2024 Summit League softball tournament

College softball tournament

2024 Summit League
softball tournament

Teams| 6
Format| Double-elimination
Finals site|

* Jackrabbit Softball Stadium
* Brookings, South Dakota

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 |  |  | 32 | - | 20 |  | .615
Omaha ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 4 |  | .778 |  |  | 37 | - | 12 |  | .755
St. Thomas*  ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 9 |  | .471 |  |  | 16 | - | 34 |  | .320
Kansas City ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 10 |  | .444 |  |  | 23 | - | 31 |  | .426
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 9, 2024[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2024 Summit League softball tournament will take place from May 8–11, 2024. The top six regular-season finishers of the league's seven teams will meet in the modified double-elimination tournament at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota.[2] The winner of the tournament will earn the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament. The defending champion is Omaha.

## Standings[edit]

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:[3][4]

## Format and seeding[edit]

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 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[edit]

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 vs. No. 2 Omaha  | MidcoSN/SLN  | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium  |
7  | 3:30 PM  | Loser of Game 6 vs. No. 3 Kansas City  |
Finals – Saturday, May 11
8  | 1:00 PM  | Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 7  | MidcoSN/SLN  | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium  |
9 If necessary | 3:30 PM  | Winner of Game 8 vs. Loser of Game 8  |
*Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:[5][6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "The Summit League Softball Standings". TheSummitLeague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved May 9, 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. ^ "2024 Softball Standings". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
4. ^ "The Summit League - 2024 Standings". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
5. ^ "2024 Summit League Softball Championship Bracket set". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. May 4, 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
6. ^ "2024 #SummitSB Championship Bracket" (PDF). May 4, 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2024.

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2024 NCAA Division I softball tournaments

Conference|

* America East
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* NCAA
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