2016 Southern Conference Softball Tournament
| Softball Tournament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||
| Teams | 7 | ||
| Format | Double-elimination tournament | ||
| Site | UNCG Softball Stadium Greensboro, North Carolina | ||
| Champions | Samford University (1st title) | ||
| Winning coach | Mandy Buford (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Mollie Hanson (Samford University) | ||
| Southern Conference Softball Tournament
| |||
The 2016 Southern Conference softball tournament was held at UNCG Softball Stadium on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Greensboro, North Carolina from May 6 through May 14, 2015. Chattanooga won their eight tournament championship and earned the SoCon's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The Championship game was broadcast on ESPN3 while all other games weree broadcast on the SoCon Digital Network.[1][2][3]
Format
The SoSon 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.
Tournament
| First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Winner's Bracket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Samford University | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UNC Greensboro | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UNC Greensboro | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | East Tennessee State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Samford | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mercer | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Furman | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mercer | 5 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mercer | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Chattanooga | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Western Carolina | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Chattanooga | 11 | 1 | Samford | 4 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Furman | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Loser's Bracket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Furman | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Western Carolina | 4 | 4 | UNC Greensboro | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Furman | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Furman | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Chattanooga | 6 | 7 | Mercer | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Chattanooga | 6 | 2 | Furman | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | East Tennessee State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Samford earns first SoCon softball championship". Southern Conference. May 14, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Softball Championship". Southern Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ↑ Sheldon Haygood (May 14, 2016). "Samford softball makes history with first SoCon title". Charlotte, North Carolina: WBTV. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/12/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.