2015 Southern Conference Softball Tournament

The 2015 Southern Conference softball tournament was held at Jim Frost Stadium on the campus of Chattanooga University in Chattanooga, Tennessee from May 6 through May 9, 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]

2015 Southern Conference Softball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams7
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Site
ChampionsChattanooga (13th title)
Winning coachFrank Reed (8th title)
MVPAnyssa Robles (Chattanooga)

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. Jason Patterson and Phil Cox will call all the games for the SoCon Digital Network. Darren Goldwater and Stephanie Cushing will call the championship for ESPN3.[2][3]

Tournament
  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Semifinals     Finals
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
    1 Chattanooga 5  
      5 Western Carolina 4(10)    
  4 Furman 1          
  5 Western Carolina 6        
      1 Chattanooga 7            
      3 Mercer 6              
  2 Samford 3              
  7 East Tennessee State 1                
      2 Samford 0          
      3 Mercer 2        
  3 Mercer 9          
  6 UNC Greensboro 0(6)         1 Chattanooga 3 –
      3 Mercer 1 –
  Loser's Bracket      
  6 UNC Greensboro 5        
  7 East Tennessee State 2     5 Western Carolina 6        
    6 UNC Greensboro 1          
      5 Western Carolina 2        
      4 Furman 6     3 Mercer 2    
  2 Samford 3         4 Furman 0  
  4 Furman 6  

References
  1. "2015 NCAA Softball Conference Championship Week Premier". Eye on Sky and Air Sports. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  2. "2015 SoCon Softball Championship Bracket" (PDF). soconsports.com. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  3. "SoCon Softball bracket announced". WMAZ. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
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