2016 Ohio Valley Conference softball tournament

2016 Ohio Valley Conference
softball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double Elimination
Finals site	Choccolocco Park Oxford, AL
Champions	Jacksonville State (5th title)
Winning coach	Jana McGinnis (5th title)
MVP	Whitney Gillespie (Jacksonville State)
Attendance	4,965
Television	OVC Digital Network

The 2016 OVC softball championship was held May 11–14 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. This marked the 23rd time the championship had been held and the fourth year it featured eight teams. This year was the first year it was held at the neutral site in Oxford instead of at the site of the No. 1 seed. The tournament winner earned the OVC's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament. All games were streamed courtesy of the OVC Digital Network.

The defending champion was Tennessee Tech which won its seventh OVC Championship in 2015.[1]

2016 Ohio Valley Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Jacksonville State ‡  ‍‍‍	26	–	0		1.000			43	–	17		.717
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍	17	–	8		.680			37	–	17		.685
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍	17	–	8		.680			25	–	28		.472
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍	15	–	11		.577			28	–	26		.519
Tennessee–Martin  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			30	–	26		.536
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			23	–	33		.411
Morehead State  ‍‍‍	11	–	11		.500			26	–	27		.491
Murray State  ‍‍‍	12	–	14		.462			14	–	31		.311
Belmont  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			19	–	35		.352
SE Missouri State  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			16	–	33		.327
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍	5	–	22		.185			9	–	387		.023
Tennessee State  ‍‍‍	3	–	22		.120			10	–	45		.182
‡ – OVC Tournament champion As of May 9, 2016[2] Rankings from USA Today/NFCA Coaches

Results

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Final
	1	Jacksonville State Gamecocks	5
	8	Murray State Racers	0
						1	Jacksonville State	3
						4	SIU Edwardsville	2
	4	SIU Edwardsville Cougars	6
	5	UT Martin Skyhawks	5
											1	Jacksonville State	12^(5)
											3	Eastern Kentucky	0
	3	Eastern Kentucky Colonels	3
	6	Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles	0
						3	Eastern Kentucky	6
						2	Eastern Illinois	4
	2	Eastern Illinois Panthers	7
	7	Morehead State Eagles	0																		1	Jacksonville State	1	6
																					4	SIU Edwardsville	2	1
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
						2	Eastern Illinois	10
	8	Murray State	2			8	Murray State	5								3	Eastern Kentucky	4
	5	UT Martin	0								2	Eastern Illinois	3			4	SIU Edwardsville	3
											4	SIU Edwardsville	6
						4	SIU Edwardsville	1
	6	Tennessee Tech	1			7	Morehead State	0
	7	Morehead State	2

References

1. "2016 OVC Softball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
2. "Softball". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved April 25, 2017.