The Big East Conference softball tournament (sometimes known simply as the Big East Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Big East Conference. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Tournament The top four regular season finishers compete in the single-elimination tournament. Beginning with the tournament's inception in 1990, four teams competed in the tournament. From 2006 through 2013, the top eight teams qualified for the event. Beginning in 2014, after the conference split, the Big East reverted to the four-team tournament. After the COVID-19 pandemic and with the return of UConn to the conference, the tournament expanded again to a six-team event, with the top two seeds receiving a single bye.
Champions
Year-by-year Year School Venue MVP 1990 Shea Softball Field • Chestnut Hill, MA Sue Rybczyk, Connecticut 1991 Shea Softball Field • Chestnut Hill, MA Janna Venice, Connecticut 1992 Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT Kim Mizesko, Connecticut 1993 Connecticut Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT Janna Venice, Connecticut 1994 Regal Field • Jamaica, NY Kim Robbins, Providence 1995 Regal Field • Jamaica, NY Bridgett McCaffery, Connecticut 1996 Shea Softball Field • Chestnut Hill, MA Bridgett McCaffery, Connecticut 1997 Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT Mary Dietz, Boston College 1998 Ivy Field • Notre Dame, IN Chris Vicari, Boston College 1999 Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT Jennifer Sharron, Notre Dame 2000 Shea Softball Field • Chestnut Hill, MA Melanie Alkire, Notre Dame 2001 VU Softball Stadium • Villanova, PA Barb Cook, Connecticut 2002 Moyer Field • Salem, VA Andrea Loman, Notre Dame 2003 Moyer Field • Salem, VA Andrea Loman, Notre Dame 2004 SU Softball Stadium • Syracuse, NY Megan Meyer, Seton Hall 2005 Ivy Field • Notre Dame, IN Megan Meyer, Seton Hall 2006 Ivy Field • Notre Dame, IN Heather Booth, Notre Dame 2007 Ivy Field • Notre Dame, IN Kristen Wadwell, Louisville 2008 Ulmer Stadium • Louisville, KY Becca Heteniak, DePaul 2009 Ulmer Stadium • Louisville, KY Brittney Bargar, Notre Dame 2010 Ulmer Stadium • Louisville, KY Jenna Caira, Syracuse 2011 Ulmer Stadium • Louisville, KY Jenna Caira, Syracuse 2012 Melissa Cook Stadium • Notre Dame, IN Jordan Trimble, Louisville 2013 USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL Sara Nevins, South Florida 2014 The Ballpark at Rosemont • Rosemont, IL Kristen Verdun, DePaul 2015 The Ballpark at Rosemont • Rosemont, IL Krista Puga, St. John's 2016 The Ballpark at Rosemont • Rosemont, IL Sarah Dixon, Butler 2017 The Ballpark at Rosemont • Rosemont, IL Dylan Christensen, DePaul 2018 The Ballpark at Rosemont • Rosemont, IL Megan Leyva, DePaul 2019 The Ballpark at Rosemont • Rosemont, IL Natalie Halvorson, DePaul 2020Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic 2021 Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT Paige Rauch, Villanova 2022 The Ballpark at Rosemont • Rosemont, IL Paige Rauch, Villanova 2023 Connecticut Softball Stadium • Storrs, CT Shelby Smith, Seton Hall 2024 Glay Field • Providence, RI Caroline Pellicano, Villanova 2025 UConn Villanova Softball Complex • Villanova, PA Payton Kinney, Connecticut 2026 UConn Parkway Bank Sports Complex • Rosemont, IL Jessica Walter, Connecticut
By school
School Championships Years UConn 9 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2025, 2026 Notre Dame 6 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009 DePaul 5 2008, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 Seton Hall 3 2004, 2005, 2023 Villanova 3 2021, 2022, 2024 Boston College 2 1997, 1998 Louisville 2 2007, 2012 Syracuse 2 2010, 2011 Butler 1 2016 Providence 1 1994 South Florida 1 2013 St. John's 1 2015
Italics indicate that the school no longer competes in Big East Conference softball.
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