2019 Summit League Softball Tournament
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| 2019 Summit League Softball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division 1 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Format | Modified Double-elimination |
| Site | |
| Champions | North Dakota State (10th title) |
| Winning coach | Darren Mueller (10 title) |
| Runner-up | South Dakota |
| MVP | Paige Vargas (North Dakota State) |
| Television | MidcoSN, ESPN+ |
The 2019 Summit League Softball Tournament took place from May 8-11. The top six regular-season teams of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament at Tharldson Park on the campus of North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. The winner of the tournament , North Dakota State, earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The championship runner-up also received an invitation to the National Invitational Softball Championship.
Standings[edit]
| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | % | W | L | % | |||
| 1 | 1 | North Dakota State | 17 | 2 | .895 | 43 | 16 | .729 |
| 2 | 2 | South Dakota | 12 | 6 | .667 | 33 | 28 | .541 |
| 3 | 3 | Western Illinois | 12 | 6 | .667 | 20 | 20 | .500 |
| 4 | 4 | South Dakota State | 11 | 7 | .611 | 37 | 19 | .661 |
| 5 | 5 | North Dakota | 7 | 11 | .389 | 22 | 34 | .393 |
| 6 | 6 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 3 | 15 | .167 | 10 | 39 | .204 |
| 7 | Omaha | 2 | 17 | .105 | 4 | 44 | .083 | |
- Omaha did not participate in the tournament
Reference:[1]
Format and Seeding[edit]
The top six teams from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage during the league's regular season. The tournament played 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 a double-elimination.
Schedule[edit]
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Location | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round - Wednesday, May 8 | ||||||
| 1 | 3:00 PM | #4 South Dakota State 4, #5 North Dakota 2[2] | Tharaldson Park | |||
| 2 | 5:30 PM | #3 Western Illinois 5, #6 Purdue Fort Wayne 7(8) | Tharaldson Park | |||
| Second Round - Thursday, May 9 | ||||||
| 3 | 12:00 PM | #1 North Dakota State 6, #4 South Dakota State 3[3] | Tharaldson Park | 311 | ||
| 4 | 2:30 PM | #2 South Dakota 5, #6 Purdue Fort Wayne 1 | Tharaldson Park | |||
| 5 | 5:00 PM | #4 South Dakota State 7, #6 Purdue Fort Wayne 6[4] | Tharaldson Park | |||
| Semi-Finals - Friday, May 10 | ||||||
| 6 | 1:00 PM | #1 North Dakota State 1, #2 South Dakota 10(5) | Tharaldson Park | 336 | ||
| 7 | 3:30 PM | #1 North Dakota State 5, #4 South Dakota State 0 | Tharaldson Park | 336 | ||
| Finals - Saturday, May 11 | ||||||
| 8 | 1:00 PM | #1 North Dakota State 6, #2 South Dakota 0 | MidcoSN, ESPN+ | Tharaldson Park | 341 | |
| 9 | 3:30 PM | #1 North Dakota State 3, #2 South Dakota 1[5] | MidcoSN, ESPN+ | Tharaldson Park | 341 | |
| *Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:[6][7] | ||||||
All-Tournament Team[edit]
The following players were named to the all-tournament team:[8]
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Paige Vargas (MVP) | North Dakota State |
| Madyson Camacho | North Dakota State |
| Maddie Hansen | North Dakota State |
| Katie Shoultz | North Dakota State |
| Vanessa Anderson | North Dakota State |
| Jailene Carpio | North Dakota |
| Payton Abbott | Western Illinois |
| Abby Baez | Purdue Fort Wayne |
| Lauren Watson | Purdue Fort Wayne |
| Mallory McQuistan | South Dakota State |
| Kendra Conard | South Dakota State |
| Julia Andersen | South Dakota State |
| Alexis Devers[9] | South Dakota |
| Dustie Durham | South Dakota |
| Alyssa Fernandez | South Dakota |
| Jessica Rogers | South Dakota |
References[edit]
- ↑ "2019 Softball Standings". The Summit League. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Softball Opens Championships with 4-2 Victory". South Dakota State Jackrabbits. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "NDSU Advances at Summit League Tournament, Squares off with South Dakota on Friday". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Softball Holds off Mastodon Charge to Advance". South Dakota State Jackrabbits. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "NDSU Takes pair from South Dakota to Win 10th Summit League Softball Championship". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Summit League Softball Championship Bracket Announced". The Summit League. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "2019 Softball Schedule". North Dakota State Bison (Host). Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "North Dakota State Takes Two on Saturday, Wins Sixth Straight Tournament Title". The Summit League. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Softball Freshman Vargas Leads Bison to Tourney Title". South Dakota Coyotes. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
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