EVANSVILLE, Ind.ย – University of Southern Indiana Softball will be the 4-seed at the 2024 Ohio Valley Conference Softball Championship Tournament. Southern Indiana will play Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., awaiting the winner between No. 5 University of Tennessee at Martin and No. 8 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
The winner between USI and UTM/SIUE will go on to face Eastern Illinois University, who earned the regular season title and the No. 1 seed, on Thursday at 12:30 p.m.
https://ovcsports.com/documents/2024/5/5//2024_Softball_Bracket_Pairings.pdf?id=19476
Southern Indiana is making its second consecutive appearance at the OVC Tournament, debuting last year as a top-four seed and earning the program’s first-ever OVC postseason win.
The tournament begins Wednesday morning and runs through Saturday (May 8-11)ย at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex in Peoria, Illinois. This marks the first time the Championship will be held at the neutral site.
All games will be streamed with a subscription to ESPN+. All USI games can also be heard on The Spin 95.7 FM. Additional coverage links can be found on the USI Softball schedule page on usiscreamingeagles.com.
https://ovcsports.com/tournaments/?id=39
2024 OVC Softball Championship Schedule
Wednesday, May 8
*Game 1: #6 Lindenwood vs. #7 Tennessee Tech, 10:00 a.m. (ESPN+)
*Game 2: #5 UT Martin vs. #8 SIUE, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
Game 3: #3 Tennessee State vs. Winner Game 1, 3:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Game 4: #4 Southern Indiana vs. Winner Game 2, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
Thursday, May 9
Game 5: #2 Southeast Missouri vs. Winner Game 3, 10:00 a.m. (ESPN+)
Game 6: #1 Eastern Illinois vs. Winner Game 4, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
Game 7: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 4, 3:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Game 8: Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 3, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
Friday, May 10
Game 9: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 11:00 a.m. (ESPN+)
Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 5, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
Game 11: Loser Game 10 vs. Winner Game 9, 4:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Saturday, May 11
Game 12: Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 11, 11:00 a.m. (ESPN+)
Game 13: IF NECESSARY, 30 Minutes After (ESPN+)
https://ovcsports.com/news/2024/5/5/2024-ovc-softball-championship-field-set.aspx
*Please note Games 1 and 2 are single elimination
ALL TIMES CENTRAL