Tennessee softball slated No. 4 seed in SEC Tournament

Tennessee is the No. 4 seed in the SEC Softball Tournament.

The No. 3 Lady Vols, who capped a 40-13 regular season, including a 15-9 finish in league play, with a series loss to No. 6 Texas A&M at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium this past weekend.

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The single-elimination tournament is set to begin Tuesday, May 6 at Jack Turner Stadium in Athens, Georgia.

Tennessee will get a double-bye as the 4-seed, beginning its tournament stay in the quarterfinals on Thursday, May 8 (5 p.m. ET, SEC Network) against either 5-seed Arkansas, 12-seed Georgia or 13-seed Kentucky.

The Lady Vols were a combined 3-3 vs. the Bulldogs and Razorbacks during the regular season.

Tennessee didn’t not play Kentucky.

A win would put the Lady Vols into the semifinals against 1-seed Oklahoma, 9-seed LSU or 8-seed Mississippi State.

Tennessee last won the tournament in 2023, the same year that it reached the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City.

Tuesday, May 6

Game 1: 12-seed Georgia vs. 13-seed Kentucky (1 p.m. ET, SEC Network)

Game 2: 11-seed Ole Miss vs. 14-seed Missouri (4 p.m., SEC Network)

Game 3: 10-seed Alabama vs. 15-seed Auburn (7 p.m., SEC Network)

Wednesday, May 7

Game 4: 8-seed Mississippi State vs. 9-seed LSU (11 a.m. ET, SEC Network)

Game 5: 5-seed Arkansas vs. Game 1 winner (2 p.m., SEC Network)

Game 6: 6-seed Florida vs. Game 2 winner (5 p.m. SEC Network)

Game 7: 7-seed South Carolina vs. Game 3 winner (8 p.m., SEC Network)

Thursday, May 8

Game 5: seed Oklahoma vs. Game 4 winner (11 a.m. ET, SEC Network)

Game 9: 4-seed Tennessee vs. Game 6 winner (2 p.m., SEC Network

Game 10: 3-seed Texas vs. Game 4 winner (5 p.m., SEC Network)

Game 11: 2-seed Texas A&M vs. Game 5 winner (8 p.m., SEC Network)

Friday, May 9

Game 12: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, (4 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

Game 13: Game 10 winner vs. Game 11 winner (6:40 p.m., ESPN2)

Saturday, May 10

SEC Tournament Championship Game: Game 12 winner vs. Game 13 winner (5 p.m. ET, ESPN)