2017 Ohio Valley Conference Softball Tournament

2017 Ohio Valley Conference Softball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Format Double Elimination
Site
Champions Jacksonville State (6th title)
Winning coach Jana McGinnis (6th title)
MVP Whitney Gillespie (JSU)
Attendance 4,932
Television OVC Digital Network

The 2017 OVC Softball Championship was held May 10-14 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. This marked the 24th time the championship had been held and the fifth year it featured eight teams. This year was the second straight year it was held at the neutral site in Oxford instead of on the home field of the No. 1 seed. The tournament winner, Jacksonville State, earned the OVC's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games were streamed courtesy of the OVC Digital Network.

In 2016, Jacksonville State had won its fifth OVC Championship and first since 2013 by topping SIUE in the Championship Game.[1]

2017 Ohio Valley Conference softball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Jacksonville State ‡ 15 – 1   .938     40 – 10   .800
SIU Edwardsville 13 – 5   .722     41 – 13   .759
UT Martin + 13 – 5   .722     40 – 22   .645
Eastern Illinois 10 – 5   .667     28 – 21   .571
Murray State + 11 – 7   .611     36 – 20   .643
Eastern Kentucky 11 – 9   .550     27 – 31   .466
Tennessee Tech 8 – 8   .500     16 – 30   .348
Belmont 10 – 12   .455     35 – 22   .614
Southeast Missouri State 8 – 14   .364     23 – 27   .460
Morehead State 6 – 12   .333     26 – 22   .542
Austin Peay 5 – 15   .250     17 – 31   .354
Tennessee State 2 – 19   .095     12 – 37   .245
‡ – OVC Tournament}] champion

Results

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Semifinals     Finals
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
  1 Jacksonville State Gamecocks '8  
  8 Belmont Bruins 5    
      1 Jacksonville State 4  
      4 Eastern Illinois 2    
  4 Eastern Illinois Panthers 6          
  5 Murray State Racers 5        
      1 Jacksonville State 6            
      3 SIU Edwardsville 2              
  3 SIU Edwardsville Cougars 4              
  6 Eastern Kentucky Colonels 1                
      3 SIU Edwardsville 2          
      2 UT Martin 1        
  2 UT Martin Skyhawks 1          
  7 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 0         1 Jacksonville State 5 –
      3 SIU Edwardsville 4 –
  Loser's Bracket      
  8 Belmont 5        
  5 Murray State 1     8 Belmont -        
    2 UT Martin 4          
      2 UT Martin 5        
  6 Eastern Kentucky 11(5)         6 Eastern Kentucky 3     2 UT Martin 1    
  7 Tennessee Tech 2     6 Eastern Kentucky 5         3 SIU Edwardsville 7  
    4 Eastern Illinois 0  

References

  1. ↑ "2017 OVC Softball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ "2017 Softball Standings". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
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