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2015 Southern Conference softball tournament

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2015 Southern Conference
softball tournament
Teams7
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsChattanooga (13th title)
Winning coachFrank Reed (8th title)
MVPAnyssa Robles (Chattanooga)

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 were broadcast on the SoCon Digital Network.[1]

Format

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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

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Chattanooga5
5Western Carolina4(10)
4Furman1
5Western Carolina6
1Chattanooga7
3Mercer6
2Samford3
7East Tennessee State1
2Samford0
3Mercer2
3Mercer9
6UNC Greensboro0(6)
1Chattanooga3
3Mercer1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
5Western Carolina6
6UNC Greensboro56UNC Greensboro13Mercer2
7East Tennessee State25Western Carolina24Furman0
4Furman6
2Samford3
4Furman6

References

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  1. ^ "2015 NCAA Softball Conference Championship Week Premier". Eye on Sky and Air Sports. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 SoCon Softball Championship Bracket" (PDF). soconsports.com. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  3. ^ "SoCon Softball bracket announced". WMAZ. Retrieved May 4, 2015.[permanent dead link]