The 2026 Ohio Valley Conference softball tournament was held at OSF HealthCare Field in Peoria, Illinois from May 6 through May 9, 2026. The tournament was won by the Eastern Illinois Panthers, who earned the Ohio Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Format and seeding Eight OVC softball teams out of the ten teams will participate in the tournament and will be seeded based on conference record. The bottom four seeds will play in a single-elimination play-in round to begin the tournament. The two play-in round winners will then join the top four seeds in a six-team double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds receiving byes into the third round, and the third and fourth placed teams playing the play-in round winners in the second round.
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All Tournament Team Player Team Karlie McKenzie Eastern Illinois Bryanna French Abbi Hatton Sophia Olman Kylee Crowder Lindenwood Tori Hatton Avery Wapp Kaylin Fahy SIU Edwardsville Aidyn Barrera Madison Winkler Southeast Missouri State Karena Recrosio UT Martin Kylie Witthaus Southern Indiana MVP in boldSource:
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