2021 Summit League Softball Tournament
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| 2021 Summit League Softball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division 1 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Site | |
| Champions | South Dakota State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Krista Wood (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Omaha |
| MVP | Jocelyn Carrillo (South Dakota State) |
| Television | MidcoSN |
The 2021 Summit League Softball Tournament took place from May 12-15. The top six regular-season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament at Tharaldson Park on the campus of North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. The winner of the tournament will earn the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.
Standings[edit]
| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | % | W | L | % | |||
| 1 | 1 | South Dakota State | 21 | 1 | .941 | 43 | 8 | .843 |
| 2 | 2 | Omaha | 12 | 11 | .522 | 20 | 28 | .417 |
| 3 | 3 | North Dakota State | 11 | 12 | .478 | 16 | 29 | .356 |
| 4 | 4 | Kansas City | 11 | 13 | .458 | 29 | 26 | .527 |
| 5 | 5 | South Dakota | 8 | 12 | .400 | 13 | 38 | .255 |
| 6 | 6 | North Dakota | 8 | 14 | .364 | 17 | 33 | .340 |
| 7 | Western Illinois | 6 | 14 | .300 | 16 | 29 | .356 | |
- Western Illinois did not participate in the tournament
Reference:[1]
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 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 12 | ||||||
| 1 | 3:00 PM | #4 Kansas City 10, #5 South Dakota 2 | MidcoSN | Tharaldson Park | ||
| 2 | 5:30 PM | #3 North Dakota State 5, #6 North Dakota 6[2] | MidcoSN | Tharaldson Park | 349 | |
| Second Round - Thursday, May 13 | ||||||
| 3 | 12:00 PM | #1 South Dakota State 2, #4 Kansas City 4 | MidcoSN | Tharaldson Park | ||
| 4 | 2:30 PM | #2 Omaha 5, #6 North Dakota 0 | MidcoSN | Tharaldson Park | ||
| 5 | 5:00 PM | #1 South Dakota State 1, #6 North Dakota 0 | MidcoSN | Tharaldson Park | ||
| Semi-Finals - Friday, May 14 | ||||||
| 6 | 1:00 PM | #2 Omaha 2, #4 Kansas City 1[3] | MidcoSN | Tharaldson Park | ||
| 7 | 3:30 PM | #1 South Dakota State 7, #4 Kansas City 0 | MidcoSN | Tharaldson Park | ||
| Finals - Saturday, May 15 | ||||||
| 8 | 1:00 PM | #1 South Dakota State 9, #2 Omaha 0 | MidcoSN | Tharaldson Park | ||
| 9 | 3:15 PM | #1 South Dakota State 4, #2 Omaha 2[4] | MidcoSN | Tharaldson Park | ||
| *Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:[5][6] | ||||||
All-Tournament Team[edit]
The following players were named to the all-tournament team:[7]
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Jocelyn Carrillo (MVP) | South Dakota State |
| Grace Glanzer | South Dakota State |
| Rozelyn Carrillo | South Dakota State |
| Tori Kniesche | South Dakota State |
| Kelsey Lenox | South Dakota State |
| Jadyn DeWitte[8] | South Dakota |
| Ciara Jensen[9] | North Dakota State |
| Jannay Jones | North Dakota |
| Mariah Peters | North Dakota |
| Mia Hoveland[10] | Kansas City |
| Sydney McQuinn | Kansas City |
| Faith Willis | Kansas City |
| Kamryn Meyer | Omaha |
| Lynsey Tucker | Omaha |
| Taylor Johnson | Omaha |
| Jamie White | Omaha |
References[edit]
- ↑ "2021 Softball Standings". The Summit League. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "NDSU Falls to UND in Summit League Opening Round, 6-5". North Dakota State bison. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Mavericks Advance to First Summit League Championship in Program History". Omaha Mavericks. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Softball Wins Summit League Championship". South Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "2021 Softball Championship - the Summit League". The Summit League. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "2021 Softball Schedule". North Dakota State Bison (Host). Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Top-seeded Jackrabbits claim first #SummitSB Championship trophy". The Summit League. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "DeWitte Named to All-Tournament Team". South Dakota Coyotes. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Ciara Jensen Named to Summit League Softball All-Tournament Team". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Hoveland, Willis, and McQuinn Earn Spots on the Summit League All-Tournament Team". Kansas City Roos. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
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