The 2026 SEC Softball Tournament runs May 5-9 in Lexington, Kentucky. Follow along the tournament throughout the week here.

Viviana Martinez delivered in the clutch for Texas with a walk-off hit in the Southeastern Conference tournament semifinals Friday. Martinez smacked a single up the middle to score Jaycie Nichols for the game-winning run,

Game time, plus TV channel and radio information as the Crimson Tide takes on the Longhorns in the finals of the 2026 SEC Softball Tournament.

In Day 2 of the SEC Tournament, Texas A&M was upset by Auburn 11-8 when a late Tiger home run steals momentum from Aggies.

Katie Stewart, a junior first baseman for Texas softball, was named the SEC's player of the year on Friday by the conference coaches

Cedric Golden is a general sports columnist who has covered everything from Texas' 2005 national championship win over Southern California, Super Bowls, Final Fours, College World Series and prizefights in Las Vegas. He is also the host of the On Second Thought, Longhorn Confidential and Longhorns Unfiltered podcasts.

AUSTIN — Texas slugger Katie Stewart was named the SEC Player of the Year and one of seven Longhorn softball players to be chosen All-SEC. Stewart, a junior first baseman for the fourth-ranked Longhorns, joined center fielder Kayden Henry of Dickinson, pitcher Teagan Kavan and shortstop Viviana Martinez on the All-SEC first team.