2022 SEC softball tournament

2022 Southeastern Conference
softball tournament
Teams	13
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Finals site	Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium; Gainesville, Florida;
Champions	Arkansas (1st title)
Runner-up	Missouri
Winning coach	Courtney Deifel (1st title)
MVP	Chenise Delce (Arkansas)
Television	SEC Network; ESPN2
	← 2021; SEC Softball Tournament; 2023 →;

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]

2022 Southeastern Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Arkansas ‍†‍‡‍^y	19	–	5	.792	48	–	11	.814
No. 17 Alabama ‍‍‍^y	16	–	8	.667	44	–	13	.772
No. 20 Tennessee ‍‍‍^y	15	–	8	.652	41	–	18	.695
No. 5 Florida ‍‍‍^y	13	–	11	.542	49	–	19	.721
No. 21 Kentucky ‍‍‍^y	13	–	11	.542	37	–	19	.661
LSU ‍‍‍^y	13	–	11	.542	34	–	23	.596
No. 23 Missouri ‍‍‍^y	12	–	11	.522	38	–	22	.633
No. 22 Georgia ‍‍‍^y	12	–	12	.500	43	–	18	.705
Ole Miss ‍‍‍^y	12	–	12	.500	41	–	19	.683
No. 24 Auburn ‍‍‍^y	11	–	13	.458	40	–	17	.702
No. 19 Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	10	–	14	.417	37	–	27	.578
Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	6	–	18	.250	31	–	28	.525
South Carolina ‍‍‍	3	–	21	.125	26	–	30	.464

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 9, 2022^[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today^[2]

Format edit

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 edit

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

2022 SEC softball records v t e Source: 2022 SEC softball game results, 2022 SEC softball schedule
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	Team	SR	SW
ALA	16–8		.	.	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	.	3–0	.	1–2	ALA	6–2	2–0
ARK	19–5	.		3–0	3–0	.	2–1	2–1	.	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	ARK	8–0	3–0
AUB	11–13	.	0–3		1–2	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	.	.	2–1	0–3	3–0	AUB	4–4	1–2
FLA	13–11	1–2	0–3	2–1		.	.	2–1	2–1	.	3–0	.	1–2	2–1	FLA	5–3	1–1
UGA	12–12	1–2	.	1–2	.		.	1–2	.	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	UGA	4–4	0–0
KEN	13–11	1–2	1–2	2–1	.	.		3–0	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	.	.	KEN	5–3	1–1
LSU	13–11	2–1	1–2	.	1–2	2–1	0–3		2–1	.	.	3–0	.	2–1	LSU	5–3	1–1
MSU	10–14	0–3	.	1–2	1–2	.	1–2	1–2		2–1	3–0	.	1–2	.	MSU	2–6	1–1
MIZZ	12–11	1–2	.	.	.	1–2	3–0	.	1–2		0–3	3–0	0–2	3–0	MIZZ	3–5	2–1
MISS	12–12	.	1–2	.	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	0–3	3–0		3–0	2–1	.	MISS	4–4	2–2
SCAR	3–21	0–3	0–3	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	0–3	.	0–3	0–3		.	.	SCAR	0–8	0–5
TENN	15–8	.	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	.	.	2–1	2–0	1–2	.		3–0	TENN	5–3	2–0
TAMU	6–18	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–2	.	1–2	.	0–3	.	.	0–3		TAMU	1–7	0–3
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	Team	SR	SW

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

Bracket edit

First Round Tuesday, May 10			Second Round Wednesday, May 11			Quarterfinals Thursday, May 12			Semifinals Friday, May 13			Championship Saturday, May 14

						1	Arkansas	3
						8	Ole Miss	0
			8	Ole Miss	9
			9	Georgia	5
									1	Arkansas	4
									5	Florida	1


						4	Kentucky	3
						5	Florida	9
			5	Florida	4
12	Texas A&M	5	12	Texas A&M	1
13	South Carolina	3										1	Arkansas	4
												7	Missouri	0


						3	Tennessee	1
						11	Mississippi State	0
			6	LSU	4
			11	Mississippi State	7
									3	Tennessee	0
									7	Missouri	3


						2	Alabama	0
						7	Missouri	3
			7	Missouri	1
			10	Auburn	0

References edit

^ "Weekly Release" (PDF). ESPN. June 9, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
^ "2022 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll – June 14 (Final)". National Fastpitch Coaches Association. June 14, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
^ "2022 SEC softball bracket: Complete scores, final results". NCAA. May 14, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
^ "2022 SEC Softball Tournament". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
^ "2022 SEC Softball". ESPN. June 5, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
^ "2022 SEC Softball Schedule Announced". SEC Sports. September 23, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2023.

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[1] "Weekly Release" (PDF). ESPN. June 9, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2023.

[NFCA-2] "2022 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll – June 14 (Final)". National Fastpitch Coaches Association. June 14, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2023.

[3] "2022 SEC softball bracket: Complete scores, final results". NCAA. May 14, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2023.

[4] "2022 SEC Softball Tournament". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved March 24, 2023.

[5] "2022 SEC Softball". ESPN. June 5, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2023.

[6] "2022 SEC Softball Schedule Announced". SEC Sports. September 23, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2023.

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