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 [autotag]Lindsey Garcia[/autotag] 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.
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