2019 Summit League softball tournament

2019 Summit League
softball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Tharaldson Park
ChampionsNorth Dakota State (10th title)
Runner-upSouth Dakota
Winning coachDarren Mueller (10th title)
MVPPaige Vargas (North Dakota State)
TelevisionMidcoSN
2019 Summit League softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North Dakota State  ‍†‍‡‍y 16 – 2   .889 42 – 16   .724
South Dakota  ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 33 – 28   .541
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 20 – 20   .500
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611 37 – 19   .661
North Dakota  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 22 – 34   .393
Purdue Fort Wayne  ‍‍‍ 3 – 15   .167 10 – 39   .204
Omaha  ‍‍‍ 2 – 16   .111 4 – 43   .085
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 14, 2019[1]
Rankings from NFCA


The 2019 Summit League softball tournament took place from May 8–11, 2019. The top six regular-season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament at the Ellig Sports Complex on the campus of North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota.
North Dakota State was the defending champion, and successfully defended their title following their defeat of second-seeded South Dakota in the final round. This was the tenth Summit League title for the Bison, who earned the Summit League's automatic berth to the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament with the tournament title.[2]

Format and Seeding

The top six teams from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference record during the league 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. The remaining rounds of the tournament were double-elimination.

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television Location Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, May 8
1 3:00 PM #4 South Dakota State 4 vs. #5 North Dakota 2 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park
2 5:30 PM #3 Western Illinois 5 vs.(8) #6 Purdue Fort Wayne 7 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park
Quarterfinals - Thursday, May 9
3 12:00 PM #1 North Dakota State 6 vs. #4 South Dakota State 3 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park
4 2:30 PM #2 South Dakota 5 vs. #6 Purdue Fort Wayne 1 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park
5 5:00 PM #4 South Dakota State 7 vs. #6 Purdue Fort Wayne 6 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park
Semifinals - Friday, May 10
6 12:00 PM #1 North Dakota State 1 vs. #2 South Dakota 10 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park
7 2:30 PM #1 North Dakota State 6 vs. #4 South Dakota State 3 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park
Finals - Saturday, May 11
8 1:00 PM #1 North Dakota State 6 vs. #2 South Dakota 0 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park
9 3:30 PM #1 North Dakota State 3 vs. #2 South Dakota 1 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park
*Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:[3][4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:[5]

Player School
Paige Vargas (MVP) North Dakota State
Madyson Camacho
Maddie Hansen
Katie Shoultz
Vanessa Anderson
Jessica Rogers South Dakota
Alyssa Rogers
Dustie Durham
Alexis Devers
Mallory McQuistan South Dakota State
Kendra Conard
Julia Andersen
Lauren Watson Purdue Fort Wayne
Abby Baez
Jailene Carpio North Dakota
Payton Abbott Western Illinois

References

  1. ^ "The Summit League Softball Standings". TheSummitLeague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "Division I softball website picks NDSU 29th best program". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. September 8, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Summit League Softball Championship Bracket Announced". The Summit League. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  4. ^ "2019 Softball Schedule". North Dakota State Bison (Host). Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "North Dakota State Takes Two on Saturday, Wins Sixth Straight Tournament Title". The Summit League. May 11, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2023.