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2024 Summit League softball tournament

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2024 Summit League
softball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOmaha (2nd title)
Runner-upSouth Dakota State (5th title game)
Winning coachMike Heard (2nd title)
MVPKamryn Meyer (Omaha)
Attendance2,205
TelevisionMidcoSN, Summit League Network
2024 Summit League softball standings
Conf Overall
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
* Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
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.

Standings

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Place Seed Team Conference Overall
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

Reference:[4][5]

Format and seeding

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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.

Schedule and results

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Game Time* Matchup# Television Location Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, May 8
1 1:00 PM No. 4 South Dakota 6 vs. No. 5 North Dakota 5 SLN Jackrabbit Softball Stadium 147
2 3:30 PM No. 3 Kansas City 5 vs. No. 6 North Dakota State 2 179
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 9
3 11:00 AM No. 1 South Dakota State 7 vs. No. 4 South Dakota 0 SLN Jackrabbit Softball Stadium 298
4 1:30 PM No. 2 Omaha 1 (14) vs. No. 3 Kansas City 0 156
5 4:00 PM No. 4 South Dakota 3 vs. No. 3 Kansas City 7 156
Semifinals – Friday, May 10
6 1:00 PM No. 1 South Dakota State 2 vs. No. 2 Omaha 1 MidcoSN/SLN Jackrabbit Softball Stadium 360
7 3:30 PM No. 2 Omaha 2 vs. No. 3 Kansas City 0 145
Finals – Saturday, May 11
8 1:00 PM No. 1 South Dakota State 2 vs. No. 2 Omaha 5 MidcoSN/SLN Jackrabbit Softball Stadium 382
9 3:30 PM No. 2 Omaha 7 vs. No. 1 South Dakota State 0 382
*Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:[6][7]

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament team:[3]

Player School
Kamryn Meyer (MVP) Omaha
Maggie O'Brien
Sydney Ross
Ava Rongisch
Lynsey Tucker
Emma Osmundson South Dakota State
Tori Kniesche
Mia Jarecki
Lindsey Culver
Camryn Stickel Kansas City
Sydney Nichols
Lexy Smith
Abi Brown South Dakota
Delaney White
Ella Claus North Dakota State
Mariah Peters North Dakota

References

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  1. ^ "The Summit League Softball Standings". TheSummitLeague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "South Dakota State projected to win 2024 Summit League softball title". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. February 6, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Second-seeded Omaha claims second straight Summit League Softball Championship title". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. May 11, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 Softball Standings". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  5. ^ "The Summit League - 2024 Standings". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  6. ^ "2024 Summit League Softball Championship Bracket set". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. May 4, 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  7. ^ "2024 #SummitSB Championship Bracket" (PDF). May 4, 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
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