2016 Big East Conference softball tournament

2016 Big East Conference
softball tournament
Teams4
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsButler (1st title)
Winning coachScott Hall (1st title)
MVPSarah Dixon (Butler)
TelevisionFS2
2016 Big East Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
DePaul  ‍†‍‍ 16 – 3   .842 27 – 25   .519
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 14 – 6   .700 32 – 18   .640
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 12 – 7   .632 29 – 20   .592
Butler  ‍‍‡‍y 9 – 7   .563 28 – 24   .538
Creighton  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 25 – 22   .532
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 7 – 12   .368 24 – 30   .444
Providence  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14   .300 21 – 28   .429
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 3 – 14   .176 9 – 35   .205
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2016[1]
Rankings from NFCA


The 2016 Big East Conference softball tournament was held at The Ballpark at Rosemont in Rosemont, Illinois. The tournament, hosted by DePaul University, ran May 13 through May 14, 2016 and determined the champion for the Big East Conference for the 2016 NCAA Division I softball season. Fourth-seeded Butler won the tournament for the first time and earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[2] The entire tournament aired on Fox Sports 2. Dave Bernhard and Bob Brainerd served as the broadcasters for Fox.

Format and seeding

The top four teams from the conference's round-robin regular season qualified for the tournament, and were seeded one through four. They played a single-elimination tournament.[3]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
DePaul 16 3 .842 — 1
Villanova 14 6 .700 2.5 2
St. John's 12 7 .632 4 3
Butler 9 7 .536 5.5 4
Creighton 7 11 .389 8.5 —
Seton Hall 7 12 .368 9 —
Providence 6 14 .300 10.5 —
Georgetown 3 14 .176 12 —

Tournament

Semifinals Championship
      
1 DePaul 6
4 Butler 10
4 Butler 10(8)
3 St. John's 8
2 Villanova 0
3 St. John's 10(5)

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

Pos Player School Class
P Kristin Gutierrez Butler Senior
McKenzie Murray St. John’s Sophomore
C Riley Carter Butler Senior
Naomi Tellez DePaul Senior
1B Dylan Christensen DePaul Junior
Kaitlin Doud Butler Freshman
3B Christina Melendez St. John’s Freshman
RF Yvonne Rericha St. John’s Senior
Sarah Dixon Butler Sophomore

Most Outstanding Player

Sarah Dixon was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Dixon was an outfielder for Butler.[2]

References

  1. ^ "2016 Big East Softball Standings and Leaders". Big East Conference. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Butler Defeats St. John's in Extra Innings to Win BIG EAST Softball Championship". Big East Conference. May 14, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "2016 Big East Conference softball tournament". bigeast.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.