# 2024 Summit League softball tournament

The 2024 Summit League softball tournament took place from May 8–11, 2024. All six eligible teams of the league's seven (St. Thomas is ineligible) met in the modified double-elimination tournament at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. Omaha was the defending champion and repeated as the champion, earning the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament.

## Standings

| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| Place | Seed | Team | W | L | % | W | L | % |
| 1 | 1 | South Dakota State | 14 | 2 | .875 | 31 | 20 | .608 |
| 2 | 2 | Omaha | 14 | 4 | .778 | 36 | 12 | .750 |
| 3 | | St. Thomas | 8 | 9 | .471 | 16 | 34 | .320 |
| 4 | 3 | Kansas City | 8 | 10 | .444 | 21 | 30 | .412 |
| 5 | 4 | South Dakota | 7 | 10 | .412 | 22 | 28 | .440 |
| 6 | 5 | North Dakota | 6 | 12 | .333 | 14 | 41 | .255 |
| 7 | 6 | North Dakota State | 4 | 14 | .222 | 17 | 36 | .321 |
* St. Thomas is ineligible for postseason tournaments through 2026
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## Format and seeding

All eligible finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage during the conference's regular season. The tournament will play out as a modified double-elimination tournament, with the bottom four seeds playing each other in the single-elimination first round and the rest of the tournament as double-elimination. Due to their transition from Division III to Division I, St. Thomas is ineligible for the Summit League and NCAA tournaments until 2026.

## Schedule and results

| Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Location | Attendance |
| First Round – Wednesday, May 8 ||||||
| 1 | 1:00 PM | No. 4 South Dakota 6 vs. No. 5 North Dakota 5 | SLN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | 147 |
| 2 | 3:30 PM | No. 3 Kansas City 5 vs. No. 6 North Dakota State 2 | SLN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | 179 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 9 ||||||
| 3 | 11:00 AM | No. 1 South Dakota State 7 vs. No. 4 South Dakota 0 | SLN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | 298 |
| 4 | 1:30 PM | No. 2 Omaha 1 $^{(14)}$ vs. No. 3 Kansas City 0 | SLN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | 156 |
| 5 | 4:00 PM | No. 4 South Dakota 3 vs. No. 3 Kansas City 7 | SLN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | 156 |
| Semifinals – Friday, May 10 ||||||
| 6 | 1:00 PM | No. 1 South Dakota State 2 vs. No. 2 Omaha 1 | MidcoSN/SLN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | 360 |
| 7 | 3:30 PM | No. 2 Omaha 2 vs. No. 3 Kansas City 0 | MidcoSN/SLN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | 145 |
| Finals – Saturday, May 11 ||||||
| 8 | 1:00 PM | No. 1 South Dakota State 2 vs. No. 2 Omaha 5 | MidcoSN/SLN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | 382 |
| 9 | 3:30 PM | No. 2 Omaha 7 vs. No. 1 South Dakota State 0 | MidcoSN/SLN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | 382 |
| *Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference: ||||||

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team:
| Player | School |
| Kamryn Meyer (MVP) | Omaha |
| Maggie O'Brien | Omaha |
| Sydney Ross | Omaha |
| Ava Rongisch | Omaha |
| Lynsey Tucker | Omaha |
| Emma Osmundson | South Dakota State |
| Tori Kniesche | South Dakota State |
| Mia Jarecki | South Dakota State |
| Lindsey Culver | South Dakota State |
| Camryn Stickel | Kansas City |
| Sydney Nichols | Kansas City |
| Lexy Smith | Kansas City |
| Abi Brown | South Dakota |
| Delaney White | South Dakota |
| Ella Claus | North Dakota State |
| Mariah Peters | North Dakota |