INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) announced on Sunday the eight-team field for the 2023 GLVC Softball Championship Tournament, scheduled for May 4-7 in East Peoria, Ill. This season marks the 19th consecutive year the league postseason tournament will be held at the EastSide Centre.
 
Regular-season champion Indianapolis earned the No. 1 overall seed, while University of Missouri-St. Louis secured the second seed, McKendree University was tabbed as the 3-seed, Maryville University claimed the 4-seed, University of Illinois Springfield was tabbed fifth, Lewis University enters the postseason as the 6-seed, Rockhurst University will be seeded No. 7, and Drury University rounds out the field as the eighth seed.
 
The top-eight teams based on Conference winning percentage received a berth in the double-elimination tournament.

 Game 2: #1 Indianapolis vs. #8 Drury | Thursday, May 4, 12:30 PM CT

• Indianapolis went 47-6 overall and 20-3 in GLVC action during the regular season.
• The NFCA sixth-ranked Greyhounds earned the GLVC Regular Season title and now have won either the Regular Season or Divisional crown a GLVC-best five times.
• Drury went 25-25 overall and 13-11 in GLVC action during the regular season.
• The Greyhounds swept the Panthers on April 22 at home, 3-2 and 4-3.
• UIndy is making its 33rd appearance in the GLVC postseason and fifth in a row with three Conference titles to its name, winning in 2012, 2016, and 2021.
• Drury is making its sixth appearance in the GLVC postseason and fourth consecutive.
• Drury won a tiebreaker against Quincy for the final seed after splitting their DH on April 8; both were swept by top-seeded UIndy; but Drury split with second-seeded UMSL, while Quincy was swept by the Tritons. 

Each day of the four-day event, ticket prices will be $12 for adults and $5 for youth (ages 6-17) and students (with ID), while children 5 and under are free. The adult and youth/student tickets can be purchased at GLVCsports.com/tickets.
 
For complete coverage and tournament details, visit the Championship homepage at the link above (GLVCsports.com/2023softball). All games will be streamed live and free on GLVCSN.com, the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile apps, as well as the GLVCSN OTT platforms on Roku TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV.