NEW ALBANY, Ind. – IU Southeast softball has earned the two seed in this week's RSC Softball Conference Tournament.
 
The one seed in the tournament will be the preseason favorite Rio Grande, who finished the regular season 27-5 in RSC play. Both IU Southeast and Oakland City finished 22-10 in RSC play, but IU Southeast gets the two seed due to a 3-1 regular season record against Oakland City. This gives the Mighty Oaks the three seed.  
 
The four seed goes to Shawnee State, who went 22-11 in RSC play. Both SMWC and IU Columbus finished 13-19 in league play, but SMWC went 3-1 against IUC, so the Pomeroys get the five seed. IU Columbus rounds out the field as the six seed.  
 
The tournament will be held at the Rock Sports Complex in South Charleston, West Virginia on May 1-3.  The schedule is as follows, weather permitting:

Thursday, May 1
Gm 1 (Field A): #4 Shawnee State vs. #5 St. Mary-of-the-Woods, 3 p.m.
Gm 2 (Field B): #3 Oakland City vs. #6 IU Columbus, 3 p.m.

Friday, May 2
Gm 3 (Field A): #1 Rio Grande vs. Winner Game 1, noon
Gm 4 (Field B): #2 IU Southeast vs. Winner Game 2, noon
Gm 5 (Field B): Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3, 2 p.m. (Loser Elim.)
Gm 6 (Field A): Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 4, 2 p.m. (Loser Elim.)
Gm 7 (Field A): Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 4 p.m.
Gm 8 (Field B): Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 6 p.m. (Loser Elim.)

Saturday, May 3
Gm 9 (Field A): Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 10 a.m. (Loser Elim.)
Gm 10 (Field A): Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 1 p.m. (Loser Elim. if second loss)
Gm 11 (Field A): Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 10, if necessary, 30 min. following (Loser Elim.)