SEC Softball Tournament enters weather delay during Arkansas-Missouri

Weather has been an issue all day during the SEC Softball Tournament. Games were delayed by nearly eight hours in the morning because of rain. After getting the LSU–Tennessee game in, Arkansas–Missouri was well on its way toward being completed.

However, Mother Nature once again had other ideas. The Tournament has been put in another weather delay due to lightning in the area. At least 30 minutes have to pass due to lightning being in the area and when time passes, the situation will be reassessed.

“WEATHER UPDATE At this time, lightning has been detected in the area. @MizzouSoftball vs. @RazorbackSB is currently in a delay and will be reassessed in 30 minutes,” the SEC said via X at 9:28 p.m. CT. “We will provide updates as available.”

When the umpires called the game, for the time being, Missouri was winning 2-1 in the top of the fifth inning. The Tigers are in the midst of a rally as well, currently having two on base with nobody out. Adding to the lead would be huge in the later innings, hoping to advance to the semifinals.

But everyone is going to have to wait sometime before figuring out the result. Hopefully, the lightning in the area goes away and the game will be able to wrap up on Thursday night.

Otherwise, there is going to be a lot of softball played on Friday and maybe even Saturday before the championship game.

UPDATE: SEC postpones Arkansas-Missouri

Before the 30-minute window could even pass, the SEC delayed Arkansas-Missouri even more. In fact, they will not get back on the diamond on Thursday, with play resuming on Friday at 9 a.m. CT.

“WEATHER UPDATE QF2 between @MizzouSoftball and @RazorbackSB is currently suspended in the Top of the 5th with no outs, and the Tigers leading 2-1,” the SEC said via X at 9:52 p.m. CT. “Play will resume at 9 AM CT tomorrow. Additional updates regarding remaining quarterfinal and semifinal games will be provided as available tomorrow.”

The SEC Softball Tournament was already backed up, with the third and fourth quarterfinal games supposed to take place in the morning before two semifinals at night. The first full game of the day was supposed to start at 9 a.m. CT but will now receive a new start time on Friday morning.

Now, there will be at least three more innings of Arkansas-Missouri to be played, only pushing back start times even more.