CHATTANOOGA --- Coming off an emotional series victory to conclude the regular season, the No. 3 seed Chattanooga Mocs softball team sets its sights toward the postseason with this week's Southern Conference Championship Tournament held at Jim Frost Stadium from May 8-11.
 
UTC hosts the tournament for the 11^th time in program history, most among all SoCon members. The winner claims the league's automatic berth into this year's NCAA Tournament.
 
Chattanooga (33-14, 11-7 SoCon) looks to claim its 14^th SoCon Tournament title and make its 11^th appearance in the NCAA Tournament this week. Earning the No. 3 seed, the hosts will square off with No. 6 Furman (13-36, 5-12 SoCon) in the opening round on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
 
The Mocs defeated the Paladins two out of three games during their SoCon-opening series back on March 23 and 24. Furman ousted Chattanooga in last year's edition of the SoCon Tournament in Greensboro, N.C.
 
Complete information on this week's tournament can be found below.

CHATTANOOGA NOTABLES | NOTES
» Chattanooga improved to 33-14 overall & 11-7 in SoCon after last weekend's series victory over Samford… three-game series combined for 26 innings and over 8 hours of actual game play… 4hr and 1min GM1 was longest game in program history.
» Chattanooga landed 10 selections on this year's All-SoCon squads between first, second & all-freshman teams… 2^nd most selections in program history.
» Celie Hudson was named the 2019 SoCon Pitcher of the Year… Emily Shortstop earned the 2019 SoCon Freshman of the Year honor… both the first at UTC to win their respective awards since 2008.
» Emma Sturdivant (1B) joined Hudson & Coltharp on the first team… Mariah Ramirez (P), Amanda Beltran (C), Hayleigh Weissenbach (OF), Aly Walker (DP) & Morgan Kazerooni (DP) named to All-SoCon second team… Ramirez & Coltharp placed spots on the all-rookie team.

TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
For all information including game times, bracket, tickets and game coverage links, please visit the TOURNAMENT CENTRAL page hosted by SoConSports.com.

SEEDS
» UNCG (1-BYE), Samford (2), Chattanooga (3), Mercer (4), ETSU (5), Furman (6), Western Carolina (7)

FIRST ROUND MATCHUPS (WED) | BRACKET
» #4 Mercer vs. # 5 ETSU | 10 a.m.
» #2 Samford vs. #7 Western Carolina | 12:30 p.m.
» #3 Chattanooga vs. #6 Furman | 3 p.m.

UP NEXT
The winner of No. 3 Chattanooga and No. 6 Furman will face the winner of the No. 2 Samford and No. 7 Western Carolina on Thursday at 3 p.m. The losers of the two matchups will face off at 10 a.m.
 
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