CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL
ATLANTA, Ga. (April 27, 2026) - The Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) has announced the official bracket and seedings for the 2026 CCS Softball Championship Tournament, set for Wednesday, April 29 through Saturday, May 2 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama.
Tournament play begins Wednesday, April 29, with two opening-round matchups:
- No. 4 seed Maryville (26-14, 11-5 CCS) faces No. 5 seed LaGrange (14-22, 9-7 CCS) at 11 a.m. CT to open the tournament.
- No. 3 seed Piedmont (24-14, 11-5 CCS) takes on No. 6 seed Covenant (14-26, 5-11 CCS) in the second game of the day.
Piedmont secured the No. 3 seed via a head-to-head tiebreaker over Maryville, while Covenant secured the No. 6 seed through the league's tiebreaking procedures based on results against conference opponents.
The tournament's top two seeds enter play on Thursday's quarterfinal round, where they will face Wednesday's winners.
No. 1 seed Belhaven (32-8, 15-1 CCS), which dropped just one conference game all season, will meet the winner of the Maryville-LaGrange matchup.
No. 2 seed Huntingdon (29-8, 13-3 CCS) will take on the winner of the Piedmont-Covenant contest.
From there, teams will continue through the double-elimination bracket, with semifinal action set for Friday and championship Saturday looming. The tournament concludes with the 2026 CCS Softball Championship game on Saturday, May 2 at 12 p.m. CT, where one team will be crowned conference champion.
For more information on this year's tournament, visit the CCS Softball Tournament Central page at
https://collegiateconferenceofthesouth.com/tournaments/?id=52&path=SB
All games will be streamed on
the CCS Network for the first time, with support from Visaic and Spiideo to enhance the viewing experience.
The 2026 CCS Softball Tournament schedule is as follows:
| Opening Rounds | Wednesday, April 29, 2026 |
| 11:00 am |
Game 1 |
No. 4 Maryville v. No. 5 LaGrange |
Host: Choccolocco Park |
| 3:00 pm |
Game 2 |
No. 3 Piedmont v. No. 6 Covenant |
Host: Choccolocco Park |
| Quarterfinals | Thursday, April 30, 2026 |
| 10:00 am |
Game 3 |
No. 1 Belhaven v. Winner of Game 1 |
Host: Choccolocco Park |
| 1:00 pm |
Game 4 |
No. 2 Huntingdon v. Winner of Game 2 |
Host: Choccolocco Park |
| 4:00 pm |
Game 5 |
Loser of Game 2 v. Loser of Game 3 |
Host: Choccolocco Park |
| 7:00 pm |
Game 6 |
Loser of Game 1 v. Loser of Game 4 |
Host: Choccolocco Park |
| Semifinals | Friday, May 1, 2026 |
| 11:00 am |
Game 7 |
Winner of Game 3 v. Winner of Game 4 |
Host: Choccolocco Park |
| 2:00 pm |
Game 8 |
Winner of Game 5 v. Winner of Game 6 |
Host: Choccolocco Park |
| 5:00 pm |
Game 9 |
Loser of Game 7 v. Winner of Game 8 |
Host: Choccolocco Park |
| Finals | Saturday, May 2, 2026 |
| 12:00 pm |
Game 10 |
CHAMPIONSHIP:
Winner of Game 7 v. Winner of Game 9 |
Host: Choccolocco Park |
| 30 minutes after Game 10 |
Game 11 |
If Necessary Game |
Host: Choccolocco Park |
ABOUT THE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH (CCS)
The CCS is an NCAA Division III athletic conference that began play during the 2022-23 academic year. The conference features nine member institutions (Agnes Scott College, Asbury University, Belhaven University, Covenant College, Huntingdon College, LaGrange College, Maryville College, Piedmont University, and Wesleyan College) and sponsors championships across 14 sports. In addition to sharing the member institutions' geographic identity, the name 'Collegiate Conference of the South' is indicative of a shared commitment to academic excellence, which is commensurate with the NCAA Division III philosophy.
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