The 2004 SEC softball tournament was held at the
University of Alabama Softball Stadium
The John and Ann Rhoads Softball Stadium (frequently shortened to Rhoads Stadium) is a college softball stadium located on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It serves as the home field of the Alabama Crimson Tide sof ...
on the campus of the
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a Public university, public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and la ...
in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-largest city, it had an estimated population of 1 ...
, from May 13 through May 16, 2004.
LSU
Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 near ...
won the tournament and earned the
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ...
's automatic bid to the
NCAA tournament.
Tournament
*Ole Miss, Kentucky and Arkansas did not make the tournament. Vanderbilt does not sponsor a softball team.
All-Tournament Team
*P - Kristin Schmidt, LSU
*P - Kasi Carroll, Georgia
*C - Shannon McKeon, Georgia
*1B - Jackie McClain, Alabama
*2B - Megan McAllister, Georgia
*3B - Jade Jarvis, Georgia
*SS - Lindsey Schutzler, Tennessee
*OF - Iyhia McMichael, Mississippi State
*OF - Sara Fekete, Tennessee
*OF - Leslie Klein, LSU
*DP - Paige Jones, Auburn
*SEC Tournament MVP: Kristin Schmidt, LSU, Pitcher
See also
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Women's College World Series
The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I softball tournament for college softball in the United States. Eight teams participate in the WCWS, which begins with a double-elimination tournament. In other wo ...
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NCAA Division I Softball Championship
The NCAA Division I softball tournament is held annually in May/June and features 64 college softball teams in the United States, culminating in the Women's College World Series (WCWS), which is played in Oklahoma City.
Tournament play and team ...
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SEC Tournament
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) sponsors nine men's sports and twelve women's sports. This is a list of conference champions for each sport. Also see the list of SEC national champions.
Members
The SEC was established on December 1932, when t ...
References
SEC softball tournament
2004 Southeastern Conference softball season
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