The 2021 Summit League softball tournament took place from May 12-15, 2022. The top six regular-season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament at Tharaldson Park on the campus of North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. North Dakota State were the defending champions, since the 2020 season was cancelled midway through due to the COVID-19 pandemic. South Dakota State won the tournament after beating Omaha in the final game. This was the Jacks' first Summit League title, and earned the league's automatic berth to the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Format and seeding The top six teams from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference record during the league 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 First Round – Wednesday, May 12 1 3:00 PM #5 South Dakota 2 vs. #4 Kansas City 10 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park 2 5:30 PM #3 North Dakota State 5 vs.(10) #6 North Dakota 6 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 13 3 12:00 PM #1 South Dakota State 2 vs. #4 Kansas City 4 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park 4 2:30 PM #2 Omaha 5 vs. #6 North Dakota 0 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park 5 5:00 PM #1 South Dakota State 1 vs. #6 North Dakota 0 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park Semifinals – Friday, May 14 6 1:00 PM #2 Omaha 2 vs. #4 Kansas City 0 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park 7 3:30 PM #1 South Dakota State 7 vs. #4 Kansas City 0 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park Finals – Saturday, May 15 8 1:00 PM #1 South Dakota State 9 vs. #2 Omaha 0 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park 9 3:15 PM #1 South Dakota State 4 vs. #2 Omaha 2 MidcoSN Tharaldson Park *Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team: Player SchoolJocelyn Carrillo (MVP)South Dakota StateKelsey LenoxTori KniescheRozelyn CarrilloGrace GlanzerJamie WhiteOmahaTaylor JohnsonLynsey TuckerKamryn MeyerFaith WillisKansas CitySydney McQuinnMia HovelandMariah PetersNorth DakotaJannay JonesCiara JensenNorth Dakota StateJadyn DeWitteSouth Dakota
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