Lady Vols earn No. 3 national seed in NCAA Tournament

Tennessee softball will open NCAA Tournament play against Dayton in the Knoxville Regional.

Tennessee (40-10, 19-5 SEC) will host the Knoxville regional in the 2024 NCAA softball tournament.

The Knoxville regional will be contested in a double-elimination format May 17-19 at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. The winner advances to the super regionals, which are best-of-3 series hosted by the higher-seeded team.

The Lady Vols earned the No. 3 national seed in the tournament.

Tennessee will open tournament play against Dayton (33-19, 19-7 Atlantic 10). First pitch between Tennessee and the Flyers is 2:30 p.m. EDT and can be watched on ESPN+.

Friday’s other opening-round game in the regional pits Miami University (48-7, 26-1 Mid-American Conference) against Virginia (32-18. 15-9 ACC). First pitch is noon EDT (ESPN+).