2024 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 (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | South Dakota State (5th title game) |
| Winning coach | Mike Heard (2nd title) |
| MVP | Kamryn Meyer (Omaha) |
| Attendance | 2,205 |
| Television | MidcoSN, Summit League Network |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State † | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 33 | – | 22 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha ‡y | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 43 | – | 15 | .741 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas* | 8 | – | 9 | .471 | 16 | – | 34 | .320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 23 | – | 32 | .418 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 7 | – | 10 | .412 | 23 | – | 30 | .434 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 42 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 17 | – | 37 | .315 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament * Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III As of May 19, 2024[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Summit League softball tournament took place from May 8–11, 2024. All six eligible teams of the league's seven (St. Thomas is ineligible) met in the modified double-elimination tournament at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota.[2] Omaha was the defending champion and repeated as the champion,[3] earning the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Overall | ||||
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| W | L | % | W | L | % | |||
| 1 | 1 | South Dakota State | 14 | 2 | .875 | 31 | 20 | .608 |
| 2 | 2 | Omaha | 14 | 4 | .778 | 36 | 12 | .750 |
| 3 | St. Thomas | 8 | 9 | .471 | 16 | 34 | .320 | |
| 4 | 3 | Kansas City | 8 | 10 | .444 | 21 | 30 | .412 |
| 5 | 4 | South Dakota | 7 | 10 | .412 | 22 | 28 | .440 |
| 6 | 5 | North Dakota | 6 | 12 | .333 | 14 | 41 | .255 |
| 7 | 6 | North Dakota State | 4 | 14 | .222 | 17 | 36 | .321 |
- St. Thomas is ineligible for postseason tournaments through 2026
Format and seeding
All eligible 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 double-elimination. Due to their transition from Division III to Division I, St. Thomas is ineligible for the Summit League and NCAA tournaments until 2026.