The 2023 Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament, played for the 2023 Southeastern Conference softball season, is the postseason softball tournament that determined the 2023 champion of the Southeastern Conference. It was held at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas from May 9–13, 2023. Tennessee won the tournament, earning the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All tournament games were televised on the SEC Network, with the semifinals and championship game broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPN, respectively.
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 9. The 13 team format has been the same since 2019.
Record vs. conference opponents
Bracket
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First Round – Tuesday, May 9 1 6:30 p.m. No. 13 Missouri vs. No. 12 Mississippi State 3–1 SEC Network 2,215 Second Round – Wednesday, May 10/Thursday, May 11 2 10:00 a.m. No. 11 Ole Miss vs. No. 6 LSU 5−310 SEC Network 2,286 3 2:00 p.m. No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 7 Texas A&M 1−08 4 6:30 p.m. No. 13 Missouri vs. No. 5 Alabama 2−7 2,413 5 11:00 a.m. No. 9 Kentucky vs. No. 8 Florida 2−6 Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 11/Friday, May 12 6 1:30 p.m. No. 11 Ole Miss vs. No. 3 Auburn 7−8 SEC Network 2,500 7 4:00 p.m. No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 2 Georgia 2−18 8 8:00 p.m. No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 4 Arkansas 3−29 2,744 9 10:00 a.m. No. 8 Florida vs. No. 1 Tennessee 0−4 Semifinals – Friday, May 12 10 12:30 p.m. No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 3 Auburn 3−2 ESPN2 2,443 11 3:00 p.m. No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 1 Tennessee 6−7 ESPN2 Championship – Saturday, May 13 12 3:00 p.m. No. 10 South Carolina vs. No. 1 Tennessee 1−3 ESPN 2,428 *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.
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