2024 Summit League softball tournament

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2024 Summit League
softball tournament

Teams| 6
Format| Double-elimination
Finals site|

* Jackrabbit Softball Stadium
* Brookings, South Dakota

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

* ← 2023
* Summit League Softball Tournament
* 2025 →

2024 Summit League softball standings

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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.

## Standings

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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

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

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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

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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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