Arizona Wildcats picked to host inaugural Pac-12 Softball Championship
Jun 13, 2022, 6:26 PM
The Pac-12 announced that the Arizona Wildcats will serve as hosts for the inaugural Pac-12 Softball Championship.
The 2023 tournament will take place at Hillenbrand Stadium in Tucson from May 10-13.
Seeding will be based on the conference standings at the end of the regular season, with the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds meeting in a play-in game to determine the rest of the eight-team field.
The remaining eight schools will then play single-elimination games over the next three days.
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The second day will have the quarterfinal round, the third day will be the semifinals and the final day will be the conference championship.
The winner of the Pac-12 Softball Championship will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Pac-12 baseball had a trial run with its first conference postseason tournament this past season, which got exceptional reviews.
The inaugural Pac-12 Baseball Tournament took place this past May 25-29 at Scottsdale Stadium.
The one difference between the two tournaments is that baseball is double-elimination as opposed to single-elimination for softball.
