University of Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee Is #5 Seed In 2015 SEC Tourney
May 03, 2015 | Softball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Tennessee will be the No. 5 seed in the 2015 SEC Tournament and face No. 12 seed Kentucky in the first round on May 6 at Tiger Park in Baton Rouge, La.
The 2015 SEC Tournament runs from May 6-9. The winner of Wednesday's game between No. 5-seed Tennessee (39-13, 15-9 SEC) and No. 12-seed Kentucky (29-23, 5-19 SEC) (6:30 p.m. CT/7:30 p.m. ET on SEC Network) will face No. 4 seed and host LSU on Thursday, May 7, at 5:30 p.m. CT/6:30 p.m. ET on SEC Network.
The first round and quarterfinals will be televised on SEC Network. ESPNU will carry the SEC Tournament semifinals on Friday, May 8. The SEC Tournament Championship Game will be on Saturday, May 9, at 7 p.m. CT/8 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
Tennessee is coming off a three-game sweep of Kentucky to close the regular season. Annie Aldrete and Shaliyah Geathers hit walk-off home runs on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, to give UT its fourth SEC series win of the year and its third SEC series sweep.
The Lady Vols are 22-19 all-time in SEC Tournament play and won the league's tournament title in 2006 and 2011.
