2018 Big South Conference softball tournament
The 2018 Big South Conference softball tournament was held at Radford University's Radford Softball Stadium from May 9 through May 12, 2018. As in the previous year, the tournament was a six-team field. Liberty won their third ever title, and received an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Liberty (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Dot Richardson (1st title) |
| MVP | Autumn Bishop (Liberty) |
| Television | Big South Network, ESPN+, ESPN3 |
Seeds
The top two seeds, Liberty and Longwood, had byes to the second round. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberty‡ | 18–3 | 44–12 | |
| 2 | Longwood | 17–4 | 37–14 | |
| 3 | Radford | 13–8 | 33–17 | |
| 4 | Campbell | 12–9 | 26–25 | |
| 5 | Gardner–Webb | 8–13 | 28–27 | |
| 6 | Winthrop | 7–14 | 17–30 | 2–1 vs Charleston Southern |
| ‡ – Big South regular season champions. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season. | ||||
Tournament
| First Round May 9th Big South Network | Second Round May 10th ESPN+ | Semifinals May 11th ESPN3 | Championship May 12th ESPN3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Liberty | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Campbell | 5 | 5 | Gardner–Webb | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Gardner–Webb | 11 | 1 | Liberty | 2:30 pm | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Radford | ESPN3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Longwood | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Radford | 3 | 3 | Radford | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Winthrop | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Liberty | 5 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Radford | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Longwood | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Longwood | 6 | 3 | Radford | 3(12) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Campbell | 12(6) | 4 | Campbell | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Campbell | 12(5) | 5 | Gardner–Webb | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Winthrop | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
- All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time.
References
- "2018 Softball Standings" (Press release). Big South Conference. May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- "2018 SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP" (Press release). Big South Conference. February 2, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- "2018 Big South Softball Championship" (PDF). bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
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