2023 Summit League softball tournament
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- Jackrabbit Softball Stadium
- Brookings, South Dakota
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| Teams | 6 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Omaha (1st title) |
| Runner-up | South Dakota State |
| Winning coach | Mike Heard (1st title) |
| MVP | Kamryn Meyer (Omaha) |
| Attendance | 1,723 |
| Television | MidcoSN |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State † | 17 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 37 | – | 17 | .685 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha ‡y | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 33 | – | 17 | .660 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 13 | – | 8 | .619 | 30 | – | 21 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 24 | – | 28 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 9 | – | 10 | .474 | 12 | – | 38 | .240 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas* | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 18 | – | 35 | .340 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City | 4 | – | 17 | .190 | 9 | – | 43 | .173 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 9 | – | 36 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament * Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III As of May 20, 2023[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 Summit League softball tournament took place from May 10–14, 2023. The top six regular-season finishers of the league's eight teams met in the modified double-elimination tournament at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota.[2] The schedule for the tournament was modified a few times due to rain in the Brookings area during the tournament, with the title games suspended and moved to Sunday, May 14. Omaha won the tournament and earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament. The defending champion, South Dakota State, made the title game of the tournament but was defeated by the Mavericks.
| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Overall | ||||
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| W | L | % | W | L | % | |||
| 1 | 1 | South Dakota State | 17 | 0 | 1.000 | 35 | 15 | .700 |
| 2 | 2 | Omaha | 15 | 5 | .750 | 28 | 15 | .651 |
| 3 | 3 | North Dakota State | 13 | 8 | .619 | 29 | 19 | .604 |
| 4 | 4 | South Dakota | 11 | 9 | .550 | 22 | 26 | .458 |
| 5 | 5 | North Dakota | 9 | 10 | .474 | 12 | 37 | .245 |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 6 | 14 | .300 | 18 | 35 | .340 | |
| 7 | 6 | Kansas City | 4 | 17 | .190 | 9 | 42 | .176 |
| 8 | Western Illinois | 3 | 15 | .167 | 9 | 36 | .200 | |
- St. Thomas is ineligible for the Summit League and NCAA tournaments through 2026
- St. Thomas and Western Illinois did not participate in the tournament
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 played 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.
Due to their transition from Division III to Division I, St. Thomas is ineligible for the Summit League tournament and NCAA tournament until 2026.