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Softball Earns Fifth Seed in 2021 Sun Belt Championship

NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference announced the 2021 Softball Championship bracket Saturday evening and App State received the fifth seed after finishing 8-12 in conference play. The Mountaineers open the tournament on Wednesday, May 12, taking on the fourth-seeded South Alabama Jaguars. First pitch is set for 12:30 p.m. CT in Troy, Ala.

Regular season champions and 14th-ranked Louisiana (40-10, 21-3 SBC) claimed the top seed followed by Troy as the second seed and Texas State as the third seed. No. 7 seed Georgia Southern, No. 8 seed Coastal Carolina, No. 9 seed ULM and No.