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Three party! Auburn softball earns No. 3 seed at SEC Tournament

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The No. 17 Auburn Tigers entered the weekend with a good chance to earn a first-round bye as the No. 4 team in the SEC but had the possibility to increase its positioning with a series win over Mississippi State, and for Missouri to upset No. 12 Arkansas.

Auburn got their wish, as they did their part by taking two of three games from the Bulldogs while Missouri won the final two games of the series with Arkansas in Columbia. Because of this, Auburn enters this week’s SEC Tournament as the No. 3 seed.

Auburn’s series win over Mississippi State was its’ four conference series win in a row, which comes at a good time as the postseason begins this week.

“We’re going into the postseason trusting ourselves,” Auburn senior Lindsey Garcia said Sunday after Auburn’s 3-0 win over Mississippi State. “We know what we’re capable of. We know how good we are. We’re staying calm, cool, and collected and playing each game like it’s our first game of a new season.”

The SEC Tournament gets underway on Tuesday from Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas at 6:30 p.m. CT when No. 13 Missouri faces No. 12 Mississippi State. As for Auburn, the Tigers will begin their run toward an SEC Tournament crown on Thursday at 10 a.m. CT and will face the winner of No. 6 LSU/No. 11 Ole Miss.

Ahead of this week’s SEC Softball Tournament, here’s a look at tournament seeding, plus first-round pairings.

Missouri

  • Final record: 33-23

  • SEC record: 7-17

  • First game: vs. No. 12 Mississippi State (Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. CT)

Mississippi State

  • Final record: 28-24

  • SEC record: 7-16

  • First game: vs. No. 13 Missouri (Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. CT, SEC Network)

Ole Miss

  • Final record: 29-25

  • SEC record: 8-16

  • First game: vs. No. 6 LSU (Wednesday, 11 a.m. CT, SEC Network)

South Carolina

  • Final record: 34-19

  • SEC record: 9-15

  • First game: vs. No. 7 Texas A&M (Wednesday, 1 p.m. CT, SEC Network)

Kentucky

  • Final record: 30-19

  • SEC record: 10-14

  • First game: vs. No. 8 Florida (Wednesday, 7 p.m. CT, SEC Network)

Florida

  • Final record: 35-19

  • SEC record: 11-13

  • First game: vs. No.9 Kentucky (Wednesday, 7 p.m. CT, SEC Network)

For more Gators coverage, check out Gators Wire.

Texas A&M

  • Final record: 33-18

  • SEC record: 12-12

  • First game: vs. No. 10 South Carolina (Wednesday, 1 p.m. CT, SEC Network)

For more Texas A&M coverage, check out Aggies Wire.

LSU

  • Final record: 40-14

  • SEC record: 13-11

  • First game: vs. No. 11 Ole Miss (Wednesday, 10 a.m. CT, SEC Network)

For more LSU coverage, check out LSU Wire.

Alabama

  • Final record: 38-17

  • SEC record: 14-10

  • First game: Winner of No. 12 Mississippi State/No. 13 Missouri (Wednesday, 4 p.m. CT, SEC Network)

For more Crimson Tide coverage, check out Roll Tide Wire.

Arkansas

  • Final record: 38-16

  • SEC record: 14-10

  • First game: Winner of Alabama/Mississippi State/Missouri (Thursday, 4 p.m. CT, SEC Network)

For more Arkansas coverage, check out Razorbacks Wire.

Auburn

  • Final record: 39-16

  • SEC record: 15-9

  • First game: Winner of Ole Miss/LSU (Thursday, 10 a.m. CT, SEC Network)

Georgia

  • Final record: 39-12

  • SEC record: 16-7

  • First game: Winner of Texas A&M/South Carolina (Thursday, 1 p.m. CT, SEC Network)

For more Georgia coverage, check out UGA Wire.

Tennessee

  • Final record: 41-8

  • SEC record: 19-5

  • First game: Winner of Florida/Kentucky (Thursday, 7 p.m. CT)

For more Tennessee coverage, check out Vols Wire.

Story originally appeared on Auburn Wire