2025 Summit League softball tournament
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Omaha (3rd title) |
| Runner-up | South Dakota (3rd title game) |
| Winning coach | Mike Heard (3rd title) |
| MVP | Katherine Johnson (Omaha) |
| Attendance | 1,744 |
| Television | MidcoSN, Summit League Network |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha †‡y | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 40 | – | 13 | .755 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas* † | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 33 | – | 17 | .660 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 29 | – | 26 | .527 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 32 | – | 24 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 26 | – | 30 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 19 | – | 31 | .380 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 5 | – | 43 | .104 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament * Ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III As of May 17, 2025[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.[2] Omaha successfully defended their title with their third tournament championship [3] and earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Standings
| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Overall | ||||
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| W | L | % | W | L | % | |||
| 1 | 1 | Omaha | 14 | 4 | .778 | 36 | 10 | .783 |
| 2 | St. Thomas | 14 | 4 | .778 | 33 | 17 | .660 | |
| 3 | 2 | South Dakota State | 13 | 5 | .722 | 28 | 24 | .538 |
| 4 | 3 | South Dakota | 8 | 10 | .444 | 28 | 22 | .560 |
| 5 | 4 | North Dakota | 7 | 11 | .389 | 25 | 28 | .472 |
| 6 | 5 | North Dakota State | 6 | 12 | .333 | 19 | 30 | .388 |
| 7 | 6 | Kansas City | 1 | 17 | .056 | 5 | 42 | .106 |
- 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
| Game | Time* | 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:[5][6] | ||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament team:[3]
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Katherine Johnson (MVP) | Omaha |
| Sydney Thomason | |
| Rylinn Groff | |
| Maggie O'Brien | |
| Maddia Groff | |
| Clara Edwards | South Dakota |
| Abi Brown | |
| Rylie Jones | |
| Madison Evans | |
| Tayler Baker | South Dakota State |
| Mia Jarecki | |
| Brooke Dumont | |
| Camryn Lasota | North Dakota |
| Jackie Albrecht | |
| Lauren Parker | Kansas City |
| Bella Dean | North Dakota State |
References
- ^ "Summit League Softball Standings". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
- ^ "Summit League announces championship dates for 2024-25". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. July 22, 2024. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
- ^ a b "#SummitSB champions again! Mavericks win their third consecutive crown". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. May 10, 2025. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Softball Standings". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
- ^ "Omaha earns top seed in 2025 #SummitSB Championship". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. May 4, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Softball Bracket" (PDF). thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved May 4, 2025.