EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Softball will head into this week’s Ohio Valley Conference Championship Tournament as the No. 3 seed.
The Screaming Eagles’ postseason berth comes in their first season as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference and first year as an NCAA Division I program.
USI went 20-21 overall and 13-9 in the conference season. The Screaming Eagles finished two spots ahead of their projected fifth-place finish in the 2023 OVC preseason poll.
The OVC Tournament starts Wednesday and will take place at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. The championship round will be Saturday. The first round, which features the 5-8 seeds, is single elimination. The following rounds will be double elimination.
As the No. 3 seed, USI gets a first-round bye and will play Wednesday at 3 p.m., awaiting the winner of the 6/7 matchup between Tennessee State University and Lindenwood University on Wednesday morning.
Championship tournament coverage from Oxford, Alabama can be seen with a subscription to ESPN+. Additional coverage links are on the USI Softball schedule page on usiscreamingeagles.com.
