WALESKA, Ga. - The stage is set for the 2024 Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) Softball Tournament, and Reinhardt is the No. 1 seed.
The tournament begins Tuesday, April 30, and runs through Friday, May 3. The five-day event is being held at the Brickyard Ball Fields in Kingsport, Tenn. (Directions)
Tickets are available and can be purchased by clicking here.
If unable to attend in person, all games will be streamed live online. To watch, click here.
Reinhardt won the regular season with a 27-1 conference record. The AAC has two automatic berths to the NAIA National Championship Tournament, and Reinhardt receives one as the regular-season champion. The final automatic berth will be awarded to the tournament champion.
Eight teams advance to the double-elimination tournament.
Here are the seeds for the tournament:
- Reinhardt (38-8, 27-1 AAC)
- Johnson (23-13, 22-6 AAC)
- Tennessee Wesleyan (24-11, 21-7 AAC)
- Truett McConnell (25-16, 19-9 AAC)
- Brenau (26-16, 17-11 AAC)
- Columbia (24-20, 16-12 AAC)
- Union (15-24, 13-15 AAC)*
- Bryan (17-20, 13-15 AAC)*
*-There was a three-way tie for the No. 7 seed between Union, Bryan, and Pikeville. Each team went 2-2 against the other teams in the tie; however, Bryan and Union allowed fewer runs than Pikeville in those games, eliminating Pikeville from the tournament. Union swept the season series from Bryan, giving it the No. 7 seed and Bryan the No. 8 seed.
Here's the complete tournament schedule:
Tournament Schedule
Tuesday, April 30
Game 1 - No. 4 Truett McConnell (25-16) vs. No. 5 Brenau (26-15), 11 am
Game 2 - No. 1 Reinhardt (38-8) vs. No. 8 Bryan (17-20), 1 pm
Game 3 - No. 2 Johnson (23-13) vs. No. 7 Union (15-24), 3 pm
Game 4 - No. 3 Tennessee Wesleyan (24-11) vs. No. 6 Columbia (24-20), 5 pm
Wednesday, May 1
Game 5 - Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser, 11 am
Game 6 - Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser, 1 pm
Game 7 - Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner, 3 pm
Game 8 - Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner, 5 pm
Thursday, May 2
Game 9 - Game 6 Winner vs. Game 7 Loser, 11 am
Game 10 - Game 5 Winner vs. Game 8 Loser, 1 pm
Game 11 - Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner, 3 pm
Game 12 - Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner, 5 pm
Friday, May 3
Game 13 - Game 11 Loser vs. Game 12 Winner, 11 am
Game 14 - Championship Game 1 - Game 11 Winner vs. Game 13 Winner, 1 pm
Game 15 - Championship Game 2 - Game 14 Winner vs. Game 14 Loser, 3 pm (if necessary)