2018 Big South Conference Softball Tournament

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2018 Big South Conference Softball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Site
ChampionsLiberty (3rd title)
Winning coachDot Richardson (1st title)
MVPAutumn Bishop (Liberty)
TelevisionBig South Network, ESPN+, ESPN3
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The 2018 Big South Conference Softball Tournament was held at Radford University's 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.

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.

[1]

Tournament[]

  First Round
May 9th
Big South Network 		Second Round
May 10th
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
May 11th
ESPN3 		Semifinals
May 11th
ESPN3 		Championship
May 12th
ESPN3
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Campbell 5     1 Liberty 8  
  5 Gardner–Webb 11     5 Gardner–Webb 2    
      1 Liberty 2:30 pm              
      3 Radford ESPN3              
  3 Radford 3     2 Longwood 1          
  6 Winthrop 2     3 Radford 4        
        1 Liberty 5 —
Loser's Bracket       3 Radford 1 —
  4 Campbell 12(5)        
  6 Winthrop 2          
      4 Campbell 12(6)        
      5 Gardner–Webb 4          
            2 Longwood 6              
          4 Campbell 5              
      2 Longwood 2    
    3 Radford 3(12)  
  • All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time.

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References[]

  1. ^ "2018 Softball Standings" (Press release). Big South Conference. May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP" (Press release). Big South Conference. February 2, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 Big South Softball Championship" (PDF). bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018.


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