2018 Big South Conference Softball Tournament

The 2018 Big South Conference Softball Tournament was held at Radford University's Radford Softball Stadium 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.

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

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
1Liberty‡18–344–12
2Longwood17–437–14
3Radford13–833–17
4Campbell12–926–25
5Gardner–Webb8–1328–27
6Winthrop7–1417–302–1 vs Charleston Southern
‡ – Big South regular season champions.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

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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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