2023 Summit League softball tournament
The 2023 Summit League softball tournament will take place from May 10-13, 2023. The top six regular-season finishers of the league's eight teams will meet in the modified double-elimination tournament at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota.[2] The winner of the tournament will earn the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
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| Teams | 6 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site |
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| Television | MidcoSN |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 6 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 23 | – | 14 | .622 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 7 | – | 2 | .778 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 6 | – | 2 | .750 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 4 | – | 4 | .500 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas* | 3 | – | 5 | .375 | 11 | – | 24 | .314 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 2 | – | 5 | .286 | 5 | – | 32 | .135 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 1 | – | 5 | .167 | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City | 1 | – | 7 | .125 | 6 | – | 31 | .162 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of April 7, 2023[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Standings
| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Overall | ||||
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| W | L | % | W | L | % | |||
| 1 | 1 | – | – | |||||
| 2 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| 3 | 3 | – | – | |||||
| 4 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| 5 | 5 | – | – | |||||
| 6 | 6 | – | – | |||||
| 7 | – | – | ||||||
| 8 | – | – | ||||||
- St. Thomas is ineligible for NCAA tournament through 2026
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Format and seeding
The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage during the conference's regular season. The tournament will play out as a modified double-elimination tournament, with the bottom four seeds playing each other in the single-elimination first round and the rest of the tournament as a double-elimination.
Schedule
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Location | Attendance | |
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| First Round – Wednesday, May 10 | ||||||
| 1 | 3:00 PM | No. 4 vs. No. 5 | MidcoSN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | ||
| 2 | 5:30 PM | No. 3 vs. No. 6 | MidcoSN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | ||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 11 | ||||||
| 3 | 12:00 PM | No. 1 vs. Winner of Gm 1 | MidcoSN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | ||
| 4 | 2:30 PM | No. 2 vs. Winner of Gm 2 | MidcoSN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | ||
| 5 | 5:00 PM | Loser of Gm 3 vs. Loser of Gm 4 | MidcoSN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, May 12 | ||||||
| 6 | 1:00 PM | Winner of Gm 4 vs. Winner of Gm 3 | MidcoSN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | ||
| 7 | 3:30 PM | Winner of Gm 5 vs. Winner of Gm 6 | MidcoSN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | ||
| Finals – Saturday, May 13 | ||||||
| 8 | 1:00 PM | Winner of Gm 7 vs. Winner of Gm 6 | MidcoSN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | ||
| 8 | 3:15 PM (if needed) | Winner of Gm 8 vs. Loser of Gm 8 | MidcoSN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | ||
| *Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference: | ||||||
References
- "The Summit League Softball Standings". TheSummitLeague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- "South Dakota State projected to win 2023 Summit League softball title". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.