2019 Summit League softball tournament

The 2019 Summit League softball tournament took place from May 8–11, 2019. The top six regular-season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament at the Ellig Sports Complex on the campus of North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota.
North Dakota State was the defending champion, and successfully defended their title following their defeat of second-seeded South Dakota in the final round. This was the tenth Summit League title for the Bison, who earned the Summit League's automatic berth to the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament with the tournament title.^[2]

2019 Summit League
softball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Tharaldson Park
Champions	North Dakota State (10th title)
Runner-up	South Dakota
Winning coach	Darren Mueller (10th title)
MVP	Paige Vargas (North Dakota State)
Television	MidcoSN
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2019 Summit League softball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North Dakota State  ‍†‍‡‍y	16	–	2		.889			42	–	16		.724
South Dakota  ‍‍‍	12	–	6		.667			33	–	28		.541
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍	12	–	6		.667			20	–	20		.500
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍	11	–	7		.611			37	–	19		.661
North Dakota  ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			22	–	34		.393
Purdue Fort Wayne  ‍‍‍	3	–	15		.167			10	–	39		.204
Omaha  ‍‍‍	2	–	16		.111			4	–	43		.085
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 14, 2019[1] Rankings from NFCA

Format and Seeding

The top six teams from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference record during the league regular season. The tournament played out as a modified double-elimination tournament, with the bottom four seeds playing each other in the single-elimination first round. The remaining rounds of the tournament were double-elimination.

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Location	Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, May 8
1	3:00 PM	#4 South Dakota State 4 vs. #5 North Dakota 2	MidcoSN	Tharaldson Park
2	5:30 PM	#3 Western Illinois 5 vs.(8) #6 Purdue Fort Wayne 7	MidcoSN	Tharaldson Park
Quarterfinals - Thursday, May 9
3	12:00 PM	#1 North Dakota State 6 vs. #4 South Dakota State 3	MidcoSN	Tharaldson Park
4	2:30 PM	#2 South Dakota 5 vs. #6 Purdue Fort Wayne 1	MidcoSN	Tharaldson Park
5	5:00 PM	#4 South Dakota State 7 vs. #6 Purdue Fort Wayne 6	MidcoSN	Tharaldson Park
Semifinals - Friday, May 10
6	12:00 PM	#1 North Dakota State 1 vs. #2 South Dakota 10	MidcoSN	Tharaldson Park
7	2:30 PM	#1 North Dakota State 6 vs. #4 South Dakota State 3	MidcoSN	Tharaldson Park
Finals - Saturday, May 11
8	1:00 PM	#1 North Dakota State 6 vs. #2 South Dakota 0	MidcoSN	Tharaldson Park
9	3:30 PM	#1 North Dakota State 3 vs. #2 South Dakota 1	MidcoSN	Tharaldson Park
*Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:[3][4]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:^[5]

Player	School
Paige Vargas (MVP)	North Dakota State
Madyson Camacho
Maddie Hansen
Katie Shoultz
Vanessa Anderson
Jessica Rogers	South Dakota
Alyssa Rogers
Dustie Durham
Alexis Devers
Mallory McQuistan	South Dakota State
Kendra Conard
Julia Andersen
Lauren Watson	Purdue Fort Wayne
Abby Baez
Jailene Carpio	North Dakota
Payton Abbott	Western Illinois