Choccolocco Park

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Choccolocco Park
Choccolocco Park
Location Oxford, Alabama
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Coordinates 33°36′02″N85°47′18″W / 33.6006484°N 85.7884052°W / 33.6006484; -85.7884052
OperatorOxford Parks & Recreation Department
Capacity 1,200
Field sizeFoul Lines: 325 (left) and 320 (right) ft.
Center Field: 390 ft.
SurfaceGrass
Tenants
Jacksonville State University baseball, OVC baseball postseason tournament (2017-2018)
Oxford High School baseball
Choccolocco Monsters (SBL) (2022–2023)
Smash It Sports Vipers (WPF) (2023–present)

Choccolocco Park is a baseball stadium located in a municipal park of the same name in Oxford, Alabama. The NCAA's Ohio Valley Conference utilized the stadium for its postseason conference baseball tournament after the 2017 and 2018 seasons. [1]

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The 2017 OVC softball championship was held May 10–14 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. This marked the 24th time the championship had been held and the fifth year it featured eight teams. This year was the second straight year it was held at the neutral site in Oxford instead of on the home field of the No. 1 seed. The tournament winner, Jacksonville State, earned the OVC's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were streamed courtesy of the OVC Digital Network.

The 2016 OVC softball championship was held May 11–14 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. This marked the 23rd time the championship had been held and the fourth year it featured eight teams. This year was the first year it was held at the neutral site in Oxford instead of at the site of the No. 1 seed. The tournament winner earned the OVC's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were streamed courtesy of the OVC Digital Network.

The 2018 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 22 through 27. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, held at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. As tournament champion, Morehead State earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament Among current members, Austin Peay has won the most championships, with six, while Belmont, SIU Edwardsville ,and Tennessee–Martin have never won championships. The Tournament began in 1979.

The 2021 Ohio Valley Conference softball tournament was held at Choccolocco Park near the campus of Jacksonville State University in Oxford, Alabama from May 13 through May 15, 2021. The tournament winner earned the Ohio Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament

References

  1. "Choccolocco Park, City of Oxford to Host 2017 and 2018 OVC Baseball Championships". Tennessee Tech. 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2018-06-08.