2016 Southern Conference softball tournament

College softball tournament

Collegiate softball tournament

2016 Southern Conference
softball tournamentTeams| 7

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Format| Double-elimination tournament
Finals site|

* UNCG Softball Stadium
* Greensboro, North Carolina

Champions| Samford University (1st title)
Winning coach| Mandy Buford (1st title)
MVP| Mollie Hanson (Samford University)

* ← 2015
* SoCon Softball Tournament
* 2017 →

The 2016 Southern Conference softball tournament was held at UNCG Softball Stadium on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Greensboro, North Carolina, from May 6 through May 14, 2016. Chattanooga won their eight tournament championship and earned the SoCon's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I softball tournament. The Championship game was broadcast on ESPN3 while all other games were broadcast on the SoCon Digital Network.[1][2][3]

## Format

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The SoCon Tournament takes the top 7 teams and places them in a double elimination tournament, up until the championship. Seed 1 gets a bye to the 2nd Round. The championship game is played with a winner-take-all single game format.

## Tournament

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| Upper round 1| | | Upper round 2| | | Upper final| | | | | | Final
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| 1| Samford University| 3
| | |
| | | 4| UNC Greensboro| 0| |
| 4| UNC Greensboro| 3| | | |
| | | |
| 5| East Tennessee State| 2| |
| | | 1| Samford| 2|
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| | | 7| Mercer| 0| | | | |
| 2| Furman| 2| | | | | | | | |
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| 7| Mercer| 5 9| |
| | | 7| Mercer| 7
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| | | 6| Chattanooga| 4| |
| 3| Western Carolina| 3| | | |
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| 6| Chattanooga| 11| |
| | | 1| Samford| 4| —
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| | | 2| Furman| 3| —
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| Lower round 1| Lower round 2| Lower round 3| Lower final|
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| | 4| UNC Greensboro| 0|
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| 2| Furman| 7| | | 2| Furman| 3| | | | 7| Mercer| 1
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| 3| Western Carolina| 4| | | | 2| Furman| 9| | | 2| Furman| 8| |
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| | | | 6| Chattanooga| 6| | |
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| 6| Chattanooga| 6|
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| 5| East Tennessee State| 2| |
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## References

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1. ^ "Samford earns first SoCon softball championship". Southern Conference. May 14, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
2. ^ "2016 Softball Championship". Southern Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
3. ^ Sheldon Haygood (May 14, 2016). "Samford softball makes history with first SoCon title". Charlotte, North Carolina: WBTV. Retrieved May 15, 2016.

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