# 2022 Summit League softball tournament

The 2022 Summit League softball tournament took place from May 12–15, 2022. It was initially scheduled to begin on May 11 but was postponed due to severe weather. The top six regular-season finishers of the league's eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. The winner of the tournament, South Dakota State, earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I softball tournament. After weather delays and power outages on South Dakota State's campus on May 13, the remaining games in the tournament were moved to Nygaard Field on the campus of the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota.

## Standings

| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| Place | Seed | Team | W | L | % | W | L | % |
| 1 | 1 | South Dakota State | 18 | 2 | .900 | 37 | 10 | .787 |
| 2 | 2 | Omaha | 17 | 4 | .810 | 29 | 12 | .707 |
| 3 | 3 | North Dakota State | 10 | 8 | .556 | 28 | 21 | .571 |
| 4 | 4 | South Dakota | 11 | 10 | .524 | 27 | 23 | .540 |
| 5 | 5 | Kansas City | 9 | 11 | .450 | 13 | 33 | .283 |
| 6 | | St. Thomas* | 8 | 13 | .381 | 14 | 36 | .280 |
| 7 | 6 | North Dakota | 4 | 16 | .200 | 14 | 38 | .269 |
| 8 | | Western Illinois | 4 | 17 | .190 | 8 | 37 | .178 |
* St. Thomas and Western Illinois did not participate in the tournament
* St. Thomas is ineligible for postseason play through 2026
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## Format and Seeding

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage during the conference's 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 and the rest of the tournament as a double-elimination.

## Schedule

| Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | Location | Attendance |
| Day 1 – Thursday, May 12 ||||||
| 1 | 12:00 PM (first round) | #4 South Dakota 4 vs. #5 Kansas City 3 | MidcoSN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | |
| 2 | 2:30 PM (first round) | #3 North Dakota State 5 vs. #6 North Dakota 2 | MidcoSN | Jackrabbit Softball Stadium | 151 |
| Day 2 – Friday, May 13 ||||||
| 3 | 5:00 PM (second round) | #2 Omaha 0 vs. #3 North Dakota State 2 | | Nygaard Field Vermillion, SD | 150 |
| Day 3 – Saturday, May 14 ||||||
| 4 | 9:00 AM (second round) | #1 South Dakota State 5 vs. #4 South Dakota 2 | | Nygaard Field | |
| 5 | 11:30 AM (second round) | #2 Omaha 3 vs. #4 South Dakota 1 | | Nygaard Field | |
| 6 | 2:00 PM (semifinals) | #3 North Dakota State 0 vs. #1 South Dakota State 2 | | Nygaard Field | |
| 7 | 4:30 PM (semifinals) | #2 Omaha 3 vs. #3 North Dakota State 2 | | Nygaard Field | |
| Day 4 – Sunday, May 15 ||||||
| 8 | 10:00 AM (finals) | #1 South Dakota State vs. #2 Omaha 3 | MidcoSN | Nygaard Field | |
| 9 | 12:30 PM (finals) | #2 Omaha vs. #1 South Dakota State 5 | MidcoSN | Nygaard Field | |
| *Game times in CDT. # - Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference: ||||||

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:
| Player | School |
| Tori Kniesche (MVP) | South Dakota State |
| Emma Osmundson | South Dakota State |
| Cylie Halvorson | South Dakota State |
| Grace Glanzer | South Dakota State |
| Jocelyn Carrillo | South Dakota State |
| Jamie White | Omaha |
| Sydney Nuismer | Omaha |
| Lexi Burkhardt | Omaha |
| Kamryn Meyer | Omaha |
| Paige Vargas | North Dakota State |
| Skylar Padgett | North Dakota State |
| Nicole Licea | North Dakota State |
| Gabby Moser | South Dakota |
| Lauren Eamiguel | South Dakota |
| Cassie Castaneda | North Dakota |
| Lexi D'Ambrossio | Kansas City |