2024 AAC Softball Tournament
The tournament begins Tuesday, April 30, and runs through Friday, May 3. The four-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. 5 Brenau (27-15) def. No. 4 Truett McConnell (25-17), 12- 4 (box)
Game 2 - No. 1 Reinhardt (39-8) def. No. 8 Bryan (17-21), 5-3 (box)
Game 3 - No. 2 Johnson (24-13) def. No. 7 Union (15-25), 9-1 (5 innings) (box)
Game 4 - No. 3 Tennessee Wesleyan (25-11) def. No. 6 Columbia (24-21), 8-0 (6 innings) (box)
Wednesday, May 1
Game 5 - No. 4 Truett McConnell (26-17) def. No. 8 Bryan (17-22), 5-0 (box) - Bryan eliminated
Game 6 - No. 6 Columbia (25-21) def. No. 7 Union (15-25), 8-6 (box) - Union eliminated
Game 7 - No. 1 Reinhardt (40-8) def. No. 5 Brenau (27-16), 8-0 (5 innings) (box)
Game 8 - No. 3 Tennessee Wesleyan (26-11) def. No. 2 Johnson (24-14), 4-3 (8 innings) (box)
Thursday, May 2
Game 9 - No. 5 Brenau (28-16) def. No. 6 Columbia (25-22), 10-9 (box) - Columbia eliminated
Game 10 - No. 2 Johnson (25-14) def. No. 4 Truett McConnell (26-18), 1-0 (box) - Truett McConnell eliminated
Game 11 - No. 1 Reinhardt (41-8) def. No. 3 Tennessee Wesleyan (26-12), 7-6 (box)
Game 12 - No. 2 Johnson (26-14) def. No. 5 Brenau (28-17), 5-3 (box) - Brenau eliminated
Friday, May 3
Game 13 - No. 3 Tennessee Wesleyan (27-12) def. No. 2 Johnson (26-15), 6-0 (box) - Johnson eliminated
Game 14 - Championship Game 1 - No. 1 Reinhardt (42-8) vs. No. 3 Tennessee Wesleyan (27-13), 9-1 (box) - Reinhardt wins the championship