RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – With the 2024 softball regular season complete, the Great American Conference announced the bracket and schedule for the GAC Softball Championships – Presented by Under Armour. The eight-team event begins Thursday from the Tiger Athletic Complex in Bentonville, Arkansas with two first-round and two second-round games.
The conference introduced a new format for 2024. Instead of the standard, eight-team, single-elimination format for this year, seeds No. 5 through No. 8 open play with first-round games. The winners play the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds later on Thursday. The two-two seeds – Oklahoma Baptist and Southern Nazarene – earn byes until Friday’s semifinal.
Play begins at 10:30 a.m. with fifth-seeded Arkansas Tech facing eighth-seeded Henderson State. The Golden Suns won two of three in early March. Game two features 2023 champion Southeastern Oklahoma State and Arkansas-Monticello. The Blossoms took two of three at home in February during the opening weekend of conference play.
At 3:30 p.m., No. 4 Southern Arkansas draws the game one winner. The Muleriders swept the Reddies but dropped all three to the Golden Suns. Day one concludes with No. 3 Harding against either the Southeastern or UAM. The Lady Bisons won two of three on the road against the Savage Storm two weekends ago and swept a home series with the Blossoms in March.
All seven games stream on GACSportsNetwork.com. Visit the GAC Championship page for more information. (Download Bracket below).
2024 GAC Softball Championships – Presented by Under Armour
FIRST/SECOND ROUND – Thursday, May 2
Game 1 | 10:30 a.m. – No. 5 Arkansas Tech vs No. 8 Henderson State
Game 2 | 1:00 p.m. – No. 6 Southeastern Oklahoma State vs No. 7 Arkansas-Monticello
Game 3 | 3:30 p.m. – No. 4 Southern Arkansas vs Game #1 Winner
Game 4 | 6:00 p.m. – No. 3 Harding vs Game #2 Winner
SEMIFINALS – Friday, May 3
Game 5 | Noon – No. 1 Oklahoma Baptist vs Game #3 Winner
Game 6 | 2:30 p.m. – No. 2 Southern Nazarene vs Game #4 Winner
FINAL – Saturday May 4
Game 7 | Noon – Game #5 Winner vs Game #6 Winner
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