The Patriot League softball tournament (also referred to as the Patriot League Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Patriot League. It is a double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament. The first year of the event was in 1991. Lehigh has won the most championships, with 15. won the 2026 tournament, their fourth title in a row and tenth overall.
Champions
Year-by-year Year Champion Location MVP 1991 Patriots Park • Allentown, PA Colleen McCabe, Army 1992 Patriots Park • Allentown, PA Sheri Schweiker, Army 1993 Patriots Park • Allentown, PA Kim Miller, LehighMeri Wall, Lehigh 1994 Patriots Park • Allentown, PA Meri Wall, Lehigh 1995 Patriots Park • Allentown, PA Nina Rems, Lehigh 1996 Patriots Park • Allentown, PA Donna Milia, Lehigh 1997 Patriots Park • Allentown, PA Melanie Kulis, BucknellTara McGoff, Colgate 1998 Patriots Park • Allentown, PA Genoa Grosch, Holy Cross 1999 Patriots Park • Allentown, PA Amanda Paolucci, Colgate 2000 Patriots Park • Allentown, PA Jen Knowlden, Army 2001 Patriots Park • Allentown, PA Jenny Bender, Lehigh 2002 Kaufman Field • Bethlehem, PA Nicki Robbins, Army 2003 Kaufman Field • Bethlehem, PA Elena Isaac, Colgate 2004 Kaufman Field • Bethlehem, PA Mary Wieder, Lehigh 2005 Kaufman Field • Bethlehem, PA Emily Ling, Lehigh 2006 Kaufman Field • Bethlehem, PA Lisa Sweeney, Lehigh 2007 Kaufman Field • Bethlehem, PA Kelsey Nordstrom, Colgate 2008 Kaufman Field • Bethlehem, PA Lisa Sweeney, Lehigh 2009 Kaufman Field • Bethlehem, PA Lisa Sweeney, Lehigh 2010 Army Softball Complex • West Point, NY Alex MacLean, Bucknell 2011 Eaton Street Field • Hamilton, NY Rebecca Bliss, Lehigh 2012 Kaufman Field • Bethlehem, PA Rebecca Bliss, Lehigh 2013 Kaufman Field • Bethlehem, PA Morgan Lashley, Army 2014 Kaufman Field • Bethlehem, PA Chelsea Kehr, Boston University 2015 Leadership Park • Bethlehem, PA Emily Bausher, Lehigh 2016 Leadership Park • Bethlehem, PA Melanie Russell, Boston University 2017 Leadership Park • Bethlehem, PA Christine Campbell, Lehigh 2018 BU Softball Field • Boston, MA Madi Killebrew, Boston University 2019 BU Softball Field • Boston, MA Alex Heinen, Boston University 2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 BU Softball Field • Boston, MA Lauren Nett, Boston University 2022 BU Softball Field • Boston, MA Gabriella Nori, Lehigh 2023 BU Softball Field • Boston, MA Lauren Nett, Boston University 2024 Boston College Softball Field and BU Softball Field • Boston, MA Kasey Ricard, Boston University 2025 Army Softball Complex • West Point, NY Brooke Deppiesse, Boston University 2026 BU Softball Field • Boston, MA Kasey Ricard, Boston University
By school School Appearances W L Pct. Championships Years Lehigh 34 77 41 15 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2022 Army 31 51 54 5 1991, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2013 Colgate 27 35 47 3 1999, 2003, 2003, 2007 Bucknell 24 32 44 2 1997, 2010 Holy Cross 15 18 29 1 1998 Lafayette 14 12 28 0 Boston University 11 30 4 10 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Fordham 5 5 10 0 Italics indicates the school currently does not sponsor softball in the Patriot League.
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