Wikipedia

2022 Summit League softball tournament


The 2022 Summit League softball tournament took place from May 12–15, 2022. It was initially scheduled to begin on May 11 but was postponed due to severe weather. The top six regular-season finishers of the league's eight teams met in the 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, South Dakota State, earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I softball tournament. After weather delays and power outages on South Dakota State's campus on May 13, the remaining games in the tournament were moved to Nygaard Field on the campus of the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota.[3][4]

2022 Summit League
softball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Jackrabbit Softball Stadium/Nygaard Field
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (2nd title)
Runner-upOmaha
Winning coachKrista Wood (2nd title)
MVPTori Kniesche (South Dakota State)
TelevisionMidcoSN
2022 Summit League softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State  ‍†‍‡‍y 18 – 2   .900 41 – 13   .759
Omaha  ‍‍‍ 17 – 4   .810 32 – 14   .696
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 30 – 23   .566
South Dakota  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10   .524 28 – 25   .528
Kansas City  ‍‍‍ 9 – 11   .450 13 – 34   .277
St. Thomas (MN)  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381 14 – 36   .280
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 4 – 16   .200 14 – 39   .264
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17   .190 8 – 37   .178
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2022[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

Standings edit

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L % W L %
1 1 South Dakota State 18 2 .900 37 10 .787
2 2 Omaha 17 4 .810 29 12 .707
3 3 North Dakota State 10 8 .556 28 21 .571
4 4 South Dakota 11 10 .524 27 23 .540
5 5 Kansas City 9 11 .450 13 33 .283
6 St. Thomas* 8 13 .381 14 36 .280
7 6 North Dakota 4 16 .200 14 38 .269
8 Western Illinois 4 17 .190 8 37 .178
  • St. Thomas and Western Illinois did not participate in the tournament
  • St. Thomas is ineligible for postseason play through 2026

Reference:[5][6]

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
Day 1 – Thursday, May 12
1 12:00 PM (first round) #4 South Dakota 4 vs. #5 Kansas City 3 MidcoSN Jackrabbit Softball Stadium
2 2:30 PM (first round) #3 North Dakota State 5 vs. #6 North Dakota 2 MidcoSN Jackrabbit Softball Stadium 151
Day 2 – Friday, May 13
3 5:00 PM (second round) #2 Omaha 0 vs. #3 North Dakota State 2 Nygaard Field
Vermillion, SD 		150
Day 3 – Saturday, May 14
4 9:00 AM (second round) #1 South Dakota State 5 vs. #4 South Dakota 2 Nygaard Field
5 11:30 AM (second round) #2 Omaha 3 vs. #4 South Dakota 1 Nygaard Field
6 2:00 PM (semifinals) #3 North Dakota State 0 vs. #1 South Dakota State 2 Nygaard Field
7 4:30 PM (semifinals) #2 Omaha 3 vs. #3 North Dakota State 2 Nygaard Field
Day 4 – Sunday, May 15
8 10:00 AM (finals) #1 South Dakota State vs. #2 Omaha 3 MidcoSN Nygaard Field
9 12:30 PM (finals) #2 Omaha vs. #1 South Dakota State 5 MidcoSN Nygaard Field
*Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:[7][8][9][10]

All-Tournament Team edit

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:[11]

Player School
Tori Kniesche (MVP) South Dakota State[12]
Emma Osmundson South Dakota State
Cylie Halvorson South Dakota State
Grace Glanzer South Dakota State
Jocelyn Carrillo South Dakota State
Jamie White Omaha[13]
Sydney Nuismer Omaha
Lexi Burkhardt Omaha
Kamryn Meyer Omaha
Paige Vargas North Dakota State[14]
Skylar Padgett North Dakota State
Nicole Licea North Dakota State
Gabby Moser South Dakota[15]
Lauren Eamiguel South Dakota
Cassie Castaneda North Dakota[16]
Lexi D'Ambrossio Kansas City

References edit

  1. ^ "The Summit League Softball Standings". TheSummitLeague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "South Dakota State Projected to Win 2022 Summit League Softball Title". The Summit League. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "SummitSB Championship Update: May 13". The Summit League. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  4. ^ "Summit League softball tournament moved Bison baseball learning from Miami sweep". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. May 13, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "2022 Softball Standings". The Summit League. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  6. ^ "The Summit League 2022". D1Softball.com. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 SummitSB Championship Bracket Set". The Summit League. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "2022 Softball Schedule". South Dakota State Jackrabbits (Host). Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  9. ^ "2022 SummitSB Bracket Update" (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  10. ^ "2022 SummitSB Bracket Update 2" (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  11. ^ "Top-seeded South Dakota State earns second straight SummitSB Championship title". The Summit League. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  12. ^ "Jackrabbits Win Summit League Title". South Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  13. ^ "Mavericks Force Winner Take All - Jackrabbits Prevail as Champs". Omaha Mavericks Athletics. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  14. ^ "Three Bison Named to Summit League Championship All-Tournament Team". North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  15. ^ "Eamiguel, Moser Named to All-Tournament Team". South Dakota Athletics. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  16. ^ "Castaneda Named to Summit League Championship All-Tournament Team". North Dakota Athletics. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2022_Summit_League_softball_tournament&oldid=1214909844"