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CHATTANOOGA --- The Chattanooga Mocs softball program, the city of Chattanooga and Frost Stadium are set to host the 2017 Southern Conference Championship this weekend from Wednesday through Saturday for a conference record tenth time.

Chattanooga (14-36, 4-14 SoCon) is the No. 7 seed and will face No. 2 seed and regular season SoCon Co-Champs Furman (31-21, 11-6 SoCon) at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. The tournament opens up at 10 a.m. with a 4/5 matchup between Samford and Mercer. Every game of the tournament will be broadcasted LIVE on the Southern Conference Digital Network, links for Chattanooga related games can be found under the schedule page when available. The championship game on Saturday, May 13, will be broadcasted LIVE on ESPN3 and through the WatchESPN app. The champion will receive the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals.

The Mocs recently closed out the regular season with a three-game series at Furman on Thursday and Friday. While the Paladins swept the doubleheader on Thursday by a combined three runs, Chattanooga claimed a 2-1 victory on Friday. The win on Friday halted Furman from winning the Southern Conference regular season title outright and earning the No. 1 seed.

Aly Walker finished the 2017 regular season with a team-best .329 batting average which was the top mark among all freshmen in the SoCon and eighth best overall. Hayleigh Weissenbach finished right behind her with a .320 average, the second-best mark among all freshmen.

Jesslyn Stockard set a new Southern Conference record on defense as she yielded a perfect 1.000% fielding percentage in 42 games played at first base. Stockard was 291-for-291 in total chances and is the only student-athlete in SoCon history to remain error-free with more than 260 total chances.

Celie Hudson tossed a complete game in Friday's win, allowing only three hits and an unearned run while striking out five. She threw in game one of the series against Furman and went all six innings, surrendering only three hits and two earned runs while striking out six.

2017 SoCon Softball Championship
Frost Stadium - Chattanooga, Tennessee
Wednesday, May 10
Game 1: No. 4 Samford vs. No. 5 Mercer, 10 a.m., SDN
Game 2: No. 2 Furman vs. No. 7 Chattanooga, 12:30 p.m., SDN
Game 3: No. 3 ETSU vs. No. 6 Western Carolina, 3 p.m., SDN

Thursday, May 11
Game 4: Loser of Game 2 vs. Loser of Game 3, 10 a.m., SDN
Game 5: No. 1 UNCG vs. Winner of Game 1, 12:30 p.m., SDN
Game 6: Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3, 3 p.m., SDN
Game 7: Loser of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 4            , 5:30 p.m., SDN
Game 8: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 6, 8 p.m., SDN

Friday, May 12
Game 9: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6, Noon, SDN
Game 10: Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8, 2:30 p.m., SDN
Game 11: Loser of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 10, 5 p.m., SDN

Saturday, May 13
Game 12: Winner of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 11, 1 p.m., ESPN3
Game 13: IF NECESSARY, 3 p.m., ESPN3