2016 Big South Conference softball tournament

The 2016 Big South Conference softball tournament were held at Winthrop University's Terry Field from May 11 through May 14, 2016. Longwood won their second straight tournament championship, and the third of their four years in the conference, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament. The first and second rounds were streamed online through the Big South Network, while the semifinals and championship were streamed on ESPN3.

2016 Big South Conference
softball tournament
Teams9
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsLongwood (3rd title)
Winning coachKathy Riley (3rd title)
MVPSydney Gay (Longwood)
TelevisionBig South Network, ESPN3
  • 2015
  • Big South Softball Tournament
  • 2017

Seeds

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The nine conference teams which sponsor college softball all received bids. The bottom two seeds have a play-in game to determine who will advance to face the top seeded team. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Longwood 19–5 33–17
2 Coastal Carolina 18–6 35–20
3 Liberty 16–8 30–26
4 Radford 13–11 32–24
5 Campbell 11–13 25–29
6 Presbyterian 10–14 24–26 2–1 vs. Charleston Southern
7 Charleston Southern 10–14 22–32 1–2 vs. Presbyterian
8 Gardner-Webb 7–17 21–32
9 Winthrop 4–20 14–41
‡ – Big South regular season champions.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

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Tournament

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8/9 Elimination game

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Elimination Game
May 11th
Big South Network
   
8 Gardner–Webb 5
9 Winthrop 9

Double-elimination tournament

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1st Round
May 11th and 12th
Big South Network
2nd Round
May 12th and 13th
Big South Network
Semifinals
May 13th and 14th
ESPN3
Championship
May 14th
ESPN3
1Longwood13
9Winthrop5 (6)
1Longwood2
5Campbell5
4Radford2
5Campbell11
4Radford83
5Campbell46
4Radford4
9Winthrop33Liberty1
4Radford2
1Longwood10
2Coastal Carolina14
5Campbell0 (5)
7Charleston Southern10
2Coastal Carolina8
3Liberty0 (5)
3Liberty3
6Presbyterian0
1Longwood510
2Coastal Carolina02 (5)
6Presbyterian8
7Charleston Southern51Longwood4
6Presbyterian0
  • All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Seedings for 2016 Big South Softball Championship Announced" (Press release). Big South Conference. May 8, 2016. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "2015 Big South Softball Championship" (PDF). bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved May 13, 2016.