .5004318 .705
Ole Miss  y1212 .5004119 .683
No. 24 Auburn  y1113 .4584017 .702
No. 19 Mississippi State  y1014 .4173727 .578
Texas A&M  y618 .2503128 .525
South Carolina  321 .1252630 .464
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 9, 2022 [1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today [2]

The 2022 Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament, played for the 2022 Southeastern Conference softball season, was the postseason softball tournament that determined the 2022 champion of the Southeastern Conference. It was held at Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, from May 10–14, 2022. As the tournament winner, Arkansas earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I softball tournament. The championship game, as well as the semifinals, were broadcast on ESPN2, while all other tournament games were televised on the SEC Network. [3] [4]

Contents

Format

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 10.

Record vs. conference opponents

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

Source: 2022 SEC softball game results, 2022 SEC softball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW
ALA 16–8..2–12–12–11–23–02–1.3–0.1–2ALA6–22–0
ARK 19–5.3–03–0.2–12–1..2–13–02–12–1ARK8–03–0
AUB 11–13.0–31–22–11–2.2–1..2–10–33–0AUB4–41–2
FLA 13–111–20–32–1..2–12–1.3–0.1–22–1FLA5–31–1
UGA 12–121–2.1–2..1–2.2–11–22–12–12–1UGA4–40–0
KEN 13–111–21–22–1..3–02–10–32–12–1..KEN5–31–1
LSU 13–112–11–2.1–22–10–32–1..3–0.2–1LSU5–31–1
MSU 10–140–3.1–21–2.1–21–22–13–0.1–2.MSU2–61–1
MIZZ 12–111–2...1–23–0.1–20–33–00–23–0MIZZ3–52–1
MISS 12–12.1–2.0–32–11–2.0–33–03–02–1.MISS4–42–2
SCAR 3–210–30–31–2.1–21–20–3.0–30–3..SCAR0–80–5
TENN 15–8.1–23–02–11–2..2–12–01–2.3–0TENN5–32–0
TAMU 6–182–11–20–31–21–2.1–2.0–3..0–3TAMU1–70–3
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. [5] [6] Tiebrkrs: KEN&FLA>LSU KEN>FLA hd–hd. MISS>UGA hd–hd.

Bracket

First Round
Tuesday, May 10
Second Round
Wednesday, May 11
Quarterfinals
Thursday, May 12
Semifinals
Friday, May 13
Championship
Saturday, May 14
1 Arkansas3
8 Ole Miss 0
8 Ole Miss9
9 Georgia 5
1 Arkansas4
5 Florida 1
4 Kentucky 3
5 Florida9
5 Florida4
12 Texas A&M512 Texas A&M 1
13 South Carolina 3 1 Arkansas4
7 Missouri 0
3 Tennessee1
11 Mississippi State 0
6 LSU 4
11 Mississippi State7
3 Tennessee 0
7 Missouri3
2 Alabama 0
7 Missouri3
7 Missouri1
10 Auburn 0

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