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SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE As it enters its 13th year of existence, SEC softball has established itself as one of the leading conferences in the sport.

11th overall, sixth consecutive, Women s College World Series appearance. History was made as Florida received the league s first No. 1 national seed. Alabama earned the No.

Two teams, Florida and Alabama, advanced all the way to the semifinal round of the Women s College World Series, marking the first time ever the SEC had two of the final four teams left in the series.

The Gators posted a 70-5 overall record to set an NCAA record for most wins in a single season. Florida s Tim Walton was named Coach of the Year while Stacey Nelson earned Pitcher of the Year honors.

named Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Softball came under the auspices of the Southeastern Conference in the 1996-97 season.

inaugural season, Alabama in 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2008, Florida in 2008, LSU in 2001 and 2004 and Tennessee in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Georgia, LSU and Tennessee) of the NFCA/USA Today Poll. At least one SEC team has been ranked in the poll each week since the inception of SEC Softball.

Mississippi State played softball for five seasons during the 1980 s before resuming the sport when it was added to the SEC.

Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU and Ole Miss began softball programs in 1996-97 to give the league 11 representatives (Vanderbilt does not sponsor softball).

As the sport continues to grow in competitiveness and popularity, the SEC has had six different regular season champions and five different conference tournament champions.

2 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE As it enters its 13th year of existence, SEC softball has established itself as one of the leading conferences in the sport. The Southeastern Conference qualified a record eight teams for the 2008 NCAA Tournament - Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, and Tennessee as the conference made its 11th overall, sixth consecutive, Women s College World Series appearance. History was made as Florida received the league s first No. 1 national seed. Alabama earned the No. 3 national seed, giving the SEC two top five seeds. Overall, the SEC had five national seeds including No. 9 LSU, No. 13 Tennessee and No. 15 Georgia. Two teams, Florida and Alabama, advanced all the way to the semifinal round of the Women s College World Series, marking the first time ever the SEC had two of the final four teams left in the series. Florida went 27-1 in the SEC, tying the league record for most wins by a team, to claim the conference and tournament titles. The Gators posted a 70-5 overall record to set an NCAA record for most wins in a single season. Florida s Tim Walton was named Coach of the Year while Stacey Nelson earned Pitcher of the Year honors. Tennessee s Tonya Callahan, who led the league in hitting, was named Player of the Year MIKE SLIVE, SEC COMMISSIONER and Alabama s Kelsi Dunne was named Freshman of the Year and Jordan Praytor was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Softball came under the auspices of the Southeastern Conference in the season. Since that time, nine different conference teams have made appearances in the NCAA Championship, including five teams earning Women s College World Series berths - one by South Carolina in the inaugural season, Alabama in 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2008, Florida in 2008, LSU in 2001 and 2004 and Tennessee in 2005, 2006 and Eight teams (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Tennessee) have made Top 25 appearances and five teams have climbed into the Top 10 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU and Tennessee) of the NFCA/USA Today Poll. At least one SEC team has been ranked in the poll each week since the inception of SEC Softball. South Carolina is the flagship team of the league with a rich history in softball dating back 34 seasons. The Gamecocks have made 15 NCAA Regional and three Women s College World Series appearances. Mississippi State played softball for five seasons during the 1980 s before resuming the sport when it was added to the SEC. Tennessee added softball in , one year before its inception in the SEC. Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU and Ole Miss began softball programs in to give the league 11 representatives (Vanderbilt does not sponsor softball). The 1999 season was the first in which the conference was eligible for an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships. As the sport continues to grow in competitiveness and popularity, the SEC has had six different regular season champions and five different conference tournament champions. SEC SOFLL NOTEBOOK 63 NCAA Regional Appearances 12 Women s College World Series Appearances 171 NCAA Wins (includes Regional, Super Regional and WCWS) The SEC had two of the final four teams in the 2008 WCWS Eight teams advanced to the 2008 Championships, tying the league record from 2004 Nine different SEC teams have played in the NCAA Softball Championships Florida is the first SEC team to claim the No. 1 national seed SEC teams have been ranked in every NFCA/USA Today poll since the inception of SEC softball. More than 82,000 fans attended SEC softball games last season. Alabama led the league in average attendance with 2,220 per date, 28,863 total. SEC teams have won 628 games over Top 25 opponents in the past seven years. The SEC has made 49 appearances on FOX Sports Net South, including the last nine SEC Tournament Championship Games. The SEC earned a league record eight national Player of the Week honors by six different players (five NFCA, three USA Softball) For the first time ever, the SEC had two teams ranked in the top five of the final polls: No. 3 Florida and No. 4 Alabama In 2008, the SEC tied the Pac-10 with five teams each ranked in both of the final Top 25 polls. In 2008, nine SEC student-athletes were named NFCA First-Team All-Americans, a league record. The previous high was six in Overall, 13 players were named to first, second and third teams combined, also a record. The previous best was 12 in

3 SEC COMPOSITE SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 18 South Carolina vs. Nebraska *Arkansas hosts Kentucky (2) 5 LSU at Southeastern Louisiana 5:30 p.m. (CT) South Carolina vs. Penn State 6:30 p.m. (ET) *Florida hosts Tennessee (2) LSU vs. UAB 9 p.m. (CT) South Carolina at Charlotte Tennessee hosts North Dakota St. 1:30 p.m. (ET) *Georgia at South Carolina (2) Tennessee vs. Northern Colorado 3 p.m. (MT) Tennessee hosts North Carolina *LSU at Mississippi State (2) 19 6 Alabama vs. BYU 12:30 p.m. (PT) 22 Arkansas at Southern Miss Alabama vs. Oregon 6 p.m. (PT) March *Alabama at Ole Miss Auburn vs. Jacksonville 10 a.m. (CT) Florida vs. Fresno 6:30 p.m. (ET) 1 *Arkansas hosts Kentucky Auburn vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2 p.m. (CT) Florida vs. Arizona State 11:30 p.m. (ET) Alabama at Leadoff Classic *Florida hosts Tennessee 6 p.m. (ET) Ole Miss vs. Nevada 3 p.m. (CT) Arkansas hosts Razorback Inv. *Georgia at South Carolina Georgia vs. Long Beach State Ole Miss vs. Loyola-Marymount 5:30 p.m. (CT) Auburn at CS-Fullerton 1:1 *LSU at Mississippi State Georgia vs. UC Riverside 6 p.m. (ET) Tennessee vs. Loyola-Marymount 8:30 p.m. (PT) Florida vs. Illinois 12:1 LSU vs. Oklahoma 8 p.m. (CT) Florida hosts South Florida 2:30 p.m. (ET) 24 LSU at Hawai i 10 p.m. (CT) 20 Georgia vs. Ohio State 10 a.m. (ET) Kentucky hosts Kent State (2) Ole Miss Louisiana-Lafayette 4:30 p.m. (CT) Alabama vs. UCLA 8 p.m. (PT) Kentucky at Stetson Tournament *LSU at Ole Miss (Oxford, Miss.) (2) Mississippi State hosts Kennesaw St. 3 p.m. (CT) Arkansas vs. Florida International LSU vs. DePaul 12:30 p.m. (CT) Mississippi State at UAB Tennessee vs. Utah State 10:30 a.m. (MT) Arkansas at Florida Atlantic 3 p.m. (CT) Ole Miss hosts USC-Upstate Tennessee vs. Washington 1 p.m. (MT) Auburn hosts Winthrop 2:30 p.m. (CT) Mississippi State vs. Michigan 11:30 a.m. (CT) 25 Auburn hosts Middle Tennessee South Carolina vs. Northwestern 10 a.m. (ET) Alabama hosts Samford 6:30 p.m. (CT) 7 Florida vs. Nevada Tennessee hosts Marshall *Arkansas at Tennessee (2) Alabama at South Alabama Florida vs. Washington 8:30 p.m. (ET) Georgia hosts Mercer Arkansas vs. Western Kentucky 11:30 a.m. (CT) Georgia hosts Ball State 3 Arkansas at Southern Miss 4:30 p.m. (CT) Georgia hosts Tennessee State 7 p.m. (ET) Auburn hosts Mercer (2) 2 p.m. (CT) 26 Auburn vs. Florida International 3 p.m. (CT) Kentucky vs. San Diego State Noon (ET) Tennessee hosts Boston College 7 p.m. (ET) Kentucky at Western Kentucky 8 p.m. (ET) Auburn vs. North Carolina Kentucky at La.-Lafayette 7:30 p.m. (ET) LSU hosts Northern Iowa 4 28 Georgia vs. Cal State Northridge 3:30 p.m. (ET) Ole Miss vs. California Alabama at UAB 6:30 p.m. (CT) *Alabama at Florida (2) Georgia vs. Oregon State 6 p.m. (ET) Mississippi State hosts Rutgers 3 p.m. (CT) LSU hosts Nicholls State *Arkansas at Ole Miss (2) LSU at Paradise Classic Bracket Play TBD South Carolina hosts North Florida South Carolina at North Carolina *Auburn hosts South Carolina (2) 1 p.m (CT) Ole Miss at Louisiana-Lafayette 2 p.m. (CT) Tennessee vs. Massachusetts 12:30 (PT) *Georgia hosts Kentucky (2) Mississippi State hosts La.-Monroe 2 p.m. (CT) Tennessee vs. Hawai i 3 p.m. (PT) 5 *Mississippi State at Tennessee (2) Mississippi State hosts Iona Mississippi State vs. Fla. Gulf Coast South Car. hosts Coll. of Charleston (2) 21 Mississippi State vs. Santa Clara 8 p.m. (CT) 29 Tennessee vs. San Jose State 11 a.m. (MT) Alabama vs. Oklahoma 5:30 p.m. (PT) *Alabama at Florida# Tennessee at BYU 1:30 p.m. (MT) Alabama vs. Hawai i 8 p.m. (PT) 6 *Arkansas at Ole Miss Arkansas vs. Missouri 8 a.m. (CT) Alabama hosts Washington 6 p.m (CT) *Auburn hosts South Carolina 8 Arkansas at Florida Atlantic Arkansas vs. Drake *Georgia hosts Kentucky Arkansas vs. Samford 12:30 p.m. (CT) Auburn hosts Austin Peay 3 p.m. (CT) Georgia vs. Baylor 4:30 p.m. (ET) *Mississippi State at Tennessee Auburn vs. Louisville 8:30 a.m. (CT) Florida vs. UNLV 1:30 p.m. (ET) Mississippi State vs. Oregon State 7 p.m. (CT) Georgia hosts Marshall Mississippi State at Hawai i 9 p.m. (CT) 31 Ole Miss at Louisiana-Lafayette Georgia hosts IUPUI 7 p.m. (ET) Tennessee at Oklahoma Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State 6:30 p.m. (CT) Miss. State hosts Bulldog Round-Robin Kentucky vs. Connecticut 3:30 p.m. (ET) South Car. at College of Charleston Kentucky at La.-Lafayette 6 p.m. (ET) 7 LSU hosts Texas State 2 p.m. (CT) Alabama hosts Washington 1:30 p.m. (CT) April 10 LSU hosts UAB 4:1 Alabama hosts Baylor 1 Auburn at Jacksonville State Ole Miss vs. Washington 5:30 p.m. (CT) Arkansas vs. Cleveland State 10 a.m. (CT) Alabama hosts Troy (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Ole Miss vs. Cal. St.-Fullerton 8 p.m. (CT) Arkansas vs. Northern Colorado 2:30 p.m. (CT) Arkansas vs. Oklahoma State 3 p.m. (CT) 11 Mississippi State hosts Evansville 2 p.m. (CT) *Auburn hosts Ole Miss (2) Arkansas at Tulsa Auburn hosts Georgia State Mississippi State hosts SIU-Edwardsville *Florida at South Carolina (2) *Auburn hosts Florida (2) Florida at Jacksonville South Carolina hosts Eastern Illinois Georgia vs. Washington Noon (ET) Georgia hosts Furman LSU hosts McNeese State 6 p.m (CT) South Carolina hosts Chattanooga Georgia vs. Baylor 7:30 p.m. (ET) Kentucky hosts Louisville Mississippi State hosts Southern Miss. 3 p.m. (CT) Tennessee vs. Cal Poly 10:30 a.m. (PT) *Kentucky at LSU (2) LSU at Southern Mississippi Tennessee vs. Oregon State 3 p.m. (PT) Mississippi State vs. Mount St. Mary s 3 p.m. (CT) Tennessee hosts UTEP 13 Tennessee vs. Northwestern Alabama hosts Bama Bash 22 Tennessee vs. Oklahoma 2 Arkansas vs. Drake Arkansas vs. Fordham 9 a.m. (CT) South Carolina hosts Winthrop 7 p.m. (ET) Auburn hosts Eastern Kentucky 12:30 p.m. (CT) Auburn hosts Purdue 2 p.m. (CT) 8 Auburn hosts UMKC 3 p.m. (CT) Georgia hosts UNC Greensboro Alabama hosts Baylor 1:30 p.m. (CT) 4 Florida hosts Texas Tech Kentucky vs. Connecticut 10 a.m. (ET) Arkansas at Oklahoma State *Alabama hosts Georgia (2) 1 p.m (CT) Florida hosts Coastal Carolina 7:1 LSU hosts Purple & Gold Challenge TBD *Auburn hosts Ole Miss *Arkansas hosts Auburn (2) Georgia hosts Longwood 6 p.m. (ET) Mississippi State hosts Bulldog Classic TBD *Florida at South Carolina *Florida hosts Mississippi State (2) Kentucky vs. Oregon 8 p.m. (ET) South Carolina hosts Troy Georgia vs. Washington Noon (ET) *Kentucky hosts Ole Miss (2) Kentucky vs. Hawai i 10:1 *Kentucky at LSU Noon (CT) *LSU hosts Tennessee (2) LSU hosts Ohio State 25 Mississippi State vs. Radford 3 p.m. (CT) Ole Miss vs. Stephen F. Austin 10 a.m. (CT) Florida hosts Michigan Tennessee vs. Northwestern 5 Ole Miss vs. Texas-San Antonio 2:30 p.m. (CT) LSU hosts Southern Miss *Alabama hosts Georgia 1:30 p.m. (CT) Mississippi State vs. Purdue 3:4 Ole Miss at Alcorn State (2) 2 p.m. (CT) 10 *Arkansas hosts Auburn South Carolina vs. Kansas 11 a.m. (ET) Mississippi State at Miss. Valley St. 3 p.m. (CT) Morehead State (2) *Florida hosts Mississippi State South Carolina vs. Bradley 5:30 p.m. (ET) *Kentucky hosts Ole Miss Tennessee vs. North Florida 9 a.m. (ET) *LSU hosts Tennessee# Tennessee vs. Texas-Arlington Alabama at Leadoff Classic *Arkansas hosts South Carolina (2) 3 p.m. (CT) Arkansas hosts Bradley 3:4 *Florida hosts Georgia 7 14 Arkansas hosts Ball State LSU hosts Baylor LSU at Nicholls State Alabama hosts Bama Bash Auburn vs. Nevada 1:1 Ole Miss hosts Jacksonville State (2) South Carolina hosts Coastal Car. 5:30 p.m. (ET) Arkansas at Minnesota Noon (CT) Auburn vs. California 5:4 Tennessee hosts Belmont 7 p.m. (ET) Arkansas vs. Western Illinois 2 p.m. (CT) Florida hosts Pacific 8 Auburn hosts Western Kentucky 10 a.m. (CT) Florida hosts South Florida 6:1 12 Arkansas at Oklahoma Florida hosts Georgia Tech 12:30 p.m. (ET) Georgia vs. Massachusetts Alabama hosts Miss. Valley St. 6:30 p.m. (CT) Florida hosts Florida State 6 p.m. (ET) Florida hosts South Alabama 2:4 Georgia vs. DePaul 6:30 p.m. (ET) Georgia hosts Georgia Tech Georgia hosts Elon Kentucky vs. Centenary 11 a.m. (ET) 14 *Kentucky hosts Tennessee (2) Georgia hosts Cleveland State Kentucky at Stetson *Alabama hosts Mississippi State (2) Mississippi State hosts South Ala. Kentucky vs. DePaul 1:1 LSU vs. Northwestern 4 p.m (CT) *Auburn at Kentucky (2) Kentucky vs. UCLA 5:4 LSU vs. Georgia Tech 6:30 p.m. (CT) *Florida at Ole Miss (2) 9 LSU hosts Texas A&M 2 p.m. (CT) Ole Miss hosts North Florida *Georgia hosts LSU (2) Mississippi State hosts Jackson St. LSU hosts Sam Houston State 4:1 Ole Miss hosts USC-Upstate 3 p.m. (CT) *South Carolina at Tennessee (2) Ole Miss vs. Northwestern State Mississippi State vs. Ohio State 10 a.m. (CT) 10 Ole Miss at Baylor 5:30 p.m. (CT) Mississippi State vs. Long Island 3 p.m. (CT) 15 *Alabama at South Carolina (2) Mississippi State vs. Miami (OH) 11:15 a.m. (CT) South Carolina vs. Houston 11 a.m. (ET) *Alabama hosts Mississippi State 1:30 p.m. (CT) *Arkansas hosts LSU (2) Mississippi State at Florida State 3:4 South Carolina vs. Illinois State 1:30 p.m. (ET) *Auburn at Kentucky *Florida at Kentucky (2) South Carolina vs. North Florida 9 a.m. (ET) Tennessee hosts Bowling Green 2:30 p.m. (ET) *Florida at Ole Miss *Georgia hosts Ole Miss South Carolina vs. Bowling Green 11 a.m. (ET) Tennessee hosts James Madison *Georgia hosts LSU Tennessee at UCF 3:30 p.m. (ET) *South Carolina at Tennessee 11 Tennessee vs. Kansas 7:30 p.m. (ET) 28 *Alabama at South Carolina Alabama at Leadoff Classic 17 *Arkansas hosts LSU 15 Arkansas hosts Wichita State 11:15 a.m. (CT) *Arkansas at Mississippi State (2) 3 p.m. (CT) *Auburn at Tennessee (2) Arkansas vs. Northern Iowa 10 a.m. (CT) Arkansas hosts South Dakota St. 3:4 Auburn at Lipscomb *Florida at Kentucky Noon (ET) Arkansas vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay Noon (CT) Auburn vs. Cal-Poly Kentucky at Miami (Ohio) (2) *Georgia hosts Ole Miss (2) # Auburn hosts Morehead State 2 p.m. (CT) Auburn vs. Indiana 1:1 Tennessee at Liberty Florida hosts Florida Atlantic 2:30 p.m. (ET) Florida hosts Illinois 12 Georgia hosts Winthrop Florida hosts Texas Tech 6:1 18 *Auburn at Tennessee Kentucky vs. UNLV 3:30 p.m. (ET) Georgia vs. Penn State 1:30 p.m. (ET) *Alabama at LSU (2) LSU hosts Tiger Classic Bracket Play TBD Georgia vs. Hofstra *Arkansas at Mississippi State 14 Ole Miss vs. New Mexico 9 a.m. (CT) Kentucky vs. Maryland 11 a.m. (ET) Auburn at Tennessee State *Alabama hosts Kentucky (2) Mississippi St. vs. Appalachian St. 12:30 p.m. (CT) Kentucky at Stetson Auburn vs. Jackson State 3 p.m. (CT) Auburn hosts South Alabama South Carolina vs. Texas-Arlington 9 a.m. (ET) LSU vs. Florida State 1:30 p.m. (CT) Florida hosts Florida International Ole Miss vs. Southern Miss Tennessee vs. Villanova 11 a.m. (ET) LSU vs. Illinois State 6:30 p.m. (CT) Georgia hosts Kennesaw State Ole Miss hosts Miss. Valley State 3 p.m. (CT) *Ole Miss at South Carolina Ole Miss hosts Tulsa Arkansas vs. Centenary 6:30 p.m. (CT) Auburn at Troy Mississippi State vs. Massachusetts 3 p.m. (CT) 21 Florida hosts Central Florida 6 p.m. (ET) Mississippi State vs. Hofstra 5:30 p.m. (CT) *Alabama at Ole Miss (2) *Georgia hosts Mississippi State (2) 45

SEC COMPOSITE SCHEDULE LSU hosts Southeastern Louisiana South Carolina hosts USC Upstate 18 *Alabama hosts Arkansas (2) *Auburn hosts Georgia (2) *Florida at LSU (2) *Ole Miss hosts Tennessee (2)

4 SEC COMPOSITE SCHEDULE LSU hosts Southeastern Louisiana South Carolina hosts USC Upstate 18 *Alabama hosts Arkansas (2) *Auburn hosts Georgia (2) *Florida at LSU (2) *Ole Miss hosts Tennessee (2) *Mississippi State hosts So. Carolina (2) 19 *Alabama hosts Arkansas# *Auburn hosts Georgia *Florida at LSU 1 p.m (ET) Kentucky hosts Chattanooga (2) *Ole Miss hosts Tennessee *Mississippi State hosts So. Carolina 22 Alabama at Georgia Tech 6 p.m (ET) Arkansas hosts Missouri State 7 p.m. (CT) *Auburn at Mississippi State (2) 3 p.m. (CT) Georgia hosts Western Carolina Kentucky hosts Eastern Kentucky LSU at McNeese State Ole Miss hosts Central Arkansas (2) South Carolina at Coastal Carolina 6 p.m. (ET) Tennessee hosts Appalachian State 7 p.m. (ET) 23 Ole Miss at Jacksonville State 24 *Kentucky hosts Mississippi State (2) 25 *Alabama hosts Auburn (2) *Arkansas at Florida (2) *Florida hosts Arkansas (2) *Georgia hosts Tennessee (2) *Kentucky hosts Mississippi State *LSU hosts South Carolina (2) 26 *Alabama hosts Auburn 1:30 p.m. (CT) *Arkansas at Florida *Florida hosts Arkansas *Georgia hosts Tennessee *LSU hosts South Carolina 28 Kentucky at Louisville 29 Arkansas hosts UMKC (2) Georgia hosts Georgia Southern Ole Miss at Louisiana Tech (2) May 2 *Alabama at Tennessee *Arkansas hosts Georgia (2) *Auburn hosts LSU (2) Florida hosts Longwood (2) *Kentucky at South Carolina (2) *Ole Miss at Mississippi State (2) 3 *Alabama at Tennessee *Arkansas hosts Georgia *Auburn hosts LSU Florida hosts Longwood *Kentucky at South Carolina *Ole Miss at Mississippi State 7-9 SEC Tournament (Knoxville, Tenn.) NCAA Regionals NCAA Super Regionals 28-June 3 NCAA College World Series (Oklahoma City) * - Denotes SEC Game (2) - Denotes Doubleheader # - Televised on FSN 2009 Southeastern Conference Tournament May 7-9 Knoxville, TN Thursday, May 7 Friday, May 8 Saturday, May 9 Game 1 11:00 A.M. Game 2 1:30 P.M. Game 3 5:00 P.M. Game 4 7:30 P.M. Game 5 5:00 P.M. Game 6 7:00 P.M DAY 1: [5] Florida 6, Alabama 2; [6] Auburn 2, [3] Tennessee 0; [1] South Carolina 6, Florida 1; Auburn 4 [2] LSU 2. DAY 2: Florida 2, Tennessee 1; LSU 4, Alabama 2; South Carolina 9, Auburn 0; Florida 4, LSU 3; Florida 7, Auburn 5. DAY 3: Finals - South Carolina 6, Florida DAY 1: [3] Alabama 2, [6] Tennessee 1; [2] LSU 2, [7] Arkansas 1; [5] South Carolina 2, [4] Mississippi State 0; [1] Florida 3, [8] Georgia 1; Tennessee 2, Arkansas 1; Mississippi State 3, Georgia 2. DAY 2: Alabama 5, LSU 3 (10); Florida 1, South Carolina 0; LSU 8, Tennessee 1; Mississippi State 3, South Carolina 0; LSU 8, Alabama 4; Mississippi State 1, Florida 0. DAY 3: Alabama 8, LSU 1; Mississippi State 1, Florida 0. Finals - Alabama 5, Mississippi State 4 (9) DAY 1: [6] Mississippi State 6, [3] Alabama 3; [2] Tennessee 11, [7] Florida 3; [5] Arkansas 4, [4] South Carolina 1; [1] LSU 8, [8] Georgia 0. DAY 2: Alabama 4, Florida 1; South Carolina 4, Georgia 0; Tennessee 4, Mississippi State 2; LSU 10, Arkansas 0. DAY 3: Arkansas 3, Alabama 2; Mississippi State 2, South Carolina 1; Arkansas 3, Tennessee 2; LSU 2, Mississippi State 0. DAY 4: Arkansas 3, Tennessee 1; Finals - LSU 4, Arkansas DAY 1: [3] Alabama 1, [6] Florida 0; [7] South Carolina 2, [2] Kentucky 1; [4] Arkansas 2, [5] Mississippi State 1; [1] LSU 8, [8] Auburn 0. DAY 2: Florida 2, Kentucky 0; Mississippi State 9, Auburn 3; South Carolina 4, Alabama 1; LSU 2, Arkansas 0. DAY 3: Arkansas 2, Florida 1; Alabama 4, Mississippi State 3; Arkansas 3, South Carolina 1; LSU 5, Alabama 2. DAY 4: South Carolina 2, Arkansas 1; Finals - LSU 1, South Carolina CHATTANOOGA, TENN. (JIM FROST STADIUM) DAY 1: [3] Alabama 2, [6] Arkansas 0; [2] South Carolina 5, [7] Kentucky 1; [4] Mississippi State 1, [5] Florida 0; [1] LSU 6, [8] Auburn 0. DAY 2: Arkansas 1, Kentucky 0; Auburn 4, Florida 1; South Carolina 2, Alabama 0; LSU 2, Mississippi State 1. DAY 3: Arkansas 7, Mississippi State 2; Auburn 5, Alabama 3; South Carolina 1, Arkansas 0; LSU 4, Auburn 1. DAY 4: Finals - LSU 1, South Carolina CHATTANOOGA, TENN. (JIM FROST STADIUM) DAY 1: [3] Alabama 2, [6] Arkansas 1; [2] South Carolina 11, [7] Mississippi State 5; [4] Georgia 4, [5] Auburn 3; [1] LSU 5, [8] Florida 0. DAY 2: Mississippi State 5, Arkansas 1; Auburn 7, Florida 1; South Carolina 6, Alabama 4; LSU 2, Georgia 1. DAY 3: Georgia 7, Mississippi State 1; Alabama 5, Auburn 4; Georgia 6, South Carolina 5; LSU 6, Alabama 2. DAY 4: Georgia 4, South Carolina 3. Finals - LSU 1, Georgia 0. Game 7 1:30 p.m. (FSN) SEC Tournament Champion NCAA Tournament Automatic Qualifier ALL TIMES EASTERN Seeding for the tournament will be as follows: No. 1 vs. No. 8, No. 2 vs. No. 7, No. 3 vs. No. 6, No. 4 vs. No. 5. The tournament will be seeded 1-8, regardless of division, based on conference winning percentage. The bracket is subject to change based on the seed of the host school. All-Time SEC Tournament Results 2003 PLANT CITY, FLA. (PLANT CITY STADIUM) DAY 1: [3] LSU 1, [6] Tennessee 0 (9); [2] Alabama 4, [7] Auburn 0; [5] Florida 6, [4] South Carolina 2; [1] 3, [8] Mississippi State 0. DAY 2: Tennessee 4, Auburn 3 (9); South Carolina 2, Mississippi State 1; Alabama 2, LSU 1; Florida 1, Georgia 0. DAY 3: Tennessee 5, Georgia 3 (8); LSU 5, South Carolina 1; Alabama 3, Tennessee 2 (8); LSU 1, Florida 0. DAY 4: LSU 3, Florida 1; Finals - Alabama 3, LSU TUSCALOOSA, ALA. (ALABAMA SOFLL COMPLEX) DAY 1: [7] Mississippi State 8, [2] Tennessee 2; [3] Georgia 7, [6] Florida 1; [1] LSU 2, [8] South Carolina 0; [5] Alabama 7, [4] Auburn 1. DAY 2: Tennessee 7, Florida 5; Auburn 2, South Carolina 0; Georgia 11, Mississippi State 2 (5), LSU 2, Alabama 1. DAY 3: Tennessee 1, Alabama 0; Auburn 4, Mississippi State 3; Georgia 4, Tennessee 0 (10); Auburn 2, LSU 1. DAY 4: LSU 1, Auburn 0; Finals - LSU 4, Georgia GAINESVILLE, FLA. (FLORIDA SOFLL FIELD) DAY 1: [3] Auburn 8, South Carolina 0 (5); [2] Alabama 5, Mississippi State 0; [4] Tennessee 4, [5] Florida 0; [1] Georgia 2, [8] LSU 1. DAY 2: Mississippi State 4, South Carolina 1; LSU 9, Florida 0; Alabama 9, Auburn 5; Georgia 5, Tennessee 3. DAY 3: Tennessee 3, Mississippi State 0; Auburn 4, LSU 3; Tennessee 3, Alabama 1; Georgia 7, Auburn 3. DAY 4: Alabama 3, Tennessee 0; Finals - Alabama 2, Georgia ATHENS, GA. (GEORGIA SOFLL STADIUM) DAY 1: [4] Tennessee 6, [5] Florida 0; [1] Alabama 6, [8] Ole Miss 0; [2] Georgia 2, [7] Arkansas 0; [3] LSU 4, [6] Auburn 1. DAY 2: Tennessee 2, Alabama 1; LSU 5, Georgia 2. DAY 3: Finals - Tennessee 3, LSU AUBURN, ALA. (JAMES B. MOORE FIELD) DAY 1: [3] Alabama 3, [6] Georgia 2 (9 inn.); [2] LSU 2, [7] South Carolina 1 (10 inn.); [4] Florida 3, [5] Mississippi State 0; [1] Tennessee 6, [8] Ole Miss 0. DAY 2: [2] LSU 4, [3] Alabama 1; [4] Florida 1, [1] Tennessee 0. DAY 3: [2] LSU 1, [4] Florida 0 (9 inn.) 2008 BATON ROUGE, LA. (TIGER PARK) DAY 1: [4] Tennessee 5, [5] Georgia 2; [1] Florida 1, [8] Ole Miss 0; [2] Alabama 1, [7] Mississippi State 0; [3] LSU 4, [6] Auburn 0. DAY 2: [1] Florida 6, [4] Tennessee 1; [2] Alabama 7, [3] LSU 4. DAY 3: [1] Florida 4, [2] Alabama 1. 46

5 ALL-TIME SEC RESULTS 1997 South Carolina*^! Tennessee Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU^ Alabama Auburn Arkansas Mississippi State Mississippi Florida*^ South Carolina Tennessee Georgia Kentucky LSU^ Alabama! Mississippi State Arkansas Mississippi Auburn Tennessee^ South Carolina^ Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU^*! Alabama Arkansas Mississippi State Auburn Mississippi Kentucky^ Florida South Carolina! Georgia Tennessee LSU*^ Alabama Arkansas Mississippi State Auburn Mississippi South Carolina^ Florida Kentucky Georgia Tennessee LSU*^! Alabama Mississippi State Arkansas Auburn Mississippi South Carolina^ Georgia Florida Tennessee Kentucky LSU*^! Alabama Auburn Arkansas Mississippi State Mississippi Georgia*^ South Carolina Florida Tennessee Kentucky Alabama*! LSU Auburn Mississippi State Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee^ Georgia Florida South Carolina Kentucky LSU*^! Auburn Alabama Mississippi State Ole Miss Arkansas Georgia*^ Tennessee Florida South Carolina Kentucky Alabama^! Auburn Mississippi State LSU Ole Miss Arkansas Georgia^ Tennessee! Florida South Carolina Kentucky Alabama*^ LSU Auburn Arkansas Ole Miss Mississippi State Tennessee^* Florida Georgia South Carolina Kentucky LSU^! Alabama Mississippi State Ole Miss Auburn Arkansas Florida *^! Tennessee Georgia South Carolina Kentucky Alabama LSU Auburn Mississippi State Ole Miss Arkansas * SEC Champion; ^ SEC Division Champion;! SEC Tournament Champion 47

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ARKANSAS 2015 SCHEDULE ALABAMA 2015 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY FEBRUARY MARCH MARCH APRIL APRIL MAY MAY ALABAMA 13 U. OF MARYLAND - E. SHORE W, 6-0 14 U. OF MARYLAND - E. SHORE W, 11-0 15 U. OF MARYLAND - E. SHORE W, 19-0 20 AT HOUSTON L, 1-3 21 AT HOUSTON L, 9-14 22 AT HOUSTON W, 8-3 24 SAVANNAH STATE [DH-1]