2017 Ohio Valley Conference Softball Tournament

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2017 Ohio Valley Conference Softball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
FormatDouble Elimination
Site
ChampionsJacksonville State (6th title)
Winning coachJana McGinnis (6th title)
MVPWhitney Gillespie (JSU)
Attendance4,932
TelevisionOVC Digital Network
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The 2017 OVC Softball Championship was held May 10–14 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. This marked the 24th time the championship had been held and the fifth year it featured eight teams. This year was the second straight year it was held at the neutral site in Oxford instead of on the home field of the No. 1 seed. The tournament winner, Jacksonville State, earned the OVC's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games were streamed courtesy of the OVC Digital Network.

In 2016, Jacksonville State had won its fifth OVC Championship and first since 2013 by topping SIUE in the Championship Game.[1]


2017 Ohio Valley Conference softball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Jacksonville State ‡  ‍‍‍ 15 – 1   .938 40 – 10   .800
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722 41 – 13   .759
UT Martin +  ‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722 40 – 22   .645
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5   .667 28 – 21   .571
Murray State +  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611 36 – 20   .643
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 11 – 9   .550 27 – 31   .466
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 8 – 8   .500 16 – 30   .348
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 10 – 12   .455 35 – 22   .614
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 14   .364 23 – 27   .460
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 12   .333 26 – 22   .542
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 5 – 15   .250 17 – 31   .354
Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 2 – 19   .095 12 – 37   .245
‡ – OVC Tournament}] champion


Results[]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Semifinals     Finals
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
  1 Jacksonville State Gamecocks '8  
  8 Belmont Bruins 5    
      1 Jacksonville State 4  
      4 Eastern Illinois 2    
  4 Eastern Illinois Panthers 6          
  5 Murray State Racers 5        
      1 Jacksonville State 6            
      3 SIU Edwardsville 2              
  3 SIU Edwardsville Cougars 4              
  6 Eastern Kentucky Colonels 1                
      3 SIU Edwardsville 2          
      2 UT Martin 1        
  2 UT Martin Skyhawks 1          
  7 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 0         1 Jacksonville State 5 –
      3 SIU Edwardsville 4 –
  Loser's Bracket      
  8 Belmont 5        
  5 Murray State 1     8 Belmont -        
    2 UT Martin 4          
      2 UT Martin 5        
  6 Eastern Kentucky 11(5)         6 Eastern Kentucky 3     2 UT Martin 1    
  7 Tennessee Tech 2     6 Eastern Kentucky 5         3 SIU Edwardsville 7  
    4 Eastern Illinois 0  

References[]

  1. ^ "2017 OVC Softball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Softball Standings". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
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