2004 SEC softball tournament
The 2004 SEC softball tournament was held at the University of Alabama Softball Stadium on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, from May 13 through May 16, 2004. LSU won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
| Finals site | |
|---|---|
| Champions | LSU (4th title) |
| Runner-up | Georgia (2nd title game) |
| Winning coach | Yvette Girouard (3rd title) |
| MVP | Kristin Schmidt (LSU) |
Tournament
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mississippi State | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tennessee | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Mississippi State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Georgia | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Florida | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Georgia | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Georgia | 4 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tennessee | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Florida | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tennessee | 7 | 2 | Tennessee | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Alabama | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Georgia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | South Carolina | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | LSU | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | LSU | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Alabama | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | LSU | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Alabama | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Auburn | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Auburn | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | LSU | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | South Carolina | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Auburn | 2 | 7 | Mississippi State | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Auburn | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
- 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
References
softball is the gameplay that most women look forward to engaging with sport, as we further the idea that baseball isn't primarily just for men to play. when expanded on the sport softball is said t be harder than baseball, As men who play baseball engage their upper body strength, women must engage their hips. Hence, women who pitch have to do a variation from, dragging their cleats and popping their hip out with the duration of their arm running a 360 and releasing from the tip of there finger- tips.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softball