1996 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament

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1996 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament
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ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
Site
  • ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
  • Oklahoma City, OK
ChampionsOklahoma (1st title)
Winning coachPatty Gasso (1st title)
Runner-upNebraska (1st title game)
MVPJill Most (Oklahoma)
1996 Big 12 Conference softball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Oklahoma ‍†‍‡‍y 17 – 5   .773 50 – 20   .714
No. 15 Oklahoma State ‍†‍‍y 17 – 5   .773 37 – 20   .649
Missouri ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 31 – 22   .585
No. 17 Nebraska ‍‍‍y 10 – 8   .556 42 – 23   .646
No. 21 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 11 – 11   .500 39 – 21   .650
Kansas ‍‍‍ 10 – 12   .455 31 – 26   .544
Iowa State ‍‍‍ 6 – 13   .316 17 – 28   .378
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 1 – 20   .048 4 – 44   .083
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[1]

The 1996 Big 12 Conference Softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 10 through May 11, 1996. Oklahoma won their first conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.[2][3]

Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Nebraska and Texas A&M received bids to the NCAA tournament.[4]

Schedule[]

Source:[3][2]

Game Time Matchup Location Attendance
First Round – Friday, May 10
1 10:00 a.m. #7 Iowa State 4, #8 Texas Tech 3
2 12:10 p.m. #1 Oklahoma 5, #4 Nebraska 4
3 5:20 p.m. #2 Oklahoma State 11, #3 Missouri 4
4 3:15 p.m. #5 Texas A&M 3, #6 Kansas 1
5 7:45 p.m. #4 Nebraska 2, #7 Iowa State 1 1,134
6 10:10 p.m. #3 Missouri 5, #5 Texas A&M 1 1,134
Championship Round – Saturday, May 11
7 10:10 a.m. #1 Oklahoma 5, #2 Oklahoma State 0
8 12:30 p.m. #4 Nebraska 7, #3 Missouri 0
9 2:35 p.m. #4 Nebraska 1, #2 Oklahoma State 0 1,187
10 4:45 p.m. #1 Oklahoma 1, #4 Nebraska 0 1,237
Game times in CDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team[]

Source:[3]

Position Player School
MOP Jill Most Oklahoma
1B Casey Dickson Oklahoma
2B/OF Cindy Smith Oklahoma State
3B Nicole Myers Oklahoma
SS Ali Viola Nebraska
IF Raven Coberg Iowa State
UTL Michele Ryan Oklahoma State
C Missy Panzer Oklahoma
OF Stacy Bailey Missouri
OF Karla Knicely Nebraska
OF Angela Howell Oklahoma
P Jill Most Oklahoma
P/DP Angela Blackwood Nebraska
P Stacie Stafford Nebraska

References[]

  1. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "1996 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament Results" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 198–202. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
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