The 2026 Summit League softball tournament took place from May 6 to 9, 2026. The top six of the league's seven teams met in the modified double-elimination tournament at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. St. Thomas was the league host of the tournament, but elected to host this and the baseball tournament at the University of Minnesota. South Dakota won the tournament, defeating Omaha in final, and received the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Standings PlaceSeedTeam Conference Overall W L % W L T % 1 1Omaha15234100 2 2St. Thomas12534170 3 3North Dakota State11727220 4 4South Dakota71116331 5 5Kansas City61216310 6 6South Dakota State51223320 7 North Dakota51228240
South Dakota State held a head-to-head tiebreaker over North Dakota, therefore - North Dakota did not participate in the tournament
Format and seeding The top six teams were seeded based on the 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 and results GameTime*Matchup#Television Attendance First Round – Wednesday, May 6 1 1:00 PM No. 4 South Dakota 5 vs. No. 5 Kansas City 4 SLN 128 2 4:00 PM No. 3 North Dakota State 2 vs. No. 6 South Dakota State 14 (5 inn.) Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 7 3 11:00 AM No. 1 Omaha 0 vs. No. 4 South Dakota 1 SLN 148 4 2:00 PM No. 2 St. Thomas 5 vs. No. 6 South Dakota State 7 157 5 5:00 PM No. 1 Omaha 12 vs. No. 2 St. Thomas 2 (5 inn.) N/A Semifinals – Friday, May 8 6 1:00 PM No. 4 South Dakota 2 vs. No. 6 South Dakota State 0 SLN N/A 7 4:00 PM No. 1 Omaha 8 vs. No. 6 South Dakota State 0 (5 inn.) N/A Finals – Saturday, May 9 8 1:00 PM No. 4 South Dakota 1 vs. No. 1 Omaha 10 (6 inn.) SLN 145 9 (if necessary) 4:00 PM No. 1 Omaha 1 vs. No. 4 South Dakota 2*Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:
All–Tournament team The following players were named to the All–Tournament team: Player School Madison Evans (MVP) South Dakota Brooke Carey Autumn Iversen Kiya Johnson Delaney White Maddia Groff Omaha Rylinn Groff Bailey Sample Alexis Wiggins Akayla Barnard South Dakota State Madi Mangulis Amanda Vacanti Ella Cook St. Thomas Laken Lienhard Amai Hanta North Dakota State Elleana Navarro Kansas City
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