The 2024 Summit League softball tournament took place from May 8–11, 2024. All six eligible teams of the league's seven (St. Thomas is ineligible) met in the modified double-elimination tournament at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. Omaha was the defending champion and repeated as the champion, earning the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Standings PlaceSeedTeam Conference Overall W L % W L % 1 1South Dakota State1423120 2 2Omaha1443612 3 St. Thomas891634 4 3Kansas City8102130 5 4South Dakota7102228 6 5North Dakota6121441 7 6North Dakota State4141736 St. Thomas is ineligible for postseason tournaments through 2026 Reference:
Format and seeding All eligible finishers from the regular season were 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#TelevisionLocation Attendance First Round – Wednesday, May 8 1 1:00 PM No. 4 South Dakota 6 vs. No. 5 North Dakota 5 SLN Jackrabbit Softball Stadium 147 2 3:30 PM No. 3 Kansas City 5 vs. No. 6 North Dakota State 2 179 Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 9 3 11:00 AM No. 1 South Dakota State 7 vs. No. 4 South Dakota 0 SLN Jackrabbit Softball Stadium 298 4 1:30 PM No. 2 Omaha 1 (14) vs. No. 3 Kansas City 0 156 5 4:00 PM No. 4 South Dakota 3 vs. No. 3 Kansas City 7 156 Semifinals – Friday, May 10 6 1:00 PM No. 1 South Dakota State 2 vs. No. 2 Omaha 1 MidcoSN/SLN Jackrabbit Softball Stadium 360 7 3:30 PM No. 2 Omaha 2 vs. No. 3 Kansas City 0 145 Finals – Saturday, May 11 8 1:00 PM No. 1 South Dakota State 2 vs. No. 2 Omaha 5 MidcoSN/SLN Jackrabbit Softball Stadium 382 9 3:30 PM No. 2 Omaha 7 vs. No. 1 South Dakota State 0 382*Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament team:
Player School Kamryn Meyer (MVP)Omaha Maggie O'Brien Sydney Ross Ava Rongisch Lynsey Tucker Emma OsmundsonSouth Dakota State Tori Kniesche Mia Jarecki Lindsey Culver Camryn StickelKansas City Sydney Nichols Lexy Smith Abi BrownSouth Dakota Delaney White Ella Claus North Dakota State Mariah Peters North Dakota
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