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It’s time for the SEC Softball Tournament as the 2021 regular season has come to a close. On Sunday, the conference revealed the bracket for this year’s tournament set for May 11-15 (Tuesday-Saturday) at Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa.
Florida clinched a regular-season conference co-championship (with Arkansas) and the tournament’s No. 1 seed by topping Texas A&M 6-5 with a walk-off home run.
THE GATORS WALK IT OFF TO CLINCH THE NO. 1 SEED ! ! ! ! @GatorsSB 🐊 pic.twitter.com/VJpnyQrjOy
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) May 9, 2021
2021 Regular Season Co-Champions: @GatorsSB 🐊#GoGators x #SECSB pic.twitter.com/9tzMtxW1aV
— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) May 9, 2021
2021 Regular Season Co-Champions: @RazorbackSB 🐗#WPS x #SECSB pic.twitter.com/AuPXNvlS0C
— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) May 9, 2021
UF will be the No. 1 overall seed while the co-champion Razorbacks will be the No. 2 seed. Florida, Arkansas, 3-seed Alabama and 4-seed Mizzou all get opening-round byes and will not play until Thursday.
The tournament begins with 12-seed Auburn vs. 13-seed South Carolina on Tuesday. The winner of that game will then face 5-seed LSU on Wednesday.
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