The 2025 Summit League softball tournament took place from May 7–10, 2025. All six eligible teams of the league's seven (St. Thomas is ineligible) met in the modified double-elimination tournament at Jerald T. Moriarty Field on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. Omaha successfully defended their title with their third tournament championship and earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Standings PlaceSeedTeam Conference Overall W L % W L % 1 1Omaha1443610 2 St. Thomas1443317 3 2South Dakota State1352824 4 3South Dakota8102822 5 4North Dakota7112528 6 5North Dakota State6121930 7 6Kansas City117542 St. Thomas is ineligible for postseason tournaments through 2026
Format and seeding All eligible teams from the regular season will be seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage during the conference's regular season. The tournament will play 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 double-elimination. Due to their transition from Division III to Division I, St. Thomas is ineligible for the Summit League and NCAA tournaments until 2026.
Schedule and results GameTime*Matchup#Television Attendance First Round – Wednesday, May 7 1 1:00 PM No. 4 North Dakota 8 vs. No. 5 North Dakota State 0 (5 inn.) SLN 147 2 3:30 PM No. 3 South Dakota 8 vs. No. 6 Kansas City 6 147 Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 8 3 11:00 AM No. 1 Omaha 4 vs. No. 4 North Dakota 2 SLN 189 4 1:30 PM No. 2 South Dakota State 6 vs. No. 3 South Dakota 5 (10 inn.) 266 5 4:00 PM No. 4 North Dakota 5 vs. No. 3 South Dakota 6 (8 inn.) 189 Semifinals – Friday, May 9 6 1:00 PM No. 1 Omaha 8 vs. No. 2 South Dakota State 6 (9 inn.) MidcoSN/SLN 266 7 3:30 PM No. 2 South Dakota State 2 vs. No. 3 South Dakota 3 (8 inn.) 125 Finals – Saturday, May 10 8 1:00 PM No. 1 Omaha 1 vs. No. 3 South Dakota 9 MidcoSN/SLN 205 9 3:30 PM No. 1 Omaha 4 vs. No. 3 South Dakota 2 210*Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament team: Player School Katherine Johnson (MVP)Omaha Sydney Thomason Rylinn Groff Maggie O'Brien Maddia Groff Clara EdwardsSouth Dakota Abi Brown Rylie Jones Madison Evans Tayler BakerSouth Dakota State Mia Jarecki Brooke Dumont Camryn LasotaNorth Dakota Jackie Albrecht Lauren Parker Kansas City Bella Dean North Dakota State
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