Big South Conference softball tournament

Big South Conference softball tournament
Big South Conference softball tournament
Conference softball championship
Sport	Softball
Conference	Big South Conference
Number of teams	6
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Cyrill Softball Stadium
Current location	Spartanburg, South Carolina
Played	1987–present
Last contest	2025
Current champion	USC Upstate (2)
Most championships	Winthrop (6)

SportSoftball

ConferenceBig South Conference

Number of teams6

FormatDouble-elimination tournament

The Big South Conference softball tournament (also referred to as the Big South Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Big South Conference. It is a double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.^[1]

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Year	Champion	Location	MVP
1987	Winthrop		N/A
1988	Charleston Southern	Winthrop Softball Complex • Rock Hill, SC	Dori Beach, Charleston Southern
1989	Winthrop	Coastal Carolina Softball Complex • Conway, SC	Lisa Kemme, Winthrop
1990	Winthrop	Coastal Carolina Softball Complex • Conway, SC	Lisa Kemme, P, Winthrop
1991	Winthrop	Winthrop Softball Complex • Rock Hill, SC	Lisa Kemme, P, Winthrop
1992	Coastal Carolina	CSU Softball Complex • North Charleston, SC	Michelle Hall, P, Coastal Carolina
1993	Campbell	Campbell Softball Field • Buies Creek, NC	Andrea Nardolillo, P, Campbell
1994	UNC Greensboro	Winthrop Softball Complex • Rock Hill, SC	Winn Hazelgrove, P, UNC Greensboro
1995	UNC Greensboro	Winthrop Softball Complex • Rock Hill, SC	Christine Yon, 2B, Winthrop
1996	UNC Greensboro	UNCG Softball Field • Greensboro, NC	Erin Chandler, P, UNC Greensboro
1997	UNC Greensboro	Winthrop Softball Complex • Rock Hill, SC	Christine Hornak, P, UNC Greensboro
1998	Coastal Carolina	Winthrop Softball Complex • Rock Hill, SC	Kacee Crumpacker, SS, Coastal Carolina Katie Phillips, P, Liberty
1999	East Carolina	Winthrop Softball Complex • Rock Hill, SC	Denise Reagan, P, East Carolina
2000	Coastal Carolina	Coastal Carolina Softball Complex • Conway, SC	Lauren Yates, P, Coastal Carolina
2001	Coastal Carolina	James I. Moyer Sports Complex • Salem, VA	Sarah Lockett, 3B, Coastal Carolina
2002	Liberty	Terry Field • Rock Hill, SC	Ali Thompson, P, Liberty
2003	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Terry Field • Rock Hill, SC	Sarah Pauly, P, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
2004	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	BSC Softball Park • Birmingham, SC	Sarah Pauly, P, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
2005	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Terry Field • Rock Hill, SC	Sarah Pauly, P, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
2006	Coastal Carolina	Radford Softball Stadium • Radford, VA	Christine Doyle, P, Coastal Carolina
2007	Winthrop	Coastal Carolina Softball Complex • Conway, SC	Cari Wooldridge, P, Winthrop
2008	Winthrop	Terry Field • Rock Hill, SC	Cari Wooldridge, P, Winthrop
2009	Radford	Radford Softball Stadium • Radford, VA	Kristen Shifflett, SS, Radford
2010	Radford	Coastal Carolina Softball Complex • Conway, SC	Kristen Shifflett, SS, Radford
2011	Liberty	Terry Field • Rock Hill, SC	Tiffani Smith, P, Liberty
2012	Coastal Carolina	Radford Softball Stadium • Radford, VA	Sarah Maples, UTIL, Coastal Carolina
2013	Longwood	Terry Field • Rock Hill, SC	Libby Morris, P, Longwood
2014	Charleston Southern	Coastal Carolina Softball Complex • Conway, SC	Cheyenne Gandara, P, Charleston Southern
2015	Longwood	Amanda Littlejohn Stadium • Buies Creek, NC	Libby Morris, P, Longwood
2016	Longwood	Terry Field • Rock Hill, SC	Sydney Gay, P, Longwood
2017	Longwood	Lancer Field • Farmville, VA	Elizabeth McCarthy, P, Longwood
2018	Liberty	Radford Softball Stadium • Radford, VA	Autumn Bishop, 1B, Liberty
2019	Longwood	Amanda Littlejohn Stadium • Buies Creek, NC	Karleigh Donovan, 1B, Longwood
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021	Campbell	Brinkley Softball Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC	Claire Blount, UTIL, Campbell
2022	Campbell	Lancer Field • Farmville, VA	Georgeanna Barefoot, P, Campbell
2023	Campbell	Radford Softball Stadium • Radford, VA	Claudia Ware, OF, Campbell
2024	USC Upstate	Terry Field • Rock Hill, SC	Alyssa Kelly, P, USC Upstate
2025	USC Upstate	PC Softball Complex • Clinton, SC	Maddie Drerup, P, USC Upstate
2026		Cyrill Softball Stadium • Spartanburg, SC

School	Championships	Years
Winthrop	6	1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007, 2008
Coastal Carolina	5	1992, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006
Longwood	5	2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Campbell	4	1993, 2021, 2022, 2023
UNC Greensboro	4	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Liberty	3	2002, 2011, 2018
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	3	2003, 2004, 2005
Charleston Southern	2	1988, 2014
Radford	2	2009, 2010
USC Upstate	2	2024, 2025
East Carolina	1	1999

v t e Big South Conference
Full members	Charleston Southern Bulldogs Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs High Point Panthers Longwood Lancers Presbyterian Blue Hose Radford Highlanders UNC Asheville Bulldogs USC Upstate Spartans Winthrop Eagles
Associate members	Bryant Bulldogs² Furman Paladins¹ Mercer Bears¹ NJIT Highlanders² ³ Wofford Terriers¹
Championships and awards	Baseball Basketball (men's) Basketball (women's) Soccer (men's) Soccer (women's)
Related topics	OVC–Big South Football Association⁴
¹lacrosse (women's) ²tennis (men's) ³tennis (women's) ⁴all football members

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