{"id":5886,"date":"2026-05-11T07:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=5886"},"modified":"2026-05-11T07:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:36:37","slug":"ssc-softball-earns-top-seed-in-south-central-district-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-softball-earns-top-seed-in-south-central-district-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Softball Earns Top Seed in South Central District Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Seminole State College softball team will compete in the NJCAA South Central District Softball Tournament May 13-17 at FireLake Ballfields in Shawnee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trojans enter the tournament as the No. 1 seed after finishing conference play with a 23-1 record. SSC holds an overall record of 47-4 on the season and will open tournament play at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 14, against the winner of No. 4 NEO A&amp;M and No. 5 Connors State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament will begin Wednesday, May 13, with three opening-round games. No. 4 NEO A&amp;M will face No. 5 Connors State at noon, No. 3 Rose State will play No. 6 NOC-Tonkawa at 2 p.m., and No. 2 Eastern Oklahoma will take on No. 7 NOC-Enid at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Softball-Team-1-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured is the 2025-2026 Seminole State College Softball Team.\" class=\"wp-image-5887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Softball-Team-1-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Softball-Team-1-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Softball-Team-1-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Softball-Team-1-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Softball-Team-1-2-788x443.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Softball-Team-1-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sub>The Seminole State College softball team will compete in the NJCAA South Central District Softball Tournament May 13-17 at FireLake Ballfields in Shawnee. The Trojans enter the tournament as the No. 1 seed after finishing conference play with a 23-1 record and posting a 47-4 overall record.<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>SSC recently saw its 39-game winning streak come to an end on May 2 with a loss to Eastern Oklahoma State College. The Trojans have since won two straight games and enter the tournament with a .922 overall winning percentage and a .958 conference winning percentage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through 51 games, SSC has scored 415 runs, hit 72 home runs and recorded a .389 team batting average, .454 on-base percentage and .632 slugging percentage. The Trojans are 22-3 at home, 21-1 on the road and 4-0 in neutral-site contests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The higher seed will serve as the home team throughout the tournament. The championship game is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, with an if-necessary game set for 1 p.m. Sunday, May 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For updates and livestream information, visit sscok.edu.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bracket-1-1024x792.png\" alt=\"Pictured is the NJCAA DI South Central District softball tournament bracket.\" class=\"wp-image-5888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bracket-1-1024x792.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bracket-1-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bracket-1-768x594.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bracket-1-788x610.png 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bracket-1.png 1426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sub>Seminole State College will open play in the NJCAA South Central District Softball Tournament at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 14, against the winner of No. 4 NEO A&amp;M and No. 5 Connors State. The tournament will run May 13-17 at FireLake Ballfields in Shawnee.<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seminole State College softball team will compete in the NJCAA South Central District Softball Tournament May 13-17 at FireLake Ballfields in Shawnee. The Trojans enter the tournament as the No. 1 seed after finishing conference play with a 23-1 record. SSC holds an overall record of 47-4 on the season and will open tournament &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-softball-earns-top-seed-in-south-central-district-tournament\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SSC Softball Earns Top Seed in South Central District Tournament<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,87],"tags":[203],"class_list":["post-5886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-athletics","category-news","tag-may-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5889,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886\/revisions\/5889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}