The 2022 Summit League softball tournament took place from May 12–15, 2022. It was initially scheduled to begin on May 11 but was postponed due to severe weather. The top six regular-season finishers of the league's eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. The winner of the tournament, South Dakota State, earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I softball tournament. After weather delays and power outages on South Dakota State's campus on May 13, the remaining games in the tournament were moved to Nygaard Field on the campus of the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota.
Standings PlaceSeedTeam Conference Overall W L % W L % 1 1South Dakota State1823710 2 2Omaha1742912 3 3North Dakota State1082821 4 4South Dakota11102723 5 5Kansas City9111333 6 St. Thomas*8131436 7 6North Dakota4161438 8 Western Illinois417837 St. Thomas and Western Illinois did not participate in the tournament St. Thomas is ineligible for postseason play through 2026 Reference:
Format and Seeding The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage during the conference's 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 and the rest of the tournament as a double-elimination.
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionLocation Attendance Day 1 – Thursday, May 12 1 12:00 PM (first round) #4 South Dakota 4 vs. #5 Kansas City 3 MidcoSN Jackrabbit Softball Stadium 2 2:30 PM (first round) #3 North Dakota State 5 vs. #6 North Dakota 2 MidcoSN Jackrabbit Softball Stadium 151 Day 2 – Friday, May 13 3 5:00 PM (second round) #2 Omaha 0 vs. #3 North Dakota State 2 Nygaard FieldVermillion, SD 150 Day 3 – Saturday, May 14 4 9:00 AM (second round) #1 South Dakota State 5 vs. #4 South Dakota 2 Nygaard Field 5 11:30 AM (second round) #2 Omaha 3 vs. #4 South Dakota 1 Nygaard Field 6 2:00 PM (semifinals) #3 North Dakota State 0 vs. #1 South Dakota State 2 Nygaard Field 7 4:30 PM (semifinals) #2 Omaha 3 vs. #3 North Dakota State 2 Nygaard Field Day 4 – Sunday, May 15 8 10:00 AM (finals) #1 South Dakota State vs. #2 Omaha 3 MidcoSN Nygaard Field 9 12:30 PM (finals) #2 Omaha vs. #1 South Dakota State 5 MidcoSN Nygaard Field *Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team: Player SchoolTori Kniesche (MVP)South Dakota StateEmma OsmundsonSouth Dakota StateCylie HalvorsonSouth Dakota StateGrace GlanzerSouth Dakota StateJocelyn CarrilloSouth Dakota StateJamie WhiteOmahaSydney NuismerOmahaLexi BurkhardtOmahaKamryn MeyerOmahaPaige VargasNorth Dakota StateSkylar PadgettNorth Dakota StateNicole LiceaNorth Dakota StateGabby MoserSouth DakotaLauren EamiguelSouth DakotaCassie CastanedaNorth DakotaLexi D'AmbrossioKansas City
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